Division III Thesis

Basic Information
The Division III Thesis is not unlike a Masters' or Doctoral thesis, except in terms of scope and range. A student will delineate a project and its boundaries in concert with their Division III Committee, and work with them closely in the articulation, organization and execution of the project. Theses can range anywhere from 30 or 40 pages to 200 or 300 pages, depending on the topic, its complexity, the committee, the school, and other variables.

While all students must complete a Division III project, not all Div III students will write a thesis explaining their project, if they and their Division III Committee do not see it as necessary. Even for the students writing a thesis, each one will be vastly different, and each one leaves a great deal of room for exploration and further development after graduation from Hampshire College. Hampshire is the only school in the Five Colleges that requires all students to complete a Division III project to be eligible for graduation.