Why is the honors thesis course two semesters long?
The first semester of the honors thesis course is generally treated as a “research semester,” in which you will do much of the background research that will prepare you to begin writing the thesis. However, most advisors will require that you produce some written work during the first semester. Such work may be as little as an outline and a bibliography, but some advisors will expect you to begin the thesis during the first semester. It is highly recommended that you produce some written work during the first semester. Students will be assessed a grade at the end of each semester, and it is often useful for this purpose to complete a writing project for the first semester. Also, such writing projects will help students to determine what the writing expectations of the faculty member will be during the subsequent semester.
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