Spring 2027

Senior Honors Thesis

Second semester of individual study for majors completing Senior Honors Theses in Microbiology, arranged with a faculty member.

offering recorded2–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Michael Thomas4.2/5Daniel Amador-Noguez3.9/5Charles Kaspar3.8/5 +20 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Investigate a science topic in conjunction with other investigators to develop a deep understanding of a research problem.

  • Identify a research problem and develop a series of experiments to test a hypothesis related to the problem under investigation.

  • Carry out designed experiments and collect data related to the research problem under investigation.

  • Analyze the results of experiments and use them to test the validity of the developed hypothesis.

  • Communicate the results of investigations via written and/or oral means to an appropriate audience.

  • Write an honors thesis that contains an abstract, background, a demonstration of research skills, analysis of the research question, and a summary of the impact of the work.

Source: UW Guide

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MICROBIO 682

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Professors

Spring 2027

Michael Thomas

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Raw average: 4.89/5 from 18 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 4.80/5 from 5 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 4.00/5 from 17 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 3.71/5 from 7 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 3.67/5 from 3 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 3.50/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 3.56/5 from 9 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 3.38/5 from 8 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BRIANA BURTON is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHARLES KASPAR is recorded teaching in Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DANIEL AMADOR-NOGUEZ is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DAVID HERSHEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ERICA MAJUMDER is recorded teaching in Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

FEDERICO REY is recorded teaching in Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JAEHYUK YU is recorded teaching in Spring 2010. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KARTHIK ANANTHARAMAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATRINA FOREST is recorded teaching in Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MICHAEL THOMAS is recorded teaching in Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Independent scientific research on a specific topic
  • Scientific communication of research results

Skills

  • Developing experimental designs to test hypotheses
  • Analyzing experimental results to test hypothesis validity
  • Writing a comprehensive honors thesis

Grades

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MICROBIO 682 · Spring 2027

Senior Honors Thesis

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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