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Focus on your research question and plan of action in the prospectus. Also, use it
to your advantage—often the prospectus can help students organize their thoughts and
focus their project very tightly on their research question.
DEADLINE: Prospectus and completed approval form
Friday before 5th Monday (Add/Drop Deadline) by 4:30 PM, Senior
Year Fall Term
The prospectus is to be worked out with the advice of your adviser and must be ap-
proved by him or her before it will be accepted. You need to obtain your adviser's
signature on a Thesis Prospectus Approval Form, available at www.wjh.harvard.edu/
soc/pages/senior_thesis.html or from the Undergraduate Office.
The prospectus approval form is to be turned in by YOU (not your adviser) to the
Undergraduate Coordinator by the deadline. Your prospectus should be attached to
the signed prospectus approval form. It is up to the adviser to approve the prospectus,
approve it pending revisions by you, or to reject it, in which case you will be asked to
drop the thesis project. In order to gain quick approval, therefore, you should work
closely with your adviser as you draft the document, and s/he will need to see a copy
of the completed prospectus at least several days prior to the deadline (ask how long
they will need to review it).
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