Honors
Students who have a grade point average of 3.5 or above in the major and who write a senior thesis that is judged outstanding by the department can qualify for honors. The thesis would be written under the direction of a sociology faculty member. Students are required to submit a thesis proposal which must be approved by the department in the semester prior to writing the thesis. Students should have prior course work in the subject area in which they plan to write a thesis.
Independent Study
1. In the semester before the student plans to write the thesis, the candidate for honors needs to submit a thesis proposal to the Sociology Department based on the research design that the student produced in SOC 398.
2. The final paper needs to be submitted to two professors (the adviser and one other professor) in the department for evaluation.
3. If the paper is approved for honors by the two professors, the student receives honors. If the paper is not judged to be of honors quality, the student still receives a grade and credit for the course.
