Students complete an independent project and submit a written report. Students can choose from a range of projects, including (but not limited to)a research or numerical project, and extensive literature review on an advanced physics topic, building an apparatus, or developing a new or existing experiment in Physics 705. A student intending to take Physics 798 must arrange to have a faculty advisor for the project and should work with this advisor to develop a one-page project proposal. The student must submit this proposal to the Physics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee by the tenth week of the semester preceding the semester in which the student takes Physics 798. This course satisfies the capstone requirement in Physics.