General Outline:
Fall Semester:
- End of Second week: Brief (written) description of project to advisors and 490 professor
- Early October: Abstract due for SCCUR conference
- Saturday before Thanksgiving week:Â present poster on your research at the SCCUR conference
- Early December:  Winter Fest – includes presentation of your poster….
- Last day of classes: draft of comps report due.  This will include all sections required for the final report, and all data gathered to date.  In addition, it will include a plan to complete the project on time. You should try very hard to get all data collected this term.
Spring Semester:
- End of Week 1:Â Â last day to collect data.
- End of Week 4: Near-final draft due to advisor
- Weeks 6—7 (The two weeks prior to Spring Break:) oral presentations to Department
- Friday before Spring Break:Â Â Final report due (see guidelines for formatting and procedures)
- Spring Break: Enjoy the break without a thesis hanging over your head!!!!