thesis and thesis projects
Each student completes a thesis or thesis project based on original research. Students work with faculty to chose an area of interest and narrow it into a thesis topic by the beginning of their second semester. Projects involve a similar amount of research, but result in a different end product, such as an exhibition script, a museum plan, or an interpretive program.
Throughout the course of two semesters (started in either the spring semester of the first year or fall semester of the second year), students write a draft proposal; conduct research; submit a final proposal, chapter summary or outline, and a working bibliography; and submit drafts to first and second readers.
Some funding is avaliable for students to conduct thesis research through the Cooperstown Graduate Program and SUNY Oneonta.
Click here to view an archive of CGP thesis titles.
Jessica Mayercin and Emily Lang (both '13) present their thesis topics at the annual Student Research Presentation Day at SUNY Oneonta.
Editing a thesis can take as long as writing it. Here one student uses the Ideas Lab to organize her ideas.
One student's research on the carved wooden "interconnected series" of self-taught artist Rudy Rotter at Gallery 3 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Haley Gard ('13) listens to an oral history interview for thesis research.