A Few Logistical Issues

All 440/444 students should register/login to the IML portal (the screen of which opens on all the lab machines) and we will post work there. For now, the abstracts and bios will go there--soon we will have space for the beginning of the thesis projects. The thesis project parameters will be posted here below.

Also, don't forget tomorrow's open house: 3:30 - 5:30 pm in IML lounge. There are PRIZES as well as food and drink.

Finally, please register for the 24/7 conference (and if anyone can volunteer to help out, extra brownie points):

If you have any issues/concerns/questions, feel free to contact either of us....

Virginia & Anne
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Honors in Multimedia Scholarship Program
Senior Thesis Project Parameters


As you know, the certificate of honors in Multimedia Scholarship carries with it a mandatory thesis project that demonstrates the facility you have gained over your time in the program. Although you have (or will have) guidance and approval from both your IML and subject area advisor, the parameters for a passing thesis project are important for you to consider while you are creating it. Although there is no direct correlation between a written paper and a multimedia thesis, your project should cover the sort of scope that is roughly equivalent to a 50-page research paper.

The whole of your senior class sequence at the IML is devoted to carrying out this project, which must include the following considerations:



• Conceptual Core:
- The project’s controlling idea must be apparent.
- The project must be productively aligned with one of more multimedia genres.
- The project must effectively engage with the primary issue/s of the subject area into which it is intervening.

• Research Component:
- The project must display evidence of substantive research and thoughtful engagement with its subject matter.
- The project must use a variety of credible sources and cite them appropriately.
- The project ought to deploy more than one approach to an issue.

• Form & Content:
- The project’s structural or formal elements must serve the conceptual core.
- The project’s design decisions must be deliberate, controlled, and defensible.
- The project’s efficacy must be unencumbered by technical problems.

• Creative Realization:
- The project must approach the subject in a creative or innovative manner.
- The project must use media and design principles effectively.
- The project must achieve significant goa