Dr. Deborah Evans
Associate Professor of Political Science
Course coordinator for all CORE 400 sections, 2026–27
- Office
- Lovell Hall 262
- devans
@university.alkimi.ai
CORE 400 · Core Interdisciplinary Courses
Senior Interdisciplinary Capstone Seminar
Culminating Core experience bringing together seniors across diverse academic majors to analyze multidisciplinary challenges through collaborative case research and public oral presentations.
Catalog overview
Course Essentials
- Credits
- 2
- semester credit hours
- Level
- 400
- Upper division
- Typically offered
- Fall & Spring
- every semester
Prerequisites
Senior standing (90+ earned credits) and completion of Core Writing sequence.
400-level courses: advanced capstone, senior research, and specialized seminars. This course counts toward the 36 upper-division credits every bachelor's degree requires (Undergraduate Catalog §2.3). Details: Undergraduate Catalog §9.13.
Generative AI in this course
Every syllabus must state one of three levels: Level 1 (AI not permitted for graded work), Level 2 (AI permitted with disclosure for specified tasks), Level 3 (AI permitted broadly with disclosure). Check your section's syllabus in Canvas. Unless it says otherwise, the university default applies: generative AI tools may be used for brainstorming, studying, and feedback on your own drafts, but not to produce work you submit for a grade.
Details: Student Handbook §5.7 and Student Handbook §5.8. See what each AI level allows.
Offered by
Academic Advising Center
- Office
- Lovell Hall 101
- Phone
- (555) 555-0158
- advising@university.alkimi.ai
Degree planning
Where CORE 400 fits
What to take first, what this course opens up, and the requirements it can satisfy, from the Undergraduate Catalog.
Take first
No catalog course is required first.
Catalog wording: Senior standing (90+ earned credits) and completion of Core Writing sequence.
This course
CORE 400
Senior Interdisciplinary Capstone Seminar
2 credits · 400-level · Fall, Spring
Leads to
No other catalog course lists CORE 400 as a prerequisite.
Counts toward
- Alkimi Core Integrative Capstone Requirement: 2 semester credits. Undergraduate Catalog §3.10
- Sample plan History (BA) Appears in the sample four-year plan. Undergraduate Catalog §4.2
- Sample plan Biology (BS) Appears in the sample four-year plan. Undergraduate Catalog §4.3
- Sample plan Chemistry (BS) Appears in the sample four-year plan. Undergraduate Catalog §4.4
- Sample plan Mathematics (BS) Appears in the sample four-year plan. Undergraduate Catalog §4.5
- Sample plan English (BA) Appears in the sample four-year plan. Undergraduate Catalog §4.6
- Sample plan Psychology (BA) Appears in the sample four-year plan. Undergraduate Catalog §4.7
- Sample plan Economics (BA) Appears in the sample four-year plan. Undergraduate Catalog §4.8
- Sample plan Business Administration (BBA) Appears in the sample four-year plan. Undergraduate Catalog §5.2
- Sample plan Computer Science (BS) Appears in the sample four-year plan. Undergraduate Catalog §6.2
- Sample plan Data Science (BS) Appears in the sample four-year plan. Undergraduate Catalog §6.3
- Sample plan Nursing (BSN) Appears in the sample four-year plan. Undergraduate Catalog §7.2
Every course also counts toward the 120 credits needed for a bachelor's degree. Confirm your plan with your advisor or the Academic Advising Center.
AP credit
No AP exam awards credit for CORE 400. See the full AP equivalency table (Undergraduate Catalog §3.11).
2026–27 Instructors
Who teaches CORE 400
CORE 400 is a multi-section course: many faculty teach sections of it every semester, and the course coordinator works with them on the shared course requirements. Your section's instructor, meeting time, and room are listed in AlkimiHub when you register.
Department chairs make teaching assignments each year (Faculty Handbook §5.1), and every instructor posts the syllabus in Canvas by the first day of classes (Faculty Handbook §5.2).
Registration
How to enroll in CORE 400
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Check the prerequisites
Senior standing (90+ earned credits) and completion of Core Writing sequence.
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Add it in AlkimiHub
CORE 400 is typically offered in both the fall and spring semesters. Register through AlkimiHub self-service registration, which opens by credit standing. Until the add deadline, you don't need instructor permission as long as seats remain and you've met the prerequisites. Details: Student Handbook §3.3.
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If the section is full, join the waitlist
When a seat opens, AlkimiHub offers it to the first student on the waitlist and emails you. You have 24 hours to claim it before it goes to the next student. Details: Student Handbook §3.10.
Spring 2027 registration opens
By credit standing, in AlkimiHub.
Spring 2027 add deadline
Last day to add a course or change sections (11:59 p.m.).
Fall 2026 add deadline
Last day to add a course or change sections (11:59 p.m.).
Fall 2027 registration opens
By credit standing, in AlkimiHub.
All dates: academic calendar. Registration help: Office of the Registrar.
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