Junior Honors Seminar

3 credits · Undergraduate credit

This course is designed to help students develop the research and analytical skills necessary to complete an interdisciplinary Honors thesis. Through reading assignments and guest speakers, we explore research methods, argument formulation, and standards of evidence in different disciplines. The bulk of the work, however, focuses on each student formulating her/his thesis topic, conducting a literature review, identifying sources, and writing a research proposal outlining the problem or hypothesis and research design for the thesis. In individual meetings, the instructor assists each student in identifying an appropriate faculty member to advise her/his thesis research and writing during their senior year. Students also read and comment on each others' research proposals.