Step Seven: Submission
Submitting the thesis
Psychology theses are submitted electronically in pdf format. If you are uncertain how to prepare a final version of your thesis in pdf format, please contact thesis TF Sam Moulton.
You should send your thesis as a pdf attachment to the Psychology Undergraduate Office, psychology at wjh dot harvard dot edu, no later than 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 19th, 2009. You must mail this to the UGO from an e-mail account that bears your name (not from a friend's account or from an account of yours that has an alias). Before submitting to psychology at wjh, you might want to practice e-mailing your thesis to a roommate or other friend to make sure it comes through, so you are certain you will meet the deadline smoothly. The Undergraduate Office will e-mail you confirmation that it has received your thesis on the afternoon or evening of the 19th.
The Undergraduate Office will be responsible for e-mailing your thesis to your advisor(s) and reader(s), along with instructions and grading forms; you should not do this yourself. The thesis you submit to the Undergraduate Office will form the entire basis for your written thesis grade. Missing material like pages, tables, or bibliographical references cannot be submitted to advisors or readers without incurring late penalties.
The department observes the thesis deadline strictly. The only basis for exceptions are serious, documented situations, and in most cases the department should be notified of such a situation ahead of the deadline. Grades of late theses will be reduced one-third of a grade each three days after the deadline (for example, from summa to magna plus or from magna to magna minus.) Early submission of theses is permitted.
Additional Submissions
If you are a joint concentrator with psychology your secondary field, you should follow submission instructions from your primary field, but please also e-mail a pdf file to psychology at wjh by the deadline your primary field has set for thesis submissions.
If you are a joint concentrator with psychology your primary field, the Undergraduate Office will take care of providing your secondary field with hard copies of your thesis if that is required.
All students must also submit a hard copy of their thesis by May 13th for archiving purposes. This copy should be on bond paper of at least medium weight (see exact details in Section VI) , and should be submitted unbound in a 10x13” manila envelope with your surname on the front in pencil. Note the formatting suggestions on margins (Spacing/Margins/Pagination), as these copies may eventually be bound.
Please also note that hard copies of theses submitted for prize consideration (e.g., Thomas Hoopes Prizes) will often need to accompany faculty nomination material, so you may need to provide your advisor with print copies of your thesis.
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