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Attitudes on What is the Measure of an "Incomplete" Undergraduate ThesesThesis?

Backstory: I have submitted my honorsMy undergraduate thesis to my department in the past weeks, and it iswas not what I would honestly consider a complete product. I have donedid due diligence in the background and theory of the topic, but while I have attained results, my output of validated analysis methods and observed tends is prettytrends was notably missing the data that motivated this work. So, I think it isn'tIt wasn't done. On the other hand, it was due, so I submitted it.

I have received a general attitude from the chair of my department, and my adviser to a much lesser extent, that this is OK. My chair's thoughts cancould be summed up as "it's not a Master's or PhD thesis, it could even be a proposal for future work and it would be acceptable"thesis". This would be a publicly-available (at my institution's library, but public nonetheless) document with my name on it, and I'm notI wasn't fully happy. But, but my institution seemsseemed to be.

So, question: WhatWhat are your thoughts on the expectations of an undergraduate thesis, and what you feel is an acceptable product from undergraduates? Does this significantly differ from a PhD or M.S. thesis in factors other than depth of work?

I have seen some questions addressing the expectations from undergrad research, but I'd like to know, especially in my case, what you all think of the general terms I've laid out.

Attitudes on "Incomplete" Undergraduate Theses?

Backstory: I have submitted my honors thesis to my department in the past weeks, and it is not what I would honestly consider a complete product. I have done due diligence in the background and theory of the topic, but while I have attained results, my output of validated analysis methods and observed tends is pretty notably missing the data that motivated this work. So, I think it isn't done. On the other hand, it was due, so I submitted it.

I have received a general attitude from the chair of my department, and my adviser to a much lesser extent, that this is OK. My chair's thoughts can be summed up as "it's not a Master's or PhD thesis, it could even be a proposal for future work and it would be acceptable". This would be a publicly-available (at my institution's library, but public nonetheless) document with my name on it, and I'm not fully happy. But my institution seems to be.

So, question: What are your thoughts on the expectations of an undergraduate thesis, and what you feel is an acceptable product from undergraduates? Does this significantly differ from a PhD or M.S. thesis in factors other than depth of work?

I have seen some questions addressing the expectations from undergrad research, but I'd like to know, especially in my case, what you all think of the general terms I've laid out.

What is the Measure of an "Incomplete" Undergraduate Thesis?

My undergraduate thesis was not what I would consider a complete product. I did due diligence in the background and theory of the topic, but while I have attained results, my output of validated analysis methods and observed trends was notably missing the data that motivated this work. It wasn't done. On the other hand, it was due.

I received a general attitude from the chair of my department, that this is OK. My chair's thoughts could be summed up as "it's not a Master's or PhD thesis". This would be a public document with my name on it, and I wasn't fully happy, but my institution seemed to be.

What are your thoughts on the expectations of an undergraduate thesis, and what you feel is an acceptable product from undergraduates? Does this significantly differ from a PhD or M.S. thesis in factors other than depth of work?

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Sergio Gucci
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Attitudes on "Incomplete" Undergraduate Theses?

Backstory: I have submitted my honors thesis to my department in the past weeks, and it is not what I would honestly consider a complete product. I have done due diligence in the background and theory of the topic, but while I have attained results, my output of validated analysis methods and observed tends is pretty notably missing the data that motivated this work. So, I think it isn't done. On the other hand, it was due, so I submitted it.

I have received a general attitude from the chair of my department, and my adviser to a much lesser extent, that this is OK. My chair's thoughts can be summed up as "it's not a Master's or PhD thesis, it could even be a proposal for future work and it would be acceptable". This would be a publicly-available (at my institution's library, but public nonetheless) document with my name on it, and I'm not fully happy. But my institution seems to be.

So, question: What are your thoughts on the expectations of an undergraduate thesis, and what you feel is an acceptable product from undergraduates? Does this significantly differ from a PhD or M.S. thesis in factors other than depth of work?

I have seen some questions addressing the expectations from undergrad research, but I'd like to know, especially in my case, what you all think of the general terms I've laid out.