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Honors Program The Honors Program in history offers students with above-average abilities and ambition an opportunity to pursue a more challenging curriculum and to earn an Honors degree. Students who meet the CQPR requirements are invited to apply for admission to the program at the beginning of the fall semester of the 2/C year. Those accepted for the program will follow the normal history major, with the following exceptions: they will take and Honors Colloquia (HH508) and an Honors Thesis Readings (HH512) course in their spring 2/C semester; and they will take a thematic Honors Historiography Seminar (HH507) and an Honors Senior Thesis (HH509) course in their fall 1/c semester. Honors students also choose a faculty member to serve as the advisor for their senior thesis; students work individually with their advisors in the HH512 and HH509 courses. For the purposes of course registration planning, students should note that HH507 counts as a Thematic course in the History Major distribution; HH508 replaces the regular major senior seminar (HH462). Click here for a sample Honors Class Matrix. History Honors Students will conceptualize, research, and write a substantial piece of scholarship on a topic of their choosing. Working closely with a faculty member, students will develop familiarity with the the relevant historiography on their topic, conduct archival research, and write a roughly 30-40 page senior thesis. Currently, funding is available to support student research travel, including to international archives. Funding is also available to bring on an outside reader who is an expert in the field of the student's project who will at a minimum participate in the Thesis Defense. All successful theses are bound and placed in Nimitz Library.
Requirements for Admission to the Program: 3.0 CQPR (with no Ds or Fs) 3.5 CQPR in all History courses (maximum of 2 Cs) 2.75 CQPR in Professional courses (with no Fs) 2.5 CQPR in Conduct (with no Fs) 2.0 CQPR in Physical Education (with no Fs)
The Honors Committee: In addition to working with a thesis advisor, students will also work with the members of the History Honors Committee, usually made up of four faculty members. The Honors Committee will offer questions, feedback, suggestions, and guidance in a directed way at two critical junctures: at the thesis proposal defense in the spring 2/C semester and at the thesis defense in the late winter of the 1/C year. While the thesis advisor provides the grades in the two senior thesis courses (HH512, HH509), the Honors Committee is responsible for determining whether a thesis is successful and for awarding the distinction of Honors. Students are welcome to contact any member of the Honors Committee at any time. History Honors Committee Chairs:
Honors Resources: History Honors Thesis Proposal |
