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"I think there was an emphasis [at those meetings] that we don't need to be writing them, which could be interpreted as discouragement," says L. Andrew Cooper '99, who is writing a thesis on literary theory. "I think that they are discouraging people from feeling like they have to...
"Students like me who take the honors track because they want to go to grad school in English are still going to choose to write a thesis. Those who aren't going to go to grad school in English probably don't need to and they shouldn't have to...
Yet she adds that there could be a negative consequence. Thesis writing requires a one-on-one mentorship with a professor within the department as part of the senior tutorial and is a significant body of work.
"It is definitely possible for students to graduate in English without ever having a close relationship with a faculty member," Little says. "That's a shame, and I think that allowing honors without a thesis aggravates this problem."
"Everyone I spoke to in the department thought my reasons for not writing a thesis were solid, and when I finally made the decision, they were supportive," she says.