Honors

=Honors in the Major=


 * “Honors in the Major” ** is different from **Honors in the Liberal Arts** and **Comprehensive Honors**. HLA requires students to earn 24 Honors credits (with a 3.3 min. GPA) in broadly distributed subjects. Honors in the Major, on the other hand, is concentrated largely in one department and does not require students to enroll in courses marked as “H” in the timetable. It does require a consistent 3.5+ GPA. Comprehensive Honors is the highest undergrad degree offered by L&S and requires students to complete both HLA and Honors in the Major.

Awards for Honors majors can be found [|here]. In the past, several of our majors have won the Trewartha and the Tricia Nordby Hamrin awards.

Instructions for students pursuing Honors in the major are here: Junior Year, Fall: - Begin brainstorming and planning research projects. - Talk to the honors advisor for Geography. - Identify suitable faculty mentors for the honors project and begin contacting them.
 * The basic timeline ** (taken from the Overview above) is:

Junior Year, Spring: - Take Geography 766. This graduate-level seminar focuses on giving students the tools to design their own independent research projects. Honors students generally use this course to develop and write a proposal for their senior honors thesis.

Senior Year, Fall: - Take Geography 681. This course provides the academic credit for the work conducted by the Honors student during the pursuit of their thesis. May be taken for 2 or 3 credits. The bulk of this semester is usually spent conducting the actual research, although it is usually a good idea to outline and begin writing the thesis.

Senior Year, Spring: - Take Geography 682. As Geography 681, for the spring semester. May be taken for 2 or 3 credits. This semester is usually spent finishing the research and analyses, writing the thesis, and developing and giving a public presentation.

Anytime: - Take the additional credits and seminars required for Honors in Geography (see Requirements, above).


 * A copy of the Senior Honors Thesis ** should be given to Tom Tews at the Geography Library, and the thesis advisor should also receive a copy. They can also be submitted online at Minds@UW, which is a great resource for other honors students: **[]**

= Special Issues: =

- DARS does not track the Senior Honors Thesis as part of a student’s degree requirements until the student has registered for 682. If a student wonders why they are short I/A/D credit, or credits toward the 100-cr rule, that’s probably why.