Senior Project or Thesis

Senior Project or Thesis Overview

In order to graduate from New College of Florida, all students, regardless of Area of Concentration, undertake and complete a senior project or thesis. The completed project should demonstrate the ability to express ideas and information in writing. When the thesis is approved by the thesis sponsor, the original copy is archived in Jane Bancroft Cook Library. The student is responsible for delivering the final copy of the thesis to Cook Library by the Monday of graduation week by no later than 5:00 p.m. If the Library has not accepted the senior thesis, the student will not be able to participate in the College’s graduation ceremony, his or her diploma will be withheld, and a hold will be placed on his or her transcript until the library copy has been accepted. The printed library copy should be submitted unbound, preferably in an envelope. The student must also email the complete .pdf of the thesis and a Word or rtf file of the abstract to thesis@ncf.edu. The Cook Library will pay for one bound copy of the thesis for the archive. A divisional copy of the thesis may be made at the request of an appropriate faculty member and will be charged to that division. All theses that have been completed at New College are available in Cook Library. Signature of the abstract by the faculty thesis sponsor or sponsors signifies approval of the thesis for deposit in Cook Library.

If the project or thesis takes other than written form—for example, a work of art—the student must also submit a written description of the project to the Cook Library, along with slides, a video, or a recording as the baccalaureate committee deems appropriate.

Submission of the Library Copy

A senior thesis is a scholarly document. Digital copies of theses are made available upon request to members of the public for a fee.

Electronic Copy of Thesis

• Every student must submit an electronic copy of their thesis.
• One final copy of the entire thesis in PDF form should be uploaded into the Thesis Submission Form found on the library website. The abstract does not need to be signed by a sponsor. The form will have a space for the Sponsor(s) and Division information. 
• If you have more than one sponsor, choose which sponsor to have the form routed to for signature. The signature is only an approval of the thesis and the information from the Sponsor(s) section of the form is what is recorded in the repository (Thesis Database). 
• The PDF will be uploaded to the Thesis Database by the library staff.
• Print copies are optional and do not need to be submitted at the same time as the digital copy.

Physical Copies

• Physical copies are optional.
• Physical copies do not need to be signed by your sponsor/advisor.

For a more detailed description of the thesis submission process, students are encouraged to consult the LibGuide.
For more information, email thesis@ncf.edu.