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From the
Provost

Welcome to St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
At St. Mary’s we are all learners, dedicated to creative and intellectual exploration in a community revolving around our students. We invite you to engage fully in the exciting academic life that we create together and to challenge yourself to work toward excellence in all that you undertake. My staff and I wish to provide you with the support you need to be successful in your endeavors. Don’t hesitate to call on us.

- Larry Vote, Provost

St. Mary's
Projects

 

The St. Mary's Project

2008 St. Mary's Project Presentation Schedule

• April 28
• April 29
• Presentations on other days

Specific Guidelines | Forms | Project Examples | What's New?

A St. Mary's Project may be a research project or a creative expression in the arts. It may include collaborative work and build upon components of internships, study-abroad programs, and other experiential formats, as well as reflect traditional research skills. Most students will enroll for the St. Mary's Project in the senior year, but some projects may involve junior-year experiences.

A St. Mary's Project is completed within the major; however, a project may be conducted within a single discipline or across disciplines, including established cross-disciplinary study areas. The initiation of the project and its completion are the responsibility of the student. Projects must be approved by the department or departments in which the student is majoring.

+ Project Examples

Specific Guidlelines

There are guidelines in the following areas:

• Purpose
• Description
• Supervision
• Planning for the Project
• Requirements
• Design
• Timing
• Funding
• Registration
• Evaluation
• Archiving
• Public Presentation
• St. Mary's Project Schedule
• Complete Guidelines (MS Word | PDF)

Forms

• Action Plan (MS Word | PDF)
• Budget Projection (MS Word | PDF)
• Expenditure (MS Word | PDF)
• Release Form (MS Word | PDF)

What's new this year for SMPs?

Students just beginning their SMP only need to fill out an Action Plan and file it, with signatures, in the Registrar’s Office by the end of the second week of class. Proposals for SMPs will be handled entirely by departments. The departments all have varied procedures for when student proposals for SMPs are due, what they contain and how they are used. Please make sure you are aware of your department's process.

If you are a double major, get in touch with the department chairs in each of your majors to make sure that you meet all of the senior requirements for each major.

The poster session for SMP presentations will take place on Tuesday, April 29. Students will put their posters up at 8:30 AM and take them down after 1:00 PM. The poster session is from 9 AM to noon. Students will be assigned a 1½ hours time slot for their presentation.