Senior Project Information

January, 2021

	Experimental Senior Project Projects that involve generating and/or working with data	Non-Experimental Senior Project Projects that involve engaging deeply with a topic and interacting with this topic in a unique way
Written work	Primary paper (IMRAD organization) on research project due Friday, April 9 Meeting with 1st and 2nd readers to discuss paper to be completed by Friday, April 30	Review article on research topic demonstrating command of background material, understanding of vital questions in the field, and suggestions for experimental approaches for those vital questions due Friday, April 9 Meeting with 1st and 2nd readers to discuss paper to be completed by Friday, April 30
Presentation	Biology Symposium talk on research project (~15 minutes) May 10-11	Biology Symposium talk on research project (~15 minutes) May 10-11
Final submissions	Abstract to Dept. Coordinator, thesis to Pelletier Library (DSpace), copy to First Reader by May 14	Abstract to Dept. Coordinator, thesis to Pelletier Library (DSpace), copy to First Reader by May 14

Experimental and Non-Experimental

Written Project (1/3 of grade)
Scientific Scholarship during Research, which the department defines as intellectual curiosity, persistence, flexibility, and participation in the senior seminar (1/3 of grade)
Oral defense of project in the committee meeting (1/6 of grade)
Senior Symposium presentation (1/6 of grade) (not graded by 1st Reader)