Business Administration:

Strategic business plan: Students conduct an in-depth analysis of an industry, competitors, target market, etc. and develop a multi-year strategic plan for a business. The plan outlines goals, strategies, finances, operations, marketing etc. It shows the application of various business disciplines learned.

Consulting project: Students work with a real organization/business to address an important issue or opportunity through research and recommendation. Examples include conducting a market research study, developing an HR training program, designing an organizational restructuring, etc. It allows students to gain real-world consulting experience.

Entrepreneurship project: Students develop a fully thought-out business model for a new business venture they want to launch. It requires substantial primary and secondary research, financial projections, marketing strategies, operational plans etc. to reflect a serious effort to start a new company.

Computer Science:

Software engineering project: In teams, students analyze requirements and design, implement, test and deploy a medium-scale software application. Examples include a web application, mobile app, business system etc. It demonstrates application of software development process and techniques.

Data science project: Students work on a substantive dataset to solve real-world problems through data collection, cleaning, exploration, modeling, and communication of insights. Examples include predictive analytics for customer churn, sentiment analysis of social media posts, optimizing an operation through data etc.

Cybersecurity project: Students evaluate vulnerabilities in an existing IT system, propose and implement security measures and policies. It involves penetration testing, risk assessment, security design, and security awareness training or documentation.

Engineering:

Design and prototyping project: Given a design brief, students research, conceptualize, and prototype a solution to an engineering problem or need. Examples include assistive devices, renewable energy systems, building components, manufacturing processes etc.

Research project: Students conduct an experiment, collect and analyze data to investigate an engineering question or advance the state of knowledge in a specialized field. It involves research methodology, experiment design, technical communication of results etc.

Systems project: Students work to enhance, repair or troubleshoot an existing mechanical/electrical/civil system. This involves research, modeling, testing, documentation and presentation of improvements made to real engineering systems.

Healthcare:

Program evaluation and improvement: Students evaluate an existing healthcare program/service/process and propose evidence-based improvements. It involves research, stakeholder interviews, data analysis, recommendations and an implementation plan.

Community health initiative: Students identify a health issue affecting a community and design, plan and implement an initiative to address the issue. It entails needs assessment, resource mapping, partnership development, and evaluation.

Medical innovation project: Students research trends, needs and emerging technologies to conceptualize an innovation that can improve healthcare delivery, access, quality or costs. It involves idea incubation, prototyping, financials and regulatory/ethical considerations.

Education:

Curriculum design project: Students research best practices and design a full curriculum, including goals, scope and sequence, lessons, materials and assessments for a course/grade level.

Educational technology project: Students explore how technology can enhance learning, and develop an instructional app, website, game-based or interactive learning material for a subject area.

Action research project: Students investigate an education issue through data collection and analysis in a classroom or school setting. They propose evidence-based solutions and an implementation/evaluation plan for quality improvement.

This covers some examples of capstone project types across various fields like business, computer science, engineering, healthcare and education that require students to demonstrate overall discipline knowledge, research abilities, technical skills and real-world problem-solving through a substantive culminating project before graduation. The capstone experience helps prepare graduates for career or further education.