Abstract Guidelines

Requirements:

Length: 2 pages
Type: twelve point
Font: Times New Roman
Margins: one inch left, right, top, and bottom
Title page: include your name, committee member’s name, project title, and date

The abstract is the culminating piece of your project. In it, you should extract and organize the lessons you have learned and analyze how these lessons may help you, and others, in the future. This paper should not be a mere re-hash of your journal. If you want more specific suggestions about this paper, you will find them on the senior project website. Note: if you fail to meet the requirements above or if your paper contains spelling, grammatical, and/or technical errors, you will not be able to earn a “high pass” on your project.

Sample Abstracts

Below are links to Heitmann Award winner abstracts from previous years. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these files which you can download by clicking on the link below. Enjoy their thoughts.

Abstracts from 2002
Kate Fredericks
Midori Shirakawa

Abstract from 2003
Raquel Colon

Abstract from 2007
Kulika Chomvong