Thank you for your interest in the UTSA MARC program. After 45 years, and hundreds of undergraduates trained and launched into amazing scientific careers as doctoral level scientists, the UTSA MARC program has ended. We celebrate our students and their accomplishments and will continue to seek out ways to support the highly talented and dedicated future scientists at UTSA.
MARC students are expected to complete a thesis and give an oral presentation of their completed work in the semester that they exit the program. All information regarding the thesis is presented in the MARC Honors Thesis Handbook (see below). Thesis presentations will be made on the final Friday of each semester, prior to the "Gathering to Honor Graduates." Thesis format is, essentially, identical to that of the UTSA Honors College thesis, with slight alterations to the Signature Page. You will need to have your mentor and two more faculty readers approve the thesis! Files pertinent to the MARC Thesis are included below:
- Developing Your Thesis and Associated Presentations
- MARC Thesis Template
- Thesis Forms and Information (Honors College)
- Sample Thesis (good for content; format should be from the template)
Thesis Coursework
All participants must take two semesters of Departmental Honors Research (4993) credit courses. If you are not in the Honors College, you can enroll in the individual Departmental BIO 4993 courses directly at the department, although this will take some getting used to on the part of several departmental secretaries. Come talk to Dr. Taylor and she will explain it more fully to you.
