Senior Project
The most important
component of our major is the College-wide requirement of the Senior
Project, where students are expected to research and write as historians.
Every Alleghenian completes a Senior Comprehensive Project (known as
the "Comp"), a significant piece of original work, designed by each
student and a faculty advisor, that demonstrates to employers and graduate
schools the ability to complete a major asignment, to work independently,
to analyze and synthesize information and to write and speak persuasively.
- History 600-610
- Guidelines for the Senior Project
- Recent Senior Projects in History
- A list of recent titles to show the range of work done by students.
Prizes in History
Prizes are awarded to the authors of the best senior projects. The prize
recipients are selected from among those students who have earned the highest
grades on their projects during the academic year. The winners of the prizes
are announced at the annual Honors Convocation in the spring of each year.
Don M. Larrabee History Prize.
For the best thesis on history
2008 Crystal Ptacek
2007 Matthew Kissling
2006 Thaddeus R. Rupp
2005 Jenna C. Nigro
2004 David J. DeVenney
2003 Melissa F. McCrimmon
2002 Andrew P. Desbrow
2001 Robert Andrew Bain II
Harold Huntley Haine Prize in History.
To a senior history major who has demonstrated both academic promise and
performance in the area of American history
2008 Kimberley Luperi
2007 Benjamin Mourer
2006 Matt A. LeBold
2005 Christopher F. Caldwell and Sarah G. Johnston
2004 Rachel M. Brehm
2003 Ryan J. Durst and Nathan L. Robinson
2002 Barbara R. Eklund and Lauren S. Guehl
2001 Erin Michelle Black
Outstanding Junior Major Prize.
2008 Amy Negley
2007 Curt Anderson
2006 Laura Johnson
2005 Christian B. Gass
2004 Sarah G. Johnston
2003 Jason A. Betts
2002 Stephanie N. Petrella
