Beginning academic year of Fall 2022-Spring 2023:
  • A Senior Thesis 一个学期(春季或秋季)由一名教师独立学习, 结果是在学生四年级的任何一个学期结束时提交一份大约30页的研究报告. The student will register for one semester of SOCI- or ANTH-4395.
  • A Senior Thesis with Departmental Honors 是一个两学期的独立研究密集型课程，由两到四名教师组成委员会, resulting in a paper of 50-80 pages, due during the student’s last semester, and submitted to the department for Departmental Honors consideration. (Quantitative research papers might be shorter.) The student will register for two semesters of SOCI- or ANTH-4395.

The Senior Thesis: 
A Senior Thesis is an opportunity to extend, revise, 或者重温在社会学/人类学专业课程中进行的研究. 主要的期望是完成一篇书面论文，符合教师主管制定的标准, in the course of one semester. 要获得毕业论文的资格，感兴趣的学生必须完成两个步骤. During the registration period of the semester before the Senior Thesis is to be completed, 有兴趣的学生必须1)请SOAN系的教职员指导其毕业论文, 如果达成一致，提交一份简短的提案给那位教员批准. 然后，指导教师将设定本学期的期望, 通常包括每周的阅读和写作截止日期的会议, focused on a single topic or project. The senior thesis may include a second committee member, from within the department or outside of the department. The student will receive a letter grade at the end of the semester. 

The Senior Thesis with Departmental Honors:
部门荣誉毕业论文是一个比毕业论文更长更密集的工作. The student must: a) complete two semesters of work and submit a properly-formatted research paper to the department and the university; b) receive grades of “A” in each of the two Senior Thesis courses; and c) be unanimously recommended for Departmental Honors by the student’s Senior Thesis Committee. 它是为那些特别积极的学生设计的，他们希望追求超越社会学或人类学专业所需工作的研究. To be eligible for completion of a Senior Thesis with Departmental Honors, SOAN majors must at their time of application: 

  • Have a 3.3-grade point average overall.  
  • Have a 3.65-grade point average in the sociology or anthropology major. 

Interested students who meet these criteria should then: 

  • Form a thesis committee 不迟于系内荣誉毕业论文开始前的学期末, usually the spring of the student’s junior year. 首先与潜在的委员会主席联系，了解你想要完成的工作. If the faculty member agrees, then discuss who else might serve on the committee, and ask for their participation. 委员会必须由至少一名社会学或人类学教授和最多三名其他三位一体教授组成. Only one of these members may be external to the department, and they may not serve as Committee Chair. 
  • 注册在SOCI-或ANTH-4395，与委员会主席作为记录教师.
  • 提交一封电子邮件请求考虑社会学和人类学系主任 最迟于学期前的周一开始进行系内荣誉毕业论文，复印同意在论文委员会任职的教员委员会成员.
  • In consultation with Committee Chair, submit a written proposal of approximately 2500-3000 words, including text and references, to Committee members 秋季学期九月的第三个星期五或春季学期二月的第三个星期五，在此期间部门荣誉高级论文将开始. The proposal must include:
    • A thorough description of the intended study, 包括对研究问题的明确陈述和概述项目方法的几段话
    • a brief summary of the state of scholarly research on the topic; 
    • 学生已经就研究问题进行的任何工作的简明描述(e).g., a paper written for a previous class, data collected for a summer research project, a project completed in a research methods course); 
    • a detailed timetable for completing the data collection, data analysis, writing, and faculty review; and
    • a preliminary reference list in American Sociological Association (ASA) citation style.
  • Upon acceptance of the Committee, determine schedule. Usually this will include meeting regularly with the Committee members in order to receive feedback on thesis progress during the course of both semesters; a summary of research findings during the first semester; and a draft of the thesis with time to allow for feedback and edits during the second semester. 
  • Enroll in SOCI- or ANTH-4395 for a second semester.
  • 向委员会成员、社会学和人类学系主任以及任何受邀嘉宾口头介绍荣誉毕业论文的结果. 演示应该持续大约30分钟，然后是15到20分钟的问答环节.
  • 经委员会及社会与人类学系系主任一致推荐，以优异成绩毕业.  
  • 在大学规定的截止日期之前提交完成的毕业论文, usually in early April.

系荣誉毕业论文委员会主席的职责

  • 委员会主席将主要负责学生与委员会其他成员之间的沟通, as well as between the Committee and the University.
  • 委员会主席将主要负责在两个学期中对学生的进步进行评分. 
  • The Committee Chair, in consultation with other Committee members, 能否确定学生向委员会和系主任口头报告毕业论文的日期, prior to the due date required by the university. 主席将领导讨论，以确定学生在最终批准之前需要对论文进行的任何修改，并分配ANTH-或社会-4395的字母等级.  
  • 委员会主席将确保完整和修改后的论文将以pdf文件的形式提交给系主任，不迟于大学要求的截止日期, 包括一个单独的扉页，上面有系主任和委员会所有成员的签名.