Major Requirements for Students Pursuing Latin Honors
CHEM 1071/75H Honors Chemistry I and Lab (Fall)
MATH 1571H Honors Calculus I (Fall)
PHYS 1401V Honors Physics I (Fall)
HCOL 3101H
All majors, including Honors students, are required to complete an advanced geologic field course, which acts as a capstone project. Students may choose between two courses regularly offered each summer (ESCI 4911 Advanced Field Geology or ESCI 4971W Field Hydrogeology). Honors students complete a thesis above and beyond these requirements.
Students give a public presentation that the committee attends. This presentation could occur as part of a research symposium on campus, or it could be organized for the committee within the department, or even as part of our existing weekly "Hard Rock" or "Soft Rock" seminar series.
All theses must be approved by a three member committee. At least one committee member (not necessarily the advisor) must be a tenure-track faculty member at the University of Minnesota, and at least one must be affiliated with the department in which the thesis is conducted.