Honors Thesis Research

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In this course, each Honors student chooses or creates an interdisciplinary honors thesis project in consultation with the Honors Program Director, who teaches the course, and with a faculty mentor. Students research their thesis projects throughout the semester, with particular attention, focused on developing a scholarly intervention that consists of a well-structured argument of appropriate scope, informed by sustained, interdisciplinary academic research. Creative and artistic projects, science, social science, and business research studies, historical research papers, and other interdisciplinary projects are all acceptable as thesis projects when informed by sustained academic research. As the final writing assignment for the course, each student drafts a thesis proposal that includes the thesis introduction, timeline for completion, and an analytical review of the current scholarly research in the field of his or her thesis. This thesis proposal must be approved before he or she may continue with the thesis. Open only to Integral Honors Program students.