There is a considerable difference between a "Master/Major Project" and a thesis. The former is usually a summation of what you've learned during classes and fieldwork, while the latter is original research that is supposed to be of publication-quality. Sometimes the thesis might originate from fieldwork or classwork--but it requires some outside work, and can't come from old papers.
I had to write a Major Project for one of my majors, and a thesis for the other. BIG DIFFERENCE.
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