The Honors Thesis in English
Each year, a few English majors write senior
honors theses. Doing so is not a
requirement of the major, but a thesis does
fulfill the Senior Capstone Writing Requirement.
Copies of past Honors Theses may be consulted in
the Moffat Seminar Room (Payne 26).
English 493 (3, 3) — Senior Honors
Thesis.
Rules Governing the Senior Honors Thesis in
English
1. Prospective Honors students
must have a cumulative grade-point average of
3.00 or above and a grade-point average of at
least 3.25 in the major; they must declare their
candidacy in writing to the department no later
than 30 January of their junior year. These
requirements will be waived only in exceptional
circumstances and only with the approval of the
majority of the voting members of the
departmental faculty.
2. No later than the end of the Winter
Term of their junior year, Honors candidates must
submit a written description of their project to
their director to gain approval. This proposal is
circulated to the English faculty for comments
and suggestions.
3. Successful Honors candidates will
register for English 493 in the Fall and Winter
Terms. Throughout both terms they will have
frequent conferences with their director and will
be actively engaged in work on their
thesis. By the end of Fall Term, they must
secure the agreement of another member of the
English faculty to be a second reader.
4. The candidate must complete the full-length
draft of the thesis by the end of the Winter
Term. The candidate must submit the final copy
to the director and the second reader no later
than the fifth week of Spring Term.
5. A completed thesis must earn at least
a grade of B in order to result in Honors in the
major. If it does not, it will result in
the conversion of English 493 to
English 413. Determination of the grade for
the project will be made by the director and the
second reader. If they cannot agree on an
appropriate grade, the director may decide to
submit the thesis to a third reader for a
decision.
6. One copy of the thesis must be
delivered to the Leyburn Library, and a bound
copy must be left in the Moffatt Seminar Room
(Payne 26).
7. The candidate is required to give a public presentation based on the thesis work. These presentations are scheduled at the end of the winter term and/or the beginning of the spring term of the senior year. |
