ENVS 202 Senior Project and Thesis

Past Senior Thesis / Project Lists by Subject and Year

Preliminary Information
for Students Considering a Thesis/Project

• ENVS 201 Research Methods is the course you take to prepare you to be successful with your thesis/project. Planning, design, and methods, literature review and proposal writing are covered.
• You must earn "B" or better in ENVS 201 to continue on to pursue your thesis or project.
• Then you undertake the work of your 6 credits of ENVS 202 Thesis or Project.
• We encourage you to complete your thesis/project within a year of finishing ENVS 201.

Credits

• You may register for 202 credits while you are taking ENVS 201.
• You may register for all 6 credits at once, or split them in any combination over more than one semester's schedule.
• Senior Thesis/Project students should register for ENVS 202 A, B, or C section. ENVS 202 D is for students pursuing capstone internships.
• Weekly Thesis/Project Help Sessions are available.
  See ENVS 202 A or B sections in the Course Listings for Fall and Spring Semesters for time/day/location of these sessions. Register and attend these sessions the semesters you are on campus and actively working on your thesis/project. They can be very helpful, although not required.
  
• After registering for ENVS 202 you need to change the "variable credit" from "1" to the specific number you want that semester.
• "Grades" of SP ("Satisfactory Progress") will be assigned for each block of ENVS 202 credits until your thesis/project is graded.
• Most all students earn 6 credits for their ENVS 202 thesis/project. On occasion, for good reason, a student can earn more than 6 credits.
  
  

Thesis/Project Advising

• Thesis/project advisors are chosen while you are working on your proposal during ENVS 201.
• You must choose at least one ENVS full-time faculty member to officially advise your thesis/project.
• The second official advisor may be in another department at UVM, or someone from outside UVM.
• You may decide to involve one or more additional, informal advisors.
• Both offiicial advisor/evaluators must sign the Evaluator Agreement Form upon approval of the proposal and before the work gets underway.
• We encourage you to work closely with your advisors all along the way.

Downloadable PDF Documents and Forms

Find paper copies in the rack in the Bittersweet front office.

Senior Project and Thesis Information - a good, thorough source of additional information

ENVS 201/202 Responsibilities for Students and Advisor/Evaluators

Evaluator Agreement Form - (to be signed by all advisor/evaluators upon approval of the proposal and before the work gets underway)

Evaluation Form for Project

Evaluation Form for Research

Evaluation Form for Creative Arts Project

Program Honors ENVS 203 Guidelines

ENVS Electronic Thesis Database

Senior Theses/Projects and Internships by Year & Subject

For more information, contact your own faculty advisor, or ENVS 202 Coordinator Kit Anderson.