Undergraduate theses and other capstone research projects are increasingly becoming standard features of science curricula. As more students participate in research, however, departments may find that their approach to advising and assessing student work has become unmanageable.  To increase efficiency while maintaining high standards, departments may need to formalize what is often a loose and inconsistent process for both students and faculty.  To address this need, we created BioTAP, the Biology Thesis Assessment Protocol, a teaching and assessment tool.  BioTAP includes a rubric that articulates departmental expectations for the thesis, and a guide to the drafting-feedback-revision process that is modeled after the structure of professional scientific peer review.  

For a copy of BioTAP