These are Grad Students, yes? You should point out to them that part of their thesis/dissertation defense/prelims/etc will be questions that they're not supposed to know -- and their committee is going to want to see how they handle the "not knowing." They'd better get used to saying "I don't know but I can find out" now!

This class is all planners, and I'm not sure what they do for their major work. My course, public policy, requires a "practicum" where we form groups and work on an issue for a real-life client, creating a policy proposal and implementation strategy. We don't have theses... a fact which made me rather upset, actually, as I was looking forward to knowing exactly what I was doing on one! (my undergrad required what was nearly a master's-level thesis of all students. I think mine clocked in at 40 pages, and I didn't go for honors which would have been longer and required an oral defense.)

Let's see... *grabs website*... looks like planners do comps.

If there's an oral component to it .......

I actually enjoyed the writing. The endless revisions, not so much. :-S

See, only about the first half of my thesis got to be revised endlessly. I ran smack into deadlines...

I was kinda looking forward to getting to do it again -- correctly -- but it is not to be. :P Someday I'll revise and finish the undergrad one.

I love deadlines. I especially love the whooshing sound as they zoom by ....

You'll just have to go for an additional degree! :-)

ducking and running now.

I have an icon for that.

I <3 that icon. :-)