Thesis

A thesis is a 40-150 page document produced by a masochistic member of the senior class. In most departments, a thesis is required to graduate "with Honors" or possibly "with Highest Honors" (as distinct from the Latin honors).

Slacking on a thesis

Down in spirits before page 85? Here are some tips.

• Draw a pretty picture. In fact, draw two pretty pictures. Present them to your advisor and call it a week's worth of work.
• Write your thesis abstract as a Shakespearian sonnet in iambic pentameter.
• Encode secret messages as acrostic poems in your introductory chapter.
• Read a novel about secret messages encoded as acrostic poems. pwned.
• Edit this wiki. And submit your wiki edits as an appendix chapter.
• Remember the BS proposal you wrote back in August/September (...October...)? Use that as your introduction.
• Make a table. Copy and paste. Call it 'Table 2'.
• Need data? Email other researchers in the community and ask them to send you theirs. Now you have data and extra points for collaboration.