The thesis is completed on a topic taken from one of the following areas: health, climate, population or Global Literacy. Students are expected to present their project to the Director of Global Studies and a committee of faculty members at the end of their senior year. The Global Thesis may be presented in a language other than English. In addition to the written paper, the Global Thesis may also include photography, a documentary or another medium that would enhance the presentation.
Students in this program should be prepared to work efficiently and autonomously as they complete periodic benchmark assignments designed to mark their progress toward the final thesis and presentation. While students will meet with their thesis advisors weekly, they will be expected to leverage social media technology in order to interact with faculty as well as with outside experts in the field that they are studying. Please
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Seven students will completed Global Thesis projects during the 2010-2011 school year. Their topics range from studies of international film and musical representations of culture to the global water crisis, sustainable aquaculture, government controls on population and Mexican drug trafficking. These studies were presented publicly on May 24 and 26, 2011.
In 2011-2012 a cohort of fifteen students will complete Global Thesis projects in partial fulfillment of the requirements for out Diploma with a Concentration in Global Studies. A rich variety of studies will be presented on April 24, 2012 as a part of our World Perspectives Symposium.