The thesis must be approved and signed by a university faculty member, typically a Physics faculty member who is the supervisor of the research and co-signed by a second member of the Physics faculty. Students are expected to have arranged consultations with these faculty members and to have met with them by the fall of their senior year.

Honors students are expected to submit three copies of the thesis, to be presented in a bound form (including a cover page) following the given format. One copy is given to each faculty signer and the third copy is turned in to the Undergraduate Academic Services Office, SW132.

The deadline for the completed and signed thesis is three weeks before the end of the senior spring semester.

The signing faculty members will convey a copy of the thesis to the undergraduate curriculum committee who, in consultation with the signing members and the student, will arrange the scheduling of an oral presentation. The audience for this event is a group of other honors candidates and faculty members. The presentation must take place before the end of the classes in the semester when the thesis is submitted.