The major professor grades the 3-credit Soc 695 analytic project course. Only A or B grades are acceptable. The advisory committee signs a departmental form showing that the committee met and discussed the project with the student. If the project is not approved by the student s advisory committee at the first meeting, a second date for an oral defense must be set. All analytic project proposals or abstracts must be approved in this manner.
Students complete their analytic projects by the end of the second year in residence.
Students enroll in 6 hours of Soc 695 during their fourth semester. Regular consultation with the major professor and other members of the advisory committee is essential for the completion of the research project. The final analytic project paper is expected to be 15 to 30 pages in length, typed, double spaced, and in the style of the American Sociological Review . It should contain a statement of the problem, an appropriate literature review, an analysis section, and conclusions and interpretations. It should be comparable in quality to a manuscript prepared for submission to a professional journal for publication.