BIOL 498: Senior Honors
Spring Semester 2009
Instructor: Wade Powell
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 must be
your first priority.
COURSE SCHEDULE
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Honors Class |
Thesis/Talk |
Outside examiner |
| Jan 15 (R) | Organizational Meeting: FSH 205 11:10 |
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| Feb 6 (F) | Draft of Results section (including figures) due. Submit to WP, research mentor, and classmates. | ||
| Feb 10 (T) | writing workshop: results Common Hour FSH 205 |
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| Feb 16 (M) | Last date for research mentor to submit name of a person agreeing to serve as external examiner | ||
| Feb 23 (M) | Draft of Discussion section due. Submit to WP, research mentor, and classmates. | ||
| Feb 26 (R) | Writing Workshop: Discussion Common Hour FSH 205 |
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| Mar 2 - 16 (Spring Break) | ESSENTIAL EXPERIMENTS MUST BE COMPLETE | ||
| Mar 27 (F) | Complete draft of thesis due to WP and research mentor | ||
| Apr 2 (R) | Meeting to discuss Honors Presentations, Exam Procedures Common Hour FSH 205 |
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| Apr 15 (W) | Complete thesis due for FEDEX shipment to outside examiner. Submit to Wendy Busenburg-Taylor by NOON. | ||
| Apr 17 (F) | Oral Presentation Titles due. Submit to Wendy Busenburg-Taylor by NOON. |
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| Apr 24 (F) | oral presentation workshop: 2 pm Higley Auditorium |
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| April 27 (M) | Auditorium available for individual practice: 3-4 PM plus 7-10 PM. | ||
| April 28 (T) | Honors Presentations 4:15pm Higley Aud. |
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| April 30 (R) |
Honors presentations
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| May 6 (W) | Honors Exams condcuted by outside examiners*. Exams begin at 8 AM. 3 concurrent exam sessions. The exam begins with your oral presentation and continues with a one-hour discussion/examination of your project. You need not stay while classmates are undergoing their exams. Click here for schedule. | ||
| May 8 (F) | Final thesis copy is due for binding. Submit ONE copy to Wendy Busenburg-Taylor by 3 PM. For formatting guidelines, see the instructions on the LBIS web site. | ||
The Biology Department Seminar Series is an essential part of the Honors Program (see schedule). You are expected to attend all seminars.
Your grade in BIOL 498 will be determined:
*The decision on Honors, and the degree of Honors, are determined by the External Examiner. Note that the course grade and Honors decision are based on separate evaluations that do not always correlate.