Art History
Students wishing to take honors in art history should identify an area of interest, choose an appropriate advisor, and apply for eligibility to the art history faculty before April 1 of their junior year.
Asian Studies
The Honors Program in Asian Studies provides advanced undergraduate students with an opportunity to engage in focused and in-depth research on an issue of deep scholarly interest.
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
A student who has a minimum 3.40 GPA is eligible to undertake an honors research project in addition to their normal course load.
Biology
Qualified, upper-division students majoring in biology may choose to carry out independent research in the honors program, under the direction of a faculty member in the department.
Chemistry
Students who want to enter this program must apply in writing to the department chair prior to the beginning of their senior year.
Combined Languages
In the capstone semester, faculty will identify qualified seniors and invite them to submit a proposal for a honors thesis. This honors program is for language, literature and culture majors only.
Community, Youth, and Education Studies
Upon satisfactory completion of CYES 294 and the program, the CYES Program Praxis Committee may recommend graduation with departmental honors.
Comparative Literature
Faculty will invite qualified senior majors to submit a proposal for a semester-long honors thesis during the spring of their senior year.
Computer Science
Students interested in pursuing the honors program should consult their department adviser and reach out to their intended Honors advisor during their junior year.
Economics
Economics majors with outstanding academic records may apply to pursue departmental honors.
English
Faculty identify qualified junior majors and invite them to work on a yearlong honors thesis during their senior year.
Environmental Science
Students apply in writing before the beginning of their senior year to the Director of the Environmental Science program for admission into the honors program.
French & Francophone Studies
In the capstone semester, faculty will identify qualified seniors and invite them to submit a proposal for a honors thesis. This honors program is for language, literature and culture majors only.
Geography
To graduate with honors, a student must complete a two-semester honors project conducted under the supervision of two faculty members.
Global Environmental Studies
To graduate with honors, a student must complete a two-semester honors project conducted under the supervision of two faculty members.
History
Students interested in honors should consult with their adviser during the fall semester of their junior year.
International Development & Social Change
Majors who have maintained the required grade point average are eligible to apply for an honors thesis.
Mathematics
A student’s application in writing must be directed to a prospective honors advisor or the department chair by the end of the student’s junior year.
Media, Culture, and the Arts
Students who meet the requirement may, with the program’s approval, elect to complete a one- or two-unit senior honors thesis.
Music
The intention to pursue an honors degree must be declared before the start of the junior year and requires approval of the music program director.
Philosophy
Students majoring in philosophy may apply to complete an honors thesis under the direction of a department faculty member.
Physics
Candidates will conduct a research project under faculty member guidance during the junior and/or senior years culminating in a thesis.
Political Science
Political Science majors with outstanding academic records may apply to the departmental honors program in spring of their junior year.
Psychology
The Psychology Honors Program is a two-semester sequence whose focus is to guide honors students through the design and execution of an independent honors research project under the guidance of one or more faculty mentors.
Screen Studies
Students who meet the requirement may, with the program’s approval, elect to complete a one- or two-unit senior honors thesis.
Sociology
The senior thesis gives the exceptional student an opportunity to pursue an intensive course of independent study under the direction of a department faculty member.
Spanish
In the capstone semester, faculty will identify qualified seniors and invite them to submit a proposal for a honors thesis. This honors program is for language, literature and culture majors only.
Studio Art
Students with a strong commitment to intensive study and departmental approval can elect to undertake a senior thesis project, which culminates in an exhibition of work in the Schiltkamp Gallery.
Theatre Arts
Students with distinguished academic records who wish to take honors in theater arts should consult the program director early in their junior year to identify a project of interest and choose an honors adviser.
Women’s and Gender Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies majors with outstanding academic records may apply to the departmental honors program in spring of their junior year.