Physics 452 and 496
Spring 2019

Senior Thesis and Honors Thesis 

Course Materials:

• Week 0: 1/18                  Intro to Senior Thesis, 2nd Semester
  Syllabus (updated 4/23/2019)
  Dates to remember (updated 4/23/2019)
  Overheads
  
  
• Week 1: 1/25                 No Class
  
  
• Week 2: 2/1                   No Class
  
  
• Week 3: 2/8                   No Class
  
  
• Week 4: 2/15                 No Class
  
  
• Week 5: 2/22                 No Class
  
  
• Week 6: 3/1                   No Class
  
  
• Week 7: 3/15                 No Class
  
  
• Week 8: 3/22                 No Class
  
  
• Week 9: 3/29                 Friday: 1st draft of thesis due to advisor
  Honors Thesis LaTex template
  Senior Thesis LaTex template
  Mid-year report LaTex template
  
  
• Week 10: 4/5                 No Class
  
  
• Week 11: 4/8-12            Sign-up for final presentations
  Honors thesis: Corrected complete draft of thesis submitted to examination committee.
  
  
• Week 12: 4/19               Friday: Corrected complete draft of thesis is due
  COLL 400 "Project Summary for Diverse Audience" is due.
  
  
• Week 13: 4/22-26          Thesis defenses, week 1
  Format: 20 minutes for talk (30 minutes for honors) + 10 minutes for questions.
  (Honors presentations get priority this week.)
  
  
• Week 14: 4/29-5/2         Thesis defenses, week 2
  
  
• Friday, May 3, 11 am: Deadline for reporting honors.
  Student must submit thesis cover sheet (signed by entire committee) to Charles Center.
  Deadline (honors) for submitting electronic thesis copy to W & M Publish (library).
  
  
• Wednesday, May 8, noon: Deadline for submitting final hard copy version of thesis.