Urban Studies Program
Honors Thesis Application 2013-2014

Please submit this application to: 
Director of Urban Studies, Box 1833

Dec 2013 (Fall 2014 completion) or
April 2013 (Spring 2014 completion)

Student Name: _______________________________________

Email Address: _______________________________________

1. Proposed Honors Topic
   Please attach a 1-2 page description of your proposed honors thesis project and include a robust list of references.  Be sure to discuss your research question, why it is an important topic, and what relationship does the project have to your course background in Urban Studies.
   
   
2. Faculty Advisors
   You will need a thesis advisor and a second reader. Contact the professors you would like to work with and seek their approval of your project. Your thesis advisor should be an Urban Studies professor.
   
   Thesis Advisor Name    _________________________________

 

       Thesis Advisor Signature   _______________________________

 

       Second Reader Name  __________________________________

 

       Second Reader Signature  _______________________________

 

3.      Coursework in Urban Studies

List the courses you have taken and those you intend to take to complete the concentration. Include also courses taken outside the concentration that are related to your honors project. 

Course #	Title	Semester	Professor	Grade

Twelve courses are required of an Honors concentrator (two in addition to the ten courses required for a standard program).  The additional courses can be EITHER one research skills course and one thesis preparation course (URBN1970) OR two thesis preparation courses (one section of URBN1970 and URBN1981 Honors Thesis Workshop).  The candidate’s thesis and course record must be of outstanding quality, in order to qualify for honors.