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student’s reading and research or other technical
work, and will guide the student in preparing for a
qualifying examination in the area of investigation.
All such programs will include two one-semester
course credits (with at least one credit toward the
concentration elective). The thesis should be of
quality comparable to a paper publishable in a peerreviewed
journal. Its subject and scope will be
agreed on in advance by the student and sponsor
and approved by the committee. The completed
thesis will be presented for consideration no later
than two weeks before the last day of classes of the
student’s final semester.
Each candidate for a degree with thesis honors
is required to undergo examination on the thesis
and on the principal area of investigation. The
specific character of the examination is determined
by each advisory committee and may be oral or
written or both. After the defense, a final copy of
the thesis, in electronic form, should be submitted
to the Tisch Library archive.
The advisory committee is empowered to
determine the level of thesis honors to be awarded,
basing its recommendation on an evaluation of the
thesis. Degrees are designated bachelor of science,
with highest thesis honors, with high thesis honors,
or with thesis honors. (Thesis honors will be
indicated on the student’s transcript, but not on the
diploma.) Students who, in the judgment of the
advisory committee, have not attained the standards
required for a thesis honors designation, but whose
work is worthy of a degree, are recommended for
the bachelor of science degree subject to the general
regulations. Students who, in the judgment of the
advisory committee, have attained the standards
required for a thesis honors designation may also
receive the degree summa cum laude, magna cum
laude, or cum laude, in accordance with the
procedures governing degrees with distinction.
After the defense, a final copy of the thesis
should be submitted to Digital Collections and
Archives (DCA). Beginning in academic year
2008–2009, the DCA will accept thesis submission
electronically as an alternative to submitting a
bound paper copy. Please contact the DCA for
more information on how to submit your thesis. For
answers to frequently asked questions and a style
sheet, visit the website: uss.tufts.edu/arc/
writingresources/thesis.asp.
Undergraduate Internship Programs
Internships provide undergraduate students with
the opportunity to apply their education and skills
directly toward a field-based situation, at an off-site
organization.
Most often, internships are paid positions that
are performed on a full-time basis over the summer
months, or for approximately ten to fifteen hours a
week during the semester. These internships may be
awarded transcript notations without any academic
credit.
In rare instances, students may receive credit
toward degree requirements for which the following
conditions must be met: the internship proposal is
approved in advance by the department, a faculty
mentor has supervisory and technical control of any
work that receives credit, a minimum of 150 hours
of work for the semester is required, and a written
report is submitted that will be evaluated by the
faculty mentor and the outside institution
supervisor.
Undergraduate international students who wish
to participate in the Curricular Practical Training
(CPT) program should contact the international
Center.
The Office of Engineering Internship, located in
Hall, helps qualified engineering students identify
potential internship opportunities.
Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Degrees
Program
The School of Engineering offers exceptional
engineering students the option of pursuing one of
two combined degree programs: a bachelor of
science and master of science degree (B.S.-M.S.)
or a bachelor of science and master of engineering
degree (B.S.-M.Eng.). Both bachelor’s and master’s
degrees are awarded only on completion of the
entire program; a student may not receive one
degree earlier, even if the requirements for that
degree have been met. Combined-degrees students
must pay four years of undergraduate tuition and
two semesters of graduate tuition (plus continuation
fees as applicable).
Students seeking admission to the program must
submit an application to the Office of Graduate
Studies by November 15th of their junior year.
Admission to the program requires (1) a minimum
cumulative GPA (through the fall semester of the
junior year) of 3.60 for the B.S.-M.S. program and
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