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topic, perhaps an incident in history or a character in mythology, to study in detail. You will then write an extended scholarly essay, 60-80 pages long, about your topic. The only pre-requisite for a senior honors thesis is that you must have been on the Dean's List at least once before your senior year.
The following timetable gives the main steps.
* Spring of junior year
o Know what your general area will be.
o Select a thesis advisor. This can be any faculty member in the department; it need not be your major advisor.
o Register for Senior Thesis, a year course, through the department
* Summer before senior year
o Background reading: read or re-read the relevant primary sources, and any secondary materials you and your advisor have identified so far.
* Fall of senior year
o Determine your specific topic.
o Working with your thesis advisor, select a second reader from this department and a third reader from outside the department.
o File the Honors Thesis Candidate Form by 15 November, in Dowling Hall.
o Meet periodically with your thesis advisor.
o Complete your research and begin organizing and writing.
* Spring of senior year
o Give a complete first draft to your thesis advisor, ideally as early as January.
o Meet regularly with your thesis advisor.
o Second and third readers may see later drafts, as you and they consider appropriate.
o Schedule the defense of your thesis for April.
o Submit the official bound copy to the Tisch library, the classics department, and your thesis advisor.
o Your thesis advisor will file the Recommendation for Thesis Honors form.
o Your thesis honors will be announced at the department's graduation ceremony.
The Writing Center has general information for thesis writers.
Tisch Library offers Research 4 Success: Using the Library for Thesis and Capstone Projects. More information is available at http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/ra/honorsTheses.htm.
Theses are filed at the University Digital Collections and Archives, which also maintains a frequently asked questions page.
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