Requirements and Deadlines from the University Committee on Honors

Date: November 16, 2007
To: The Faculty, all Seniors, Juniors
From: The University Committee on Honors
Subject: Honors in Independent Study

This memorandum is intended especially for seniors undertaking honors projects in 2007–08, juniors who may be considering doing honors projects in 2008–09, and faculty advisors. It contains essential information about requirements and deadlines for those intending to submit an honors thesis next spring. Additional information about Honors in Independent Study may be found in the pamphlet, "Honors at Graduation: Some Questions and Answers for Students." Copies of this pamphlet are available from the Reference Desk in the Library. Students should also consult the 2007–08 Lawrence University Course Catalog and the Honors Committee web site at http://www.lawrence.edu/committee/honors/.

A student who expects to submit a thesis for honors in independent study must file a written statement of intent on a form that can be obtained from the Reference Desk in the Library and from the Committee web site. The form must be signed by the student and the faculty member who will serve as the student's project advisor and submitted to the Chair of the Committee, Ms. Faith Barrett, in the Main Hall faculty office, by 3 p.m. on Friday, April 4, 2008.  No thesis will be considered for honors in independent study unless this statement of intent is filed, though filing the statement does not obligate the student to submit a thesis.

Four copies of the thesis must be registered with Ms. Corinne Wocelka in the Lawrence Library by 3 p.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. These copies must be carefully proofread and free of typographical errors and misspellings, and all quotations and references should be checked for both accuracy and proper format. The copies will be promptly returned to the student for distribution to the members of the examining committee and the representative of the Committee on Honors by noon of the following day. In scheduling the oral examination, please keep in mind that each of these members must receive a copy at least 48 hours in advance of the scheduled oral examination.

Following the oral examination and no later than 3 p.m., Friday, June 6, 2008, a good clean copy of the thesis must be submitted to Ms. Wocelka for the Library collection. This copy must be bound in a two-hole hard cover and must otherwise conform to a style and format that is acceptable and standard in the discipline of the study. (Three ring binders, commercial binding, and plastic-fingered binding are unacceptable.)

The Committee on Honors will grant an extension on these deadlines only for causes beyond the student's control and upon receipt of a written petition endorsed by the project advisor. Inquiries about extensions should be directed to the Chair of the Committee, Ms. Barrett, well in advance of the deadlines. The Committee strongly urges advisors to keep their students conscious of the importance of each of the deadlines.

Students planning to submit an honors thesis during the second term this year should contact Ms. Barrett immediately.

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