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Undergraduate Studies | Course
Requirements ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIESANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENTAL HONORSANTHROPOLOGY SENIOR RESEARCH THESIS PROGRAMSTUDY ABROAD PROGRAMSINTERNSHIPS AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNINGTHE CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES OF THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREAANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENTAL HONORSQualified majors are invited to participate in the department’s honors program. Graduation with Honors is permanently noted on student transcripts and can benefit graduates in seeking employment as well as applying for graduate school. The anthropology honors program is designed to be accomplished over two consecutive terms, typically Fall and Spring of the candidate’s senior year. In this program, a student works individually with a faculty member of his or her choosing (the Honors Thesis Committee Chair). Students gain the experience of working on a particular topic over an extended period of time and of completing a thesis with the guidance of the committee chair and other members of the thesis committee. To be considered for departmental honors, the ANTH major must have:
Additionally, the student is required to take the following:
Honors candidates typically take the research course the first term (ANTH486) and the thesis course the second term (ANTH487). Both courses are taken under the direction of the committee chair. Additionally, the student takes a 1-credit course (ANTH398R: Capstone Research and ANTH398T: Capstone Thesis) with ANTH486 and ANTH487 respectively. Students interested in entering the honors program should secure the cooperation of an anthropology faculty member to serve as her or his committee chair and contact the Director of the Departmental Honors Program. During the first semester of honors research the honors candidate needs to add two additional committee members, at least one of whom must be a member or affiliate of the Department of Anthropology. When the committee is in place the candidate will prepare, under the direction of his or her committee chair, a research proposal which will be presented to the full faculty committee for their advice and approval. During the second semester of the thesis preparation, the honors candidate prepares a summary statement of the status and results of the research and writes, under the guidance of her or his committee chair, a detailed thesis proposal which must then be approved by the full faculty committee. The completed thesis requires approval from the committee chair prior to being distributed to the other faculty committee members. The student will then present and defend his or her thesis in the presence of the entire committee. Possible results of the defense include “No Pass,” “Pass,” and “High Pass.” Students who receive a “No Pass” for the defense will be afforded one additional opportunity to defend.
ANTHROPOLOGY SENIOR RESEARCH THESIS PROGRAMStudents who do not meet the criteria for admission to the department’s honors program can still have the opportunity of developing a senior research thesis. The process of enrolling in and completing the senior research thesis program is the same as described above for the honors program. Additionally, the following conditions apply:
The student is required to enroll in the following courses:
For additional information pertaining to either the Departmental Honors Program or the Senior Research Thesis Program, contact the Director of the Departmental Honors Program: Dr. William Stuart
OTHER ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITESINTERNSHIPS AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THE CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES OF THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA Undergraduate Studies | Course
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