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Art:
Admission requires completion of at least 60 hours of credit, including
12 hours of Art, with an overall and art GPA of at least 3.25. Students
will complete seven hours of honors credit, including three to six hours
of honors tutorial in Art and a senior thesis (1-3 hrs), and graduate with
an overall and Art GPA of at least 3.25. Dependent upon the focus of
the thesis, the student may present along with it his/her original art
work.
Biology:
Admission requires completion of 60 hours of college credit; 16 hours
of Biology courses, Including BIOL 1401,1402, and 1403; and an
overall and Biology GPA of at least 3.25. Required honors courses:
Biology 4X96* Honors Tutorial (1-3 hrs and may be repeated) and
Biology 4X97* Honors Research (3 hrs). Students must earn four
hours of credit for BIOL 4X96* and three hours for BIOL 4X97*.
Students must graduate with a Biology GPA of at least 3.25 in order to
receive the honors designation.
Business Administration:
Admission requires a GPA of at least 3.5 in Acct. 2310, 2320; Econ.
2310, 2320: and BA 1310, and in all other college work; a GPA of at
least 3.0 for all other lower level honors courses with no grade below B
in those courses. Students must complete at least seven hours of
honors courses of which two may be lower level honors hours. Part 1.
Students must complete three hours from Part 1: ACCT 3196*, MGMT
3196*, MKTG 3196*, ECON 3196*, FIN 3196*; Part 2. B A 4196*
(1hr.); Part 3. B A 4X97* (1-3 hr. thesis). Students must complete
each part of the program in order, completing Part 1 before Part 2,
etc.
Chemistry and Biochemistry:
Admission requires completion of 60 hours of college credit, including
CHEM 1410, 1420, 2430, 3410, and 3420 with an overall and
Chemistry/Biochemistry GPA of 3.25. Students must complete seven
hours of honors courses, including an honors tutorial and a senior
thesis.
Communications:
Admission requires completion of 60 hours of college credit, including
12 hours in Communications, including COMM1310 and 1320; and an
overall GPA of at least 3.25 and of 3.5 for Communications courses.
Students must complete at least seven hours of honors courses,
including COMM 4X96* Honors Tutorial (3-6 hrs) and COMM 4X97*
Senior Thesis (1-3 hrs).
Computer Science:
Admission requires completion of 60 hours of college credit, including
CSC 1325, 1330 and 2325, with an overall and Computer Science
GPA of 3.25. Students must complete seven hours of honors courses,
including an honors tutorial and the senior thesis.
Curriculum and Instruction:
Admission requires completion of 60 credit hours with a GPA of at
least 3.5. Thesis proposals by MS-3 students will require the approval
of the Teacher Education Committee. Students majoring in secondary
education will prepare a thesis in their teaching field, and must meet all
requirements for the preparation of theses as set by the discipline in
which the thesis is written. Theses will be directed by a member of the
department of the teaching field. MS-3 students will complete a thesis
either in a teaching field or on some facet of elementary education
(e.g., pedagogy, curriculum, etc.). Theses in a teaching field will be
advised according to the same process listed for secondary education
majors. Theses on elementary education will be directed by a member
of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Students will earn six
hours of credit for the senior thesis, which will function as the six hours
of major electives in the degree pan for MS-3 students. Students
writing a thesis in a teaching field will earn their thesis hours in that
subject area.
English:
Admission requires completion of 60 hours of college credit, 15 hoursof English, and an overall and English GPA of at least 3.25. Students
must complete at least seven hours of honors courses, including ENG
4X96* (Honors Tutorial) and either ENG 4X97* Senior Thesis or ENG
4X98* Senior Opus. A senior thesis or opus in English must be
between 75-150 pages in length. The senior opus must be a piece or
collection of original fiction either prose, poetry, or drama.
Environmental Science:
Admission requires completion of 60 hours of college work, including
20 hours of required courses for the Environmental Science major, and
an overall and Environmental Science GPA of 3.25. Students will
complete four hours of ENVR 4X96* and three hours of ENVR 4X97*.
History:
Admission requires completion of 60 hours of college work, 15 hours in
History, and an overall and History GPA of at least 3.25. Students will
complete seven yours of honors courses, HIST 4X96* Honors Tutorial
(3-6 hrs) and 4X97* Honors Thesis (1-3 hrs), and at least 24 hours in
History.
Mathematics:
Admission requires completion of 60 hours of college work, including
MATH 2315, 2421, 2322, 3302, and an overall and Mathematics GPA
of 3.25. Students will complete seven hours of honors credit, including
MATH 4X96* Honors Tutorial and 4X97* Senior Thesis.
Music:
Admission requires completion of 30 hours of college work for
sophomores or 60 hours of college work for juniors; and overall GPA of
3.25 and music GPA of 3.4. Students must complete seven hours of
honors courses in music and maintain the above GPA's at graduation.
Students will choose one of the following tracks: (1) Music History,
Music Education, or Music Theory: requires the completion of an
honors thesis in music or (2) Performance: requires the completion of
at least one honors recital. The honors thesis and honors recital
courses are each two-hour courses, and may be repeated once.
The honors recital will be evaluated by a committee structured in the
same way as a thesis committee. The student must secure the
approval of the committee by audition at least four weeks prior to the
beginning of the final examination period for the semester in which the
recital is completed. All students choosing the recital track will
complete Honors Recital: a performance of at least 52 minutes of
music, with at least one work memorized and program notes written by
the student for each work. Students enrolling for a second honors
recital may also complete Honors Recital II: a lecture or recital of at
least 60 minutes duration on a specific subject, genre, or composer.
Program notes will be at least 10-15 pages long. Students delivering a
lecture will submit to the committee a text of at least that length on
which the lecture is based.
The following courses may be taken for honors credit in music:
I . Music History (3-6 hours): M LH XX99 Special Topics (such as
Symphonic Literature, Chamber Music Literature, composer,
comparison, and period courses), and M LH 4X95 Independent Study.
II. Music Theory (3-6 hours): M TH 4260 Advanced Orchestration, M
TH XX99 Special Topics (such as Compositional Trends and Analysis,
Schenkerian Analysis), M TH 4X95 Independent Study. III. Music
Education (3-6 hours): MUED XX99 Special Topics (such as The
Changing Voice, Implementing the National Standards Through
Instruction), and MUED 4X95 Independent Study. IV. Honors Thesis
or Recital (2 hours, repeatable once).
Natural Science:
Admission requires completion of 60 hours of college work, including
20 hours of required courses for the Natural Science major, and an
overall and Natural Science GPA of 3.25. Students will complete
seven hours of NTSC 4X96* and NTSC 4X97*, focusing the honors
thesis work in a natural science or combination of natural sciences.
Nursing:
Admission requires admission to AISN, completion of 60 hours of
college work, an overall GPA of at least 3.5 and the endorsement ofthe Dean of AISN. Students will earn four-to-six hours of thesis credit
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