Senior Physics Project Criteria
Project Options:
- Experimental Project (New or Replicated)
- Theoretical Research or Review
- Computational Physics Project
- Curriculum Development
- Research on Student Learning in Physics
- Educational Outreach
- Research on the History or Philosophy of Physics
- Title
- Advisor
- Abstract: Concise description of the project.
- Deliverables: List of documents or other products which you will produce.
- Timeline: You should break your project into manageable parts and provide and tentative schedule of when each part will be completed.
- Learning Objectives: How you will benefit from the proposed project?
- Nov. 15th Initial Proposal
- Dec. 1st Feedback
- Dec. 15th Revised Proposal
- A standard project will be done for a total of 5 credits during the winter and spring of the senior year.
- Group projects should generally have some deliverables which are individually specified. A single proposal should be submitted for group projects.
- A certain degree of uncertainty is inevitable in independent projects; therefore, the expected deliverables may evolve during the course of the project. Any changes should be discussed with the advisor and documented.
- Getting an early start (during your junior year for example) on your senior project is strongly encouraged.