Spring 2023

This is a general JP calendar. Dates set by your JP Adviser may differ and take precedence. The spring JP topic must be in a geographical field and time period different from that of the fall JP. Any questions about this should be addressed to Professor Chen, Director of Undergraduate Studies ([email protected])

January 24 (Friday)

Notify Judie Miller ([email protected]) of Adviser commitment or alternatively provide her with your Spring JP topic and time period.

January 30 (Monday)

Final adviser assignments will be emailed.

February 6 (Monday)

Juniors should meet with Spring JP Adviser to discuss JP topic by this date at the latest.

February 10 (Friday)

Stone Davis Senior Thesis Funding Proposals for summer research open for application in SAFE

February 27 – March 3

Prospectus due – upload to your shared folder in OneDrive; link will be sent in January

March 20 (Monday)

Juniors submit partial first draft of at least 10 pages by this date at the latest to JP Adviser. (Expect comments back within a week).

March 24 (Friday)

Deadline 11:59pm to submit application for Stone Davis research funding in SAFE

April 18 (Tuesday)

Full draft due to Adviser. (Expect comments back within a week).

May 2 (Tuesday)

Final JP due online by 5:00 p.m. You will receive instructions in April on where to upload the paper.

NB: Over the course of the semester, students will also be required to submit an annotated bibliography (of primary and secondary sources), an outline, and a prospectus.

All written work submitted in the course of the semester should properly cite and attribute any ideas and information that are not the student’s own to the sources from which they have been derived. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism.

The Honor Pledge should accompany each piece of work submitted: “This paper represents my own work in accordance with University regulations.”

Dates are subject to revision. Students will be notified of any changes to deadlines.