Updated process for Comp Projects 2020
March 21, 2020
Final draft of written comp: Deadline Monday April 6 at 5 pm
- Logistics of turning it in: email a PDF, Word doc, or Google doc link–ask your First Reader for specific instructions.
Oral defense meeting: April 8-24
- Virtual meetings
- Options include:
- Google Meet – has text, audio, and video options
- Skype – has both a video and audio option
- Conference call on telephone
- Options include:
- Logistics of this virtual meeting will be worked out by the First Reader in conversation with the student.
Senior Symposium: Canceled
- Grading scheme for semester changes to the following:
- 33% written
- 33% oral
- 33% scholarship/progress
Final comp due: April 30
- Submit electronic copy of abstract to the department – no changes
- Upload final comp to D-space (D-space instructions) – no changes (note: submission form is electronic)
- Submit electronic thesis to First Reader
- Department will mail a printed and bound copy to students.
- Students may also need to email an electronic copy (or put it on Sakai or wherever the advisor directs); consult your First Reader for specific directions on this.
Other items to be handled in consultation with First Reader:
- Lab cleanup
- Return of supplies
- Data & lab notebooks
- Organism care
DSpace Submission Instructions
Schedule and Guidelines
- Class of 2021 – Updates coming soon
Research Resources
- Animal Use Forms and Protocols
- Animal Neglect Policy
- Animal Feeding and Care Log
- Biological Statistics
- Class of 1939 Senior Research Funding Application
- Crayfish, Fish, and Rana pipiens Care and Feeding
- Equipment Use Protocols
- General Laboratory Techniques (Jove Science Education Database)
- Guidelines – Allegheny College IRB
- IRB Proposal Form
- Stats Guidelines
Ordering Information
- Research Materials Order Form (submit to Liz Caskey)
- Biological Supply Companies
- Biological Supply Companies Ordering Schedule
- MWG Oligo Order Template