Thesis Programs landing

 

A Senior honors thesis can be completed either through a department-based Departmental Honors Program, or as an SAS Interdisciplinary Honors Thesis (01:090:495,496). Information about department-based Departmental Honors Programs, including information about required proposals, deadlines, procedures, formatting of thesis, and the oral defense, is available at individual department websites. 

Overview

Outstanding undergraduates are encouraged to consider completing a senior honors thesis. In pursuing research that results in a thesis, a student develops skills beyond those typically acquired during the undergraduate years: working closely with an advisor, conducting intensive original research, budgeting time and money, producing and editing a significant body of work, and finally, presenting this work to experts in the field.

All SAS students who complete a department-based honors thesis or an SAS Interdisciplinary Honors Thesis will be designated as SAS Paul Robeson Scholars.

 

Funds in support of research

All applications for funds in support of research from SAS students completing a senior honors thesis (departmental or interdisciplinary) will be handled by the Aresty Research Center for Undergraduates (ARC). Students must submit an application for funds directly to the ARC.

Awards

  • All SAS departments, and individual faculty advisors, will be invited to nominate Paul Robeson Scholars to be considered for the Henry Rutgers Scholar Awards, which will recognize the outstanding theses for the academic year.
  • To be considered for a Henry Rutgers Scholar Award, a student must have presented his/her research at the Aresty Research Center Symposium, a department-based research event, or a professional conference. (The oral defense does not satisfy this requirement.)

For more information about Research Funds and Awards:

Please contact the SAS Honors Program at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 848-932-7964