Honors Thesis Seminar Application
Application for the two-quarter Honors Thesis Seminar (194HA and 194HB). Deadline: June 25
Eligibility
- Declared major in Sociology or Sociology/Organizational Studies at time of application.
- Completion of 135 units at the time of enrollment in Honors Seminar (fall quarter of fourth year).
- GPA of 3.3 in the major (calculate upper division courses only) at the time of enrollment in Honors Seminar.
- Completion of a least four upper-division sociology courses at the time of application.
- Agreement of a faculty member to serve as the adviser for your thesis. The adviser will be your main guide in completion of the thesis and will meet with you approximately every two weeks. Students are encouraged to take an independent study course (Soc 199) with their thesis adviser in the spring of the third year.
Honors, High Honors and Highest Honors
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Honors. Student must meet the College of Letters and Science GPA requirements (see the General Catalog)
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High Honors. Student must earn an “A-” in the Honors Thesis Seminar and meet College of Letters and Science GPA requirements for “honors”.
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Highest Honors. Student must earn an “A” in the Honors Thesis Seminar and meet College of Letters and Science GPA requirements for “honors”.
How to Apply
Submit a 5-page proposal by June 25 of your third year to Drew Halfmann (dhalfmann@ucdavis.edu) and Delores D’Amico (dmdamico@ucdavis.edu).
The proposal should list the name of a faculty member who has agreed to be your adviser for the project and, if possible, you should get feedback on the proposal from your adviser.
- Begin with a brief, clear
statement of your research topic and your research question(s). What do you want to find out and why? What is the puzzle that you are trying to
solve? Your research question may change
over the course of the year, but it is still good to have a question at the
beginning of your research to guide your thinking and data collection.
- Discuss your preliminary plans for going about the research. What method or methods will you use? What are some potential sources of data?
- What two books or five articles do you plan to read on your topic over the summer?
The proposals will be discussed on the first day of the seminar in the fall. Your audience is your fellow students. It is not necessary to try to "sound sociological". Try to tell the group what you hope to do as simply and straightforwardly as possible.