# POLISCI 683: Senior Honors Thesis Seminar | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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## course

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### subjects

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### title

SENIOR HONORS THESIS SEMINAR

### description

A class for honors students writing their senior honors thesis within a seminar format. Focus is on conceptualization, research design, writing of the thesis, and relevant issues of political science. Only senior majors writing honor thesis.

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Junior standing and declared in an Honors program

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### llm summary

A seminar for senior honors students to conceptualize, design, and write their political science thesis.

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* Political science issues
* Research design

### llm skills

* Thesis conceptualization and research design
* Academic thesis writing

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* Honors program membership and senior standing
* Political science research and writing skills

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### statistics

#### gpa

3.875

#### graded

36

#### counts

* 28
* 7
* 1
* 0
* 0
* 0
* 0

### grade conflicts

None recorded.

### evidence

#### history

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course\_67afaba2b536b1c7fa58bd04-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_67afaba2b536b1c7fa58bd04-0.json)

#### traces

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course\_67afaba2b536b1c7fa58bd04-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_67afaba2b536b1c7fa58bd04-0.json)

#### meetings

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/meetings/course\_67afaba2b536b1c7fa58bd04-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/meetings/course_67afaba2b536b1c7fa58bd04-0.json)

#### results

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course\_67afaba2b536b1c7fa58bd04-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_67afaba2b536b1c7fa58bd04-0.json)

### revision

e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349

## instructor Trends

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## following

| code        | title                        |
| ----------- | ---------------------------- |
| POLISCI 684 | SENIOR HONORS THESIS SEMINAR |
