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Degree Requirements
Your major requirements will depend on when you entered UD (your
"Catalog Year"). Students have the option of changing to a subsequent
Catalog Year.
BISC451 & BISC452 Guidelines
Students who are registered for BISC451 must meet with their research
mentor in early September to pick the senior thesis committee. The
committee will be composed of the research mentor, the Associate Chair
of Biological Sciences and a third faculty member from the University of
Delaware. With guidance from research mentors, students will construct
plans for completing thesis research. Toward the middle of September a
plan must be presented to the thesis committee. Once the plan is agreed
upon, a student will write a two or three page research proposal that
will be signed by the student and mentor and then sent to the committee
members. In late November of early December, the student must meet
again with the thesis committee to review progress. The committee then
determines a grade based on benchmarks outlined in the research
proposal. The committee will also outline work that still must be
completed for the thesis. For BISC452, the student must meet with the
research mentor early in February to confirm the plan for finishing the
thesis. Toward the end of March, thesis research should have been
completed and writing begun. The writing of the thesis will be overseen
by the research mentor. Once the thesis has been approved by the mentor,
it will be sent to committee members and a thesis defense scheduled.
The thesis must be defended by the middle of May. After the defense the
committee chair must submit a completed Senior Thesis Defense Results Form to the Undergraduate Programs Director. (Patricia Walsh pmwalsh@udel.edu)
UNIV 401 & 402 Guidelines
See Undergraduate Research Program.
Students with interest in research, teaching experience and/or medical or dental careers are directed to the appropriate pages on the Biology web site.
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