SENIOR INDEPENDENT WORK DEADLINES
CLASS OF 2022
| Due | Explanation of Material Due |
| September 27* | Five-page prospectus including an outline, bibliography, summary of your sociological research question and its significance, and your hypothesis/65raims/ purposes. This progress report should also include a preliminary title page. Submit an electronic copy to your adviser, Kristina Phillips (kp11@princeton.edu), and Donna DeFrancisco (defran@princeton.edu) by 4:00pm. Hard copies will not be accepted. |
| October 4 | IRB application submitted as per their instructions. |
| October 15 | Funding requests through SAFE. Last day of application period. |
| October 16 - 24 | Intensive interviewing or data cleaning/collection during Fall Break |
| October 18 - 22 | Funding decisions made by department. |
| December 3* | Draft of methods and data chapter including summary statistics for quantitative papers; for qualitative papers, describe two to three key themes and provide up to three examples from interviews or texts illustrating each theme. Include a two-page memo on the key themes in your literature review and how the summary statistics or the qualitative data illustrate/ engage the literature. Submit an electronic copy to your adviser, Kristina Phillips (kp11@princeton.edu), and Donna DeFrancisco (defran@princeton.edu) by 4:00pm. Hard copies will not be accepted. |
| February 14* | Draft of complete thesis. Submit an electronic copy to your adviser, Kristina Phillips (kp11@princeton.edu), and Donna DeFrancisco (defran@princeton.edu) by 4:00pm. Hard copies will not be accepted. |
| April 1* | Deadline to respond to adviser’s comments. Submit an electronic copy to your adviser and upload the document to the SOC 984 thesis website on Canvas by 4:00 p.m. Hard copies are not accepted. |
| April 18** | Final version of Senior Thesis due. Upload the document to the SOC 984 thesis website on Canvas and Thesis Central no later than 4:00 p.m. Be sure to include and sign the pledge on your thesis. Separate penalties apply for failing to meet this deadline. |
*Unless an extension has been granted by the Director of Undergraduate Studies, students who fail to turn in their written work by the prescribed due date will be penalized one-third of a letter grade on their final independent-work grade.
**Students who fail to turn in their final written work by Friday, April 18, 2022 will be penalized one-third of a letter grade for every 48 hours (or fraction thereof) of unexcused lateness, weekend days included.
JUNIOR INDEPENDENT WORK DEADLINES
CLASS OF 2023
| Due | Explanation of Material Due |
| December 14 | Deadline for Juniors to Submit Integrated Draft. Submit the assignment for SOC 300 to your preceptor no later than 4:00 pm, on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. |
| March 29* | Complete First Draft of Independent Work Due. Submit an electronic copy only of the full first draft of your independent work to your adviser and Donna DeFrancisco (defran@princeton.edu), by 4:00 pm. You should receive written comments on this draft. Hard copies will not be accepted. |
| April 19** | Final Independent Work Due. Submit an electronic copy in PDF (not Google Docs), of the final paper to Donna DeFrancisco (defran@princeton.edu), by 4:00 pm. Be sure to include and sign the pledge on your paper. Separate penalties apply for failing to meet this deadline. |
*Unless an extension has been granted by the Director of Undergraduate Studies, students who fail to turn in their written work by the prescribed due date will be penalized one-third of a letter grade on their final independent-work grade.
**Students who fail to turn in their final written work by Friday, April 19, 2022, will be penalized one-third of a letter grade for every 48 hours (or fraction thereof) of unexcused lateness, weekend days included.