This program rewards students for conducting an original, independent project at a level well above those found in a traditional course.
Distinguish yourself from your peers and improve your abilities to research and write academic scholarship.
Successful completion of the Senior Thesis Project will:
View, download, and print the Senior Thesis Program Factsheet (pdf).
To be eligible to register for the Longwood Senior Thesis Program, a student must have:
In consultation with the faculty sponsor, develop a research topic and prepare a research proposal.
Proposals should not exceed 7-8 double-spaced pages (not including figures, tables, and bibliography). The proposal is then presented before the Longwood Senior Thesis Committee.
Submit your Longwood Senior Thesis Proposal on Digital Commons @ Longwood.
The Senior Thesis Program is undertaken by motivated students who wish to pursue their scholarship interests outside of the classroom.
Completion of the project requires that students enroll in two consecutive 3-credit courses, typically with the second of those courses within their senior year.
The thesis acts as the major product of your 499 course and needs to be written with a structure that is appropriate to your field of study or major.
The guidelines of which need to be discussed with your thesis advisor.
In general, the theses tend to be between 20 to 40 pages in length with a detailed introduction to the literature on the project topic.
Then a description of the project, work performed, and its outcomes.
Past approved undergraduate theses can be found on Longwood Digital Commons.
Examples
Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 3