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Senior Project Launch!

9/21/2022

 
DUE DATES- ON TIME​
  1. Class Narrative Notes. DUE: Thursday, 9/22, Start of Class
  2. Seminar Reflection Revision/Resubmissions. DUE: Sunday, 9/25, MIDNIGHT.  Please note that to be re-assessed, you must highlight and comment the revisions you made so I can easily find them!

DUE DATES- LATE (-10%)
  1. DW2 Inferences and Generalizations. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Friday, 9/23, End of Class
  2. A Touchy Subject Annotations. LAST DAY TO TURN IN: Tuesday, 9/27, Start of Class.

HUMANITIES: Senior Thesis Notes
  1. Read ONE of the Senior Theses linked here. 
  2. As you read, take notes in the document on Google Classroom on:
    1. What you notice about their writing
    2. What do you notice about their organization/structure of their argument?
    3. How do you need to improve as a writer and researcher in order to write at this caliber?  What specific skills do you need?  What work habits?
  3. 2020
    1. Willa Kopp DeVol (winner)- What has the search for consciousness looked like, and what can we infer from this pattern about our own human nature?
  4. 2019
    1. Sarah Von Tersch: What is the most effective way to reduce drug cartel power and minimize their negative effects?
    2. Caeley McClain:  What are the most effective methods to get uninvolved people to take initial action on climate change in the United States?​
  5. 2018
    1. Lily Bisantz- To what extent does the sexualization of young girls and women in Western culture perpetuate sexual violence?
    2. Dylan King- What in the past 50 years has led to the economic recession of Puerto Rico and how has hurricane Maria impacted the island?​​ 
    3. Quinn Luthy- How do confessional poets use form to create meaning?
    4. Ben Malone- What are the potential future roles of blockchain-based cryptocurrencies in the economy?
    5. Izzy Simpson- How can the fundamental structure of the stock market be utilized to predict market price fluctuations?
    6. Claire Leffler (Winner)- How can recurring patterns and forms found in nature be explained mathematically and why are humans visually drawn to recreating these patterns? 
  6. Other Solid Examples:
    1. Tucker Leavitt- Water Arc Explosions (Physics)
    2. Bekah Kuster- Energy Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases  (Energy)
    3. Lyle Bryson- Trends and Youth Culture  (Marketing/Psychology)
    4. Philip Wiley- What makes good science fiction?  (Literary Analysis)
    5. Allee McKown- Theories of Global Inequality (International Studies)​
    6. Oli Sakadinsky- Special Interest Groups in US Politics (Political Science)
    7. Izzy Bonecutter- Mindfulness and the Brain (Neuroscience)
    8. Isabel Krull- Culture of Ballet (Sociology)
    9. Claire Larson- Brain Trauma and EMDR Therapy (Neuroscience)
    10. Anne Chase- Social Media and Perceptions of Nature (Media Studies)
    11. Grace Frideger- Ecofeminism and the environmental movement. (Philosophy and Environmental Studies)
    12. Corry Arcomano- Dry needling vs. Acupuncture (Medicine)



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