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Senior Honors Thesis
An honors program is available to IS majors who have demonstrated their ability to perform distinguished work. The honors thesis allows exceptional students in the undergraduate major the opportunity to approach a problem in a substantial and scholarly way.
Students write an honors thesis on a topic related to information science and defend it before a faculty committee. They may graduate with honors or highest honors; this designation is printed on the final transcript and diploma.
Students may apply for the honors program in the spring of their junior year. Admission to the honors program requires a GPA of 3.5 or better in the major and 3.2 or better overall, and approval of the associate dean for undergraduate programs, who acts as director of the honors program. Continuation in the honors program requires maintenance of a GPA of 3.5 or better and completion of INLS 691H with a grade of B or better.
The honors program consists of two courses: INLS 691H, Honors Research, and INLS 692H, Honors Thesis in Information Science. INLS 691H will be taken in the fall of the senior year. Assuming satisfactory completion of INLS 691H, students register for INLS 692H in the spring of their senior year.