University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Biology Department

Biology 691/692: Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2007/Spring 2008


INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Lillie Searles
508 Fordham Hall
telephone: 966-4989
email: lsearles@email.unc.edu

CLASS INFORMATION

The classroom portion of Biol 691/692 has three main goals:

  • to help you to develop professional skills that are useful in writing your honors thesis and giving your honors symposium presentation
  • to have you interact as a community of scholars, and learn to present research and its significance in general terms that will be understood and appreciated by biologists from diverse fields
  • to keep you on schedule and help you to achieve the highest honors level possible

The class will meet each Wednesday from 4 to 5:30 pm in 209 Stone Center.  Each meeting will be on a tight schedule, so please respect your peers and instructors by coming on time.  You are responsible for completing assignments and coming to class prepared as described on the class schedule.