Thesis Guidelines

Guidelines for Submission of Honors Thesis:

  1. Deadline:
    By noon, Thursday, April 29, 2010, student is to deliver to Holly Sharac, Sr. Administrative Assistant, in the History Department Office (309 Skinner Hall) one bound copy of her thesis. (Black thesis binders are available in the Mount Holyoke College bookstore.) In turn, this submitted copy will be given to the student’s thesis advisor.
  2. Thesis Committee:
    In consultation with her thesis advisor, the student will take responsibility for contacting members of the faculty to serve on her thesis committee.

    From MHC Faculty Legislation: “In the case of a single-department major or honors project, the paper or its equivalent shall be evaluated by an examining committee appointed by the department and composed of at least three members: two or more members of the department in which the honors work has been done, including the director of the project and, ordinarily, the chair of the department, as well as a member of another department at Mount Holyoke or an examiner from outside the College. In the case of an interdisciplinary or special major or honors project, the paper or its equivalent shall be evaluated by an examining committee composed of at least three members drawn from at least two departments and shall include the director or directors of the honors project and the student's advisor or advising committee.”
  3. Additional Copies:
    It is the student’s responsibility to give a copy of her thesis to the members of her thesis committee. This copy does not need to be bound in the black thesis binder (see #1 above). 
  4. Thesis Defense:
    It is the student’s responsibility to schedule her thesis defense; once a day/date/time has been agreed upon by members of the thesis committee, the student should be in contact with Holly Sharac in the History Department (hsharac@mtholyoke.edu) to reserve the History Department Lounge in 310 Skinner for her thesis defense.
  5. Copies to LITS:
    AFTER her defense, and AFTER she has made (if needed) any changes to her written thesis, it is the student’s responsibility to submit the CORRECTED bound copy to the History department, as well as a CORRECTED, bound copy, to the Library and submit an ELECTRONIC copy of her thesis to the library.  See more details on Submitting Honors Papers... 

Please contact your thesis advisor should you have any questions.