2022年秋季至2023年春季开学:
  • A 毕业论文 is an independent study with one faculty member for one semester (spring or fall), that results in a research paper of approximately 30 pages due at the end of either semester of student’s senior year. 学生将注册一个学期的SOCI-或ANTH-4395.
  • A 获得院系荣誉毕业论文 is a two-semester independent research-intensive with a Committee of two to four faculty members, 论文有50-80页, 缴交期限为学生最后一学期, 并提交给系里的荣誉评审委员会. (定量研究论文可能更短.)学生将注册两个学期的SOCI-或ANTH-4395.

毕业论文: 
毕业论文是一个拓展的机会, 修改, or revisit research conducted in the course of the sociology/anthropology major. The major expectation is to complete a written paper that conforms to the standards set by the faculty supervisor, 在一个学期的课程中. 要符合资格 for the 毕业论文, the interested student must complete two steps. 在本学期注册期间 在毕业论文完成之前, the interested student must 1) ask a faculty member of the SOAN department to supervise their 毕业论文, and if agreed upon 2) submit a short proposal to that faculty member for approval. The supervising faculty member will then set expectations for the semester, which usually include weekly meetings with reading and 写作 deadlines, 专注于一个主题或项目. 毕业论文可以包括第二个委员会成员, 从部门内或部门外. 这个学生在学期末将收到一个书面成绩. 

获得院系荣誉毕业论文:
The Departmental Honors 毕业论文 is a longer and more intensive undertaking than the 毕业论文. 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 毕业论文 courses; and c) be unanimously recommended for Departmental Honors by the student’s 毕业论文 Committee. It is designed for exceptionally motivated students who wish to pursue research that surpasses requisite work for the major of sociology or anthropology. 要符合资格 以学系荣誉完成毕业论文, SOAN专业学生在申请时必须: 

  • 3分.总体平均绩点3分.  
  • 3分.社会学或人类学专业平均绩点65分. 

符合这些标准的有兴趣的学生应该: 

  • 成立论文委员会 by no later than the end of the semester before the Departmental Honors 毕业论文 is to begin通常是在学生三年级的春天. Reach out to the potential Committee Chair first with an idea of what you would like to complete. 如果老师同意的话, 然后讨论还有谁可以在委员会任职, 并请求他们的参与. The Committee must consist of at least one sociology or anthropology professor and up to three other 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 professors. 这些成员中只有一个可以是部门外部的, 不得担任委员会主席. 
  • Enroll in SOCI- or ANTH-4395, with Committee Chair as faculty of record.
  • Submit an email request for consideration to the Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology by no later than the Monday before the semester the Departmental Honors 毕业论文 will start, copying the faculty committee members who have agreed to serve on the thesis committee.
  • 与委员会主席协商, 提交一份约2500-3000字的书面提案, 包括文本和参考文献, 致委员会委员 by the third Friday of September in the fall semester or of February in the spring semester during which the Departmental Honors 毕业论文 will start. 提案必须包括:
    • 对拟进行的研究的详细描述,包括 a clear statement of the research question and several paragraphs outlining the project’s methodology
    • 简要概述了该主题的学术研究现状; 
    • a concise description of any work the student has already undertaken with regard to the research question (e.g., 为上一堂课写的论文, 为暑期研究项目收集的数据, 在研究方法课程中完成的项目); 
    • 完成数据收集的详细时间表, 数据分析, 写作, and faculty review; and
    • 的初步参考书目 美国社会学协会(ASA)引文格式.
  • 委员会接受后，确定时间表. 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. 
  • 在SOCI或ANTH-4395注册第二学期.
  • Make an oral presentation of the Honors 毕业论文 findings to the members of the Committee and the Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and any invited guests. The presentation should last approximately 30 minutes and be followed by a 15 to 20-minute question-and-answer session.
  • Be unanimously recommended for graduation with Departmental Honors by the Committee and the Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.  
  • Submit the completed 毕业论文 prior to the deadline set by the university, 通常在四月初.

Responsibilities of the Chair of the Departmental Honors 毕业论文 Committee

  • 委员会主席 will take primary responsibility for communication between the student and other members of the Committee, 以及委员会与大学之间的关系.
  • 委员会主席 will take primary responsibility for grading the student’s progress during each of the two semesters. 
  • 委员会主席, 与委员会其他成员协商, will establish a date for the student to make an oral presentation of the 毕业论文 to the Committee and the Department Chair, 在大学规定的截止日期之前. The Chair will lead the discussion to determine any corrections the student needs to make to the thesis before final approval and assign the letter grade for ANTH- or SOCI-4395.  
  • 委员会主席 will assure that the complete and corrected thesis will be submitted to the Department Chair as a pdf file no later than the due date required by the university,包括 a separate title page that bears the signature of the Department Chair and all members of the Committee.