Aren't Capstones suppose to be difficult?

[marketsons1985]

I'm a math major taking my capstone class - the History of Modern Math. Basically all the things we take for granted nowadays, quadratic equation, solutions to cubics, set theory, Taylor Expansions, we're learning how it all came about. I hadn't heard anything from other math majors at my school about the capstone, but assumed that with 5 hours of class each week, I'd put in at least that much time at home.

So far, 10 credit/no credit assignments, 2 100 point assignments, a midterm and a 16 page paper, and I've probably put in about 2 hours a week in this class. And have a solid A.

Maybe it's just cause it's a summer course, but I was always under the impression that capstones were more difficult - the "culmination" of your degree.


Anyone else have easy as pie capstones?

 

[kalrith]

I just finished a 3-week capstone course for my MBA last Friday. I don't think it was the most difficult class I've ever had, but it was definitely up there. We met for 3 hours each day M-F for class, had to work about 2 hours each day in our group and do an additional 1-2 hours of personal work. All total, I probably averaged 6 to 6 1/2 hours every day between class and homework. Just to clear things up, each day was like an entire week of class, since we only had 14 days in class.

 

[andylawcc]

i did mine as a business major. it was kinda hard, but it really depends on your teammates. it was difficult, but not impossible.

 

[sonoma1993]

i'll be starting my capstone class this saturday at 8am, 11 week course.

 

[NGC_604]

In my CS capstone project they had us create an open-source software that the university was too cheap to pay for. It was easy though, and I think you even got an B as long as you had a pulse.

 

[everman]

I'd say that mine involved a heavy amount of research, and giving two 2-3hr lectures/presentation (as a small group) could be considered difficult but I liked it.