At Claremont McKenna College, Senior Thesis is a general education requirement, rather than a course for the major. Students select their own topics, in consultation with their faculty reader. Students usually select topics in the area of their major, and most departments require this of candidates for departmental honors. Departments may also prescribe other thesis requirements for honors candidates.
Students are responsible for determining their departmental requirements .
Senior thesis is, however, a CMC graduation requirement, so in case of inconsistency between departmental and CMC requirements, as set out in this syllabus, the provisions of this syllabus prevail. These instructions do not apply for students writing a science thesis . They must contact the Joint Science department for thesis requirements. The thesis is normally a research paper and students are responsible, with the advice of their reader, for the investigation of sources, the accumulation of data, the selection of pertinent material, and the preparation of the thesis in acceptable form. With approval of a faculty reader, students may choose to do a creative project.