The Project (HUM 730)
The capstone of each individually designed program will be a Project requiring students to bring together in an organized fashion the results of specialized research related to their curriculum. The Project may take one of the following forms:
1) A thesis which is 60 to 100 pages in length.
2) A creative work in the visual or performing arts, in creative writing or in another form as appropriate. A creative work is accompanied by an essay of 20 to 40 pages. The essay is theoretical, critical, and bibliographical and places the Project in scholarly context thereby demonstrating that the student is critically aware of the humanities scholarship which precedes the work.
Copies of completed Projects are available in the University Library (see Sampling of Completed Projects).
Before commencing work on the Project, students must submit a prospectus to be approved first by their Project Committee and then by the Humanities Program Committee. Students will meet with the Humanities Program Committee to discuss the prospectus after it has been approved by their Project Committee.
Continuing Registration (HUM 789)
According to Graduate School regulations (see Graduate Catalogue), students who have completed eight hours of HUM 730, but have not graduated, are required to register for one hour of HUM 789 credit in the quarter they defend their Project.
Graduate School Standards for Project Format
In addition to meeting all Master of Humanities Program requirements, all Projects must conform to the following Graduate School requirements:
1. One copy of the Project must be submitted to the Graduate School by the graduation date of the quarter you wish to graduate. A photocopy is submitted to the Humanities Office.
2. The Graduate School copy should be on 20-25 pound weight 8 1/2" x ll' paper. Acid-free paper is preferred.
3. The Project must conform to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Fourth Edition. Variations must be approved by the Program Director. As well, the Project must also conform to basic requirements of the Graduate Thesis and Dissertations Handbook (available from the Graduate School Office, E344 Student Union). Any variations to the basic requirements must have prior approval from the Graduate School.
4. Each copy of the Project must contain an approval sheet with the signatures of the student's Project Committee members and Humanities Program Director as per the above mentioned manual.
5. Students are encouraged to have the Graduate School conduct a format check prior to the final deposit of the Project. (Allow 48 hours for this check).
Last updated: March 13, 2008