A senior capstone course can be used to integrate discipline specific content and employment skills.
Students in the Communication and Leadership Development program at the University of Florida participate in a
capstone course that combines experiential learning opportunities in the discipline and a career development unit
including resume preparation and mock interviews (Gifford et al., 2011). A capstone course has the advantage of
exposing all majors to employment skills, but its impact may be lessened by the fact that capstone courses are often
taken in the senior year at which point it may be too late. Accounting job searches usually begin early in the Fall
semester. Perhaps for this reason, the focus of capstone courses in accounting programs rarely involve employment
skills (Ehoff, 2010; Jervis & Hartley, 2005).