Senior Thesis and Independent Work

Independent Work

·         Fall Independent work is due on "Dean's Date", Tuesday, January 12, 2010.

·         Spring Independent work is due on “Dean’s Date”, Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

·         You will need to hand in one UNBOUND copy to the Undergraduate Office, B304 and a second copy to your independent work advisor. In addition, please email your paper to the Undergraduate Coordinator (cmenkes@princeton.edu)

·         ALL PAGES must be numbered, starting with the cover page and each page thereafter including illustrations, etc. Specific formatting instructions will be sent prior to Dean’s Date.

 

Senior Thesis

Senior Thesis guidelines:

The written thesis is the document submitted as the ELE 498 project report.  The thesis is to be submitted by spring semester Dean’s Date. The thesis is to be formatted specifically to the stated University regulation that will be sent to the student far in advance of Dean’s Date.

The student and advisor need to coordinate in order to arrive at a committee of two faculty members (including the advisor) who will hear an oral presentation of the project.  The presentation is separate from the poster presentation of the project which is part of the ELE 498 independent work project requirements.  The oral presentation may be based on the poster presentation.  Normally the two faculty members will be Princeton faculty, with an EE faculty member participating when the advisor is not from EE.  Other arrangements for the thesis committee will be approved by the Departmental Representative upon request.  The committee will provide a written statement recommending the project for recognition as a senior thesis. 

There is no requirement that the second committee member submit a written evaluation of the thesis; the advisor will submit a written report along with the recommendation for the project grade for ELE 498.   The oral presentation should be scheduled so that the written recommendation for recognition as a senior thesis can be submitted by the due date for ELE 498 grades.