You must do a Project or Thesis for the ENST degree. The Council considers Project and Thesis to be equivalent in the amount of work that may be required. There will be no difference in your diploma's wording whether you have gone the Thesis or Project route. You can change your research option after taking ENST 597 or 598 if the Program Director supports the change, you petition the Registrar for a change of coursework number, and you change your Study Plan. List of completed projects and theses.
Theses involve an expansion of our knowledge base with new information, analyses, or experiments.
One member of your committee must be a member of the ENST Council. You and your advisor decide when you defend your Thesis. The final thesis document is processed by the Graduate Studies Office and conforms to specific style requirements. Before your defense, you provide your committee and the Council with a one page summary of your work, and a short 'vita' of your academic career. A bound copy of the thesis is to be deposited in the CSUF Library as well as a copy to the ENST program office.