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A requirement for graduating from the College of Education and Health Professions Honors Program is completion of the thesis or creative project.
Students must complete both the Honors Thesis Tutorial (HNED3001H) and Honors Thesis/Project (HNED4003) courses.
HNED3001H is designed to provide the foundation for the Honors Thesis. Students and faculty tutors work “one-on-one” exploring a specific topic, which has been agreed upon by the student and the professor. This course may be repeated for 5 hours.
HNED4003 is designed to provide the honors student the opportunity to complete original research or creative activity in their major field. Approval of the student’s thesis/project and oral presentation are required for successful completion of this course.
The Thesis/Project process allows students to advance their research skills significantly or perfect their crafts in their respective fields. The Thesis/Project may well be the student's most valuable educational experience requiring students to examine complex objects, ideas and issues. Students are expected to submit work that meets the scholarly expectations of the discipline and the COEHP Honors Program.
The Thesis/Project experience develops self-reliant scholars and will serve honors students well as they leave the University to take their place as community, professional, or academic leaders. The Thesis/Project is a steppingstone to graduate or professional school.
The Honors student is to complete the Honors Thesis/Project Tutorial (HNED3001H) course and submit their Honors Thesis/Project Proposal the semester prior to enrolling in the Honors Thesis/ Project (HNED4003H) course. The proposal form stands as a "contract" between the student and the faculty mentor and committee. It is an agreement with the COEHP Honors Council to complete the work described within the semester in which the student enrolls in the thesis/project course.
The abstract required on the Honors Thesis/Project Proposal form should give sufficient information about the nature and scope of the proposed work and should be written for a well-educated but general audience. [Note: Faculty mentors may require a full prospectus in the more specialized language of your discipline prior to accepting the abstract.] If there are substantive changes to the Honors Project, a revised abstract should be submitted on a new proposal form to the Honors Council.
The student must be enrolled in the Thesis/Project course during the semester the thesis will be completed. It is assumed, however, that the student will be working on the thesis idea, the proposal and completion of the project throughout the junior and senior years.
The final thesis should be prepared and formatted according to the conventions employed in the discipline of study. Students participating in a team project must submit a copy of the team's project as well as provide the COEHP Honors Council a two-to-four page summary documenting their individual contribution to the team effort. The final thesis and the Honors Thesis/Project Approval form should be submitted to the faculty mentor and committee two weeks prior to the last class day. Presentation of the Thesis/Project to the COEHP faculty and Honors Council will occur the week preceding finals week. Once the faculty mentor has signed the approval form, the thesis and form should be received in the Honors Council by the last class day.
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