“大学毕业论文”英文是：dissertation 或 thesis。 Dissertation = a long piece of writing on a particular subject
especially one written for a university degree 专题论文/学位论文。 Thesis = a long piece of writing pleted by a student as part of a university degree 学位论文。 dissertation 和 thesis 通常可以互相通用；有时 thesis 是特别指较高级别的论文如博士论文。
参考: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dict.
论文 is thesis.
参考: my wife
she wrote one before
