Design Your Project
Student
- Gain a foundation in your field through coursework
- Generate ideas for thesis
- Build relationships with faculty
- Enroll in HC 277H Thesis Orientation
- Ask faculty to serve as committee members
- Submit application to take HC 477H Thesis Prospectus and enroll in the class
- Meet with your primary thesis advisor regularly about your thesis plan beginning early in the term you take HC 477H
Primary Thesis Advisor
- Make a considered decision regarding commitment to mentor student as primary thesis advisor
- Discuss field-specific mentoring expectations with advisee
- Mentor advisee as they refine their project concept
- Sign HC 477H permission form so advisee can register
- Work with advisee on thesis plan as they take 477H and attend a 30-minute in-class oral presentation
- Sign off on final version of thesis prospectus at end of 477H
CHC Representative
- Agree to serve when asked or assist student in finding an alternative CHC representative if unavailable
Undergraduate Student Support Manager Miriam Jordan
- Assist students with registration issues around HC 477H
- Check eligibility of committee members
- Maintain list of available CHC representatives
Implement Your Ideas
Student
- Set up meetings and communicate regularly with primary thesis advisor
- Follow through on commitments to project and primary thesis advisor
- Seek out grant funding as appropriate
- If doing collaborative work, follow guidance
- Take steps necessary to obtain any needed research permissions (e.g., human subjects)
- Keep full committee up to date on progress and projected defense term.
Primary Thesis Advisor
- Respond to advisee questions and be reasonably available for meetings
- Provide regular feedback and guidance
- Supervise independent study thesis credits if asked and available to do so
- Write letters to support appropriate grant funding applications
- Ensure advisee obtains any needed research permissions (e.g., human subjects)
CHC Representative
- Answer questions from student and primary thesis advisor about CHC processes
- Support student when challenges arise
Undergraduate Student Support Manager Miriam Jordan
- Answer questions from student and primary thesis advisor about CHC processes
Communicate Your Results
Student
- Provide drafts to primary thesis advisor with ample time for feedback
- Engage productively with primary thesis advisor feedback
- Schedule defense and reserve room
- Circulate final, primary thesis advisor approved copy of formatted thesis to committee and CHC 10 calendar days before defense
- Prepare for oral defense
- Make needed revisions promptly
- Submit final thesis and Scholars’ Bank authorization form to CHC
- If applicable, fulfill any dissemination/archiving steps required by research group or permissions (e.g., human subjects) and close out process.
Primary Thesis Advisor
- Review draft of thesis and provide feedback in advance of circulation to CHC representative and any additional committee members
- Mentor advisee in preparation for the defense (for their presentation and Q&A)
- Attend the defense, including evaluation of the thesis in accordance with CHC and disciplinary standards
- Review final draft of thesis and communicate any required revisions to the thesis to the advisee
- If appropriate, nominate advisee for CHC thesis award
- Sign off on final submitted version of the thesis
CHC Representative
- Read the thesis, providing feedback from a generalist perspective
- Share CHC evaluation criteria with the committee, attend the defense, and participate in evaluation of the thesis
- Send an email to CHC’s Academic and Thesis Programs Manager Miriam Jordan after the defense notifying her of the outcome
Undergraduate Student Support Manager Miriam Jordan
- Confirm scheduled defenses
- Facilitate pre-defense formatting review process
- Check final theses for formatting issues
- Submit final approved thesis to Scholars’ Bank
- Notify registrar’s office that thesis requirement is completed