Junior Year
Fall Semester: Notice of eligibility sent (notification sent prior to enrollment for fall semester courses) to students with 3.75 GPA or higher. Students must earn a grade of A- or better, and retain their overall GPA of 3.75 or higher, to remain in the program. Since a student's thesis advisor must be chosen from the instructors of the two honors seminars a student takes, students should think ahead about the probable topic area and desired thesis advisor for their projects.
Spring Semester: Students who have taken one honors seminar during the fall semester and have retained their honors eligibility should enroll in a second honors-designated writing intensive seminar. Students with special circumstances, such as tho se studying abroad, may wait until senior fall to take the second seminar.
Senior Year
Fall Semester: Students who have finished both honors seminars during their junior year may begin work on their hesis during senior fall. A student may chose either of the faculty members who taught either of their writing intensive seminars taken to serve as thesis adviser. Students receive three elective credits toward the major for "thesis" during this semester. The final deadline for submission of the fall thesis is the first study day of the fall semester.
Spring Semester: Students with finished their honors seminars senior fall must write their thesis during senior spring. A student may chose either of the faculty members who taught either of their writing intensive seminars taken to serve as thesi s adviser. Students receive three elective credits toward the major for "thesis" during this semester. The final deadline for submission of a spring thesis is the first study day of the spring semester.