The Capstone Experience in the Honors College at The University of Alabama serves as the culminating academic and intellectual endeavor for students. The capstone course integrates and synthesizes the knowledge and skills acquired throughout their undergraduate studies, challenging students to work independently to apply this learning to real-world problems or projects. The experience is designed to foster critical and creative thinking, ethical citizenship, and collaborative leadership, with a focus on transdisciplinarity, and consists of a required course, co-curricular events and workshops, and an end of semester Capstone Showcase.

There are several potential pathways for students to complete the capstone requirement for the University Honors Program: the UH 401 Pathway, the Departmental Honors Capstone Pathway, and the Non-Honors Capstone Substitution Pathway. Students must declare their intended capstone pathway the semester before they enroll in their capstone experience through the Capstone Interest Form.