Major Requirements for Students Pursuing Latin Honors
CNRC 1042H - Honors Greek and Roman Mythology
HCOL3101H or HCOL3102H
All majors, including Honors students, enroll in CNRC 3994. That said, whereas a regular departmental senior capstone project requires only one faculty member as advisor, all students completing an Honors thesis will work with a committee of three: the primary advisor and two additional members. The additional faculty members are chosen in consultation with the capstone advisor.
The Honors thesis usually involves two semesters of work, with the first semester being a relevant advanced course in the department (3xxx or 5xxx level), a directed study, or a study abroad, field archeology, or internship experience. Since the second, thesis semester focuses on the writing process itself, the honors project proposal must be approved a minimum of one month before the beginning of the semester in which the thesis will be completed.
The Honors thesis includes a more substantial commitment to both the craft and the format of academic writing. This involves the process of submission of topic proposal, preliminary bibliography, preparation of first drafts of each section of the thesis, a process of revision in light of comments and suggestions from the advisor, and final submission of the final draft, along with a short reflection on what has been learned about the process of writing. An Honors thesis also requires mastery of the format of academic writing in the humanities: in particular, the format guidelines of the Chicago Manual of Style Humanities A style, including correct footnote and bibliography format (easily summarized in Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers).
For summa cum laude projects, a penultimate draft of the thesis must be approved by all committee members. That penultimate draft must be submitted to the committee either by December 1 (for fall graduates) or by May 1 (for spring graduates). Conditional upon such approval, a required oral defense with the committee is scheduled.