Honors ProgramStudents with strong academic records (a GPA of 3.65 in both history and in the college) may apply during the application period for admission to the History Honors Program. If the program is completed successfully, the student will be awarded Honors in History, which designation will appear on their diploma. Students should apply during the spring semester of the junior year and are strongly encouraged to take a History Workshop before applying to the Honors Program.
This 8-point Program affords qualified students the opportunity to work closely with faculty members and to conduct extensive research on a topic of their choice.
The Program consists of a small Honors Seminar (V57.0994), followed by an individualized Honors Tutorial (V57.0996). Normally, the seminar (which counts as an Advanced Seminar for the Major) is taken in the first semester of the senior year, after completion of the Workshop. In the Seminar students define a thesis topic of their choice, develop a bibliography, read broadly in background works, and begin their research. A substantial part of the research, usually including a rough draft of the thesis, should be completed by the semester’s end. The Tutorial, in which students work on a one-to one basis with a faculty director, follows in the second semester.
Theses vary in length between 30 and 70 pages, depending on the nature and scope of the subject. The completed thesis, approved for defense by the director, is defended before a committee of the director and at least one additional faculty member. A grade of at least A- is required for the award of Honors inHistory. Otherwise, studentswill simply be awarded 8 points toward the major.
Students turn in their applications to the Undergraduate Advisor their junior year and complete the program their senior year. The application period for the 2008-2009 academic year has passed. Please look for the 2009-2010 form in February 2009. No late applications are accepted.
Honors Program Application
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