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2005-06 Deadlines:

October 7, 2005 Application to honors program due, SSPB 4229

December 9, 2005 Full research proposal due, delivered to your advisor

March 24, 2006 AT MINIMUM, a complete outline with chapter or section abstracts due, delivered to your advisor

May 20, 2006 Full draft of thesis due, delivered to your advisor

June 9, 2006 Final thesis due, delivered to your advisor

Download APPLICATION FORM HERE.

The Honors Program in Anthropology is designed to allow undergraduates to pursue field research and write an honors thesis on topics of their choice under the guidance of Department of Anthropology faculty members. Research projects typically involve a combination of library research, exploratory ethnographic interviews, participant observation, and systematic data collection and analysis. The program is open to all senior Anthropology majors with a grade point average of 3.3 or better overall, with 3.5 in Anthropology courses (at least five courses). Successful completion of the Honors Program and the honors thesis satisfies the upper-division writing requirement.

YOU MUST APPLY to be admitted into the Anthropology Honors Program. Please download the Application Form and submit it to Norma Mendoza, SSPB 4229 by OCTOBER 7, 2005 for the 2005-06 academic year. This is a firm deadline and no exceptions will be made.

You must obtain the consent of a faculty advisor to be admitted into the Honors Program. The faculty advisor must be a full time regular faculty member in the Anthropology Department. Any other potential advisor is subject to the approval of the Undergraduate Director. See application form for details.

Although course work for the Honors Program does not start until the senior year, it is highly recommended that during the spring quarter of the junior year, students find a professor willing to serve as their research project advisor on the basis of a mutually acceptable abstract that indicates the goal and significance of their project. If extensive research is to be undertaken at this time, students enroll in Anthropology 199.

During the fall quarter of the senior year, students enroll in Anthropology H190A and write a proposal describing their research question, the relevant background literature, and the method of data collection and analysis. Field work for the project may begin during this quarter. Proposals are due by the last day of finals week in the Fall Quarter.

In the winter quarter of the senior year, students begin or continue enthnographic field research by enrolling in Anthropology H190B. Field research typically combines exploratory field research with fixed format data collection methods. Faculty advisors require AT MINIMUM a complete outline of the thesis, including chapter or section abstracts, by the last day of finals week in the Winter Quarter.

In the spring of the senior year, students enroll in Anthropology H191 and complete a senior honor thesis that is typically 40 to 80 pages long.

In order to graduate with honors, students MUST submit a full draft of their thesis to their Faculty Advisor by MAY 20. Students who do not submit a full draft of their thesis to their advisor by May 20, 2006 will NOT receive honors at graduation. The draft should be a complete thesis that requires only minor stylistic or bibliographic work before being submitted in final form. This is a firm deadline. The deadline for the final version of the honors thesis is JUNE 9, 2006.