BIOL 498: Senior Honors
Spring Semester 2007
Instructor: Siobhan Fennessy
Purpose. In the second semester of Senior Honors, your aim is to complete your thesis
and prepare for oral presentation to the dept and your defense before the Honors Examiner. This course is designed
to help you in this process.
Data. Your experimental work should be largely complete by now. All essential experiments, including controls,
must be complete by Spring Break. Further experimentation is up to your mentor, but completion of the thesis is
your first priority.
COURSE SCHEDULE
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Honors Class |
Thesis/Talk |
Outside examiner |
| Jan 23 | Organizational Meeting: FSH 205 11:10 |
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| Jan 30 | Draft of introduction due. Submit to SF and research mentor | ||
| Feb 6 | writing workshop: introduction | ||
| Feb 13 | Draft of results (and figures) due. Submit to SF and research mentor | ||
| Feb 20 | writing workshop: results | Last date for research mentor to submit name of a person agreeing to serve as external examiner | |
| Feb 27 | Draft of discussion due. Submit to SF and research mentor. | ||
| Mar 2 (Break) | ESSENTIAL EXPERIMENTS MUST BE COMPLETE | ||
| Mar 20 | writing workshop: discussion | ||
| Mar 27 | Complete draft of thesis due to SF and research mentor | ||
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| Apr 18 (Wednesday) | Complete thesis due, to be express mailed to external examiner. Submit to Wendy Busenburg by NOON. | ||
| Apr 24 | discuss Honors exam process and Powerpoint Slides | Oral Talk Titles due | |
| Apr 26 (Thursday) | oral presentation workshop: 4-6pm Bio Aud practice rounds |
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| May 1 | Powerpoint presentations; 4:15pm Higley Aud. | ||
| May 3 |
Powerpoint presentations; 4:15pm Higley Aud.
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| May 5 | Oral exams for Honors and degree of Honors**** in morning, followed by luncheon. You will be asked to deliver your oral presentation for your outside examiner before beginning the exam. | ||
| May 11 | Final thesis to the department and library. For proper format, see the instructions on the LBIS web site. | ||
****The decision on Honors, and the degree of Honors, are determined by the External Examiner in consultation with the department. Note that the course grade and Honors decision are based on separate evaluations that do not always correlate.
The Biology Department Seminar Series is an essential part of the Honors Program (see schedule).
Your grade in BIOL 498 will be determined:
Spring 2007 Seminar Series in brief:
(seminars are ordinarily on Thursdays at 4:00 PM in Higley Auditorium)
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Jan 25 |
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Feb 9 |
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Mar 1 |
Corien Bakermans |
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Mar 22 |
William Joiner, Flowers Lecture |
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Apr 5 |
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Apr 19 |
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May 1, 3 |
Honors Presentations |