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.