Description and Forms

One year before their anticipated graduation date, Honors Program students who have earned at least 15 hours of Honors credit in at least five separate classes (H100, the "Freshman Honors Colloquium" counts in this total) should begin the process that leads to the completion of the Senior Honors Project.  Seniors should enroll in this course no later than the fall semester before an anticipated May or August graduation.  A collaborative research experience, H399 is the course students ordinarily take in order to fulfill the three-hour thesis requirement for the Honors Program certificate.  For more specific information about the Senior Honors Project, students should contact Dr. Fujita (Office:  NS116 / Phone:  574.520.4210) at least one year before the anticipated date of graduation.

Senior Honors Thesis Proposal Form

Senior Honors Thesis Suggested Timetable

The Senior Research Seminar

The Honors Program students who have completed the Senior Honors Project present their research at this event, which customarily is held in mid-April.  A wide variety of research typically is reflected in this seminar.  On this occasion, the graduating seniors also receive the Honors Program medallion, which they wear as part of their graduation regalia.  The students who presented their scholarship in April 2006 included the following:  Rebecca Gerdes (“Adaptation Theory:  Straight from the Source”); Alisha Mack ("Diet Fads and Their Long-term and Short-term Effects on the Body"); Michelle McDougal (“Treating and Preventing Childhood Obesity”); Hannah Mears (“Teaching Peace in the 21st Century Classroom”); and Gerald Morris, Jr. (“Deoxynucleotide Metabolism and HIV Drug Interactions: Implications for HIV Drug Delivery”).