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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 for students interested in completing a thesis outside of the Honors College.​
Timeline:
- ​Early September (or before): Meet with Research Mentor in early September to select the member of the student's senior thesis committee in addition to the Research Mentor, the Associate Chair of Biological Sciences.
- Mid-September (or before): With guidance from the Thesis Committee, construct plan for thesis research; present plan to the thesis committee.
- When an agreed-upon plan is constructed, the student writes 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 meets 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 meets 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.
- Before mid-May, the thesis must be defended
- After the defense the committee chair must submit a completed Senior Thesis Defense Results Form to the Undergraduate Programs Director. (Prof. Jennifer Nauen, jnauen@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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