Summary: Guided, independent, in-depth research
culminating
in the senior essay. Weekly seminar to review work in progress and
share
results through oral and written reports.
All senior majors are required to write
a
senior
thesis and participate in the Environmental Science Senior Seminar. The
senior seminar can be taken in the fall/spring sequence of the senior
year, or in the sequence spring (junior year)/fall (senior year). The
goal of the first semester is to write a thesis proposal, that of the
second to complete the thesis. We strongly encourage students to
consider a summer internship between junior and senior semester.
Prerequisites: Junior & Senior majors
Credits: 3 points
Hours: Thursdays from 4:10 to 6:00 pm, in 530 Altschul
Hall, Barnard College
