489,490. SYE: Senior Thesis.

The senior thesis is an extended application of a student’s geological

background toward research of an original nature. It involves posing

questions, developing hypotheses, conducting field and/or laboratory

work, applying scholarship and library research, interpreting results

and compiling those results into a finished thesis for submission to

the department. Completion of Senior Thesis may lead to graduation

with honors (see Honors in the Curriculum section of this Catalog).

Guidelines and deadlines for thesis preparation should be obtained

from the department chair. Counts for SYE credit. Prerequisite:

permission of instructor.