<p>But not every student wants to do a “capstone” type project,.and this effort crowds out more courses that they would actually prefer to take instead. It might prevent someone from completing all the course the requirements for a double major, for example. Few schools have a mandatory project of this kind. At most of the schools I’m personally familiar with, there is an option to do independent research that a student who wants same may elect.Those not inclined, don’t. In most of those cases, only a minority of the students elect to do this. They’d rather take more courses.</p>