The Capstone Project

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The Capstone Project provides the opportunity for students to apply all of the business management and financialskills learned throughout the Bachelor of Business Administration, BBA program to a client  organization.  The project can range from the preparation of a detailed ‘consulting’ plan, a business plan, or the development of specific deliverables for the client organization.  Students work in teams to research, analyze and provide recommendation for their clients. Students work closely with clients and faculty advisors over the course of a semester and present their final report to both client and faculty advisors. 

Benefits of Participating

The Langara BBA Capstone projects allow an opportunity for students to demonstrate their learning and proficiency while providing recommendations and solutions to real business challenges of organizations in the community.   Approximately 300-400 person-hours culminating in a written report and in-person presentation are provided free of charge to participating clients. Our students have worked with an array of clients including for profit, not-for-profit and volunteer organizations. 

How Does It Work?

  • Capstone projects run each semester, January to April, May to August, and September to December.
  • Students will visit the client at their organization to introduce team members and set a meeting schedule with their client.
  • Students will usually meet with their client every two weeks in person or by zoom. Client and students will outline the best method of communication between meetings and provide updates throughout the term.
  • To meet project criteria, students will ideally have access to three to five years of the organizations financial statements.
  • Students meet weekly with faculty advisors to present updates and progress milestones.
  • At the end of the term, students present their final report and group presentation to the client and advisors in persona at Langara College.

FAQs

We aim to create teams of students with a broad range of skills that include Financial Management Students, Marketing Students and Business Management & International Business Management students.  Students will typically spend around 300-400-person hours on the capstone project over the semester and have weekly access to faculty advisors who have extensive industry experience.

It is the responsibility of the students to initiate communications with the client.  We suggest at least one on-site visit and a bi-weekly meeting, or as determined between the client and students.  Students are expected to provide clients with an agenda and/or information requirements in advance of client meetings to ensure meeting times are used productively.  Of course, students will require ongoing information from the client between meetings and will typically e-mail clients once a week with such requests.

The more engagement of our clients and student teams, the better!  Clients may identify additional key contacts or resources within the organization that students can communicate with to facilitate the project.

If you would like to host a student Capstone project, please contact Course Convenor Francesca Deveau, fdeveau@langara.ca.