H783 Honors Thesis Project

PREREQUISITE: Students must be a senior year BFA major in Art and Technology, or a graduate student in Art. Student is responsible for obtaining permission to enroll in this course from an Art and Technology faculty member.

2 to 5 credit hours - This course is repeatable for a maximum of 20 hours.

MEETING TIME & PLACE: Arranged with the faculty person.

This is an honors course available to undergraduate seniors. It is designed by the student in consultation with a professor of their choice. Student is evaluated based on fulfilling the goals of their project proposal.

A new and ongoing focus has been placed on Honors and other capable undergraduate students through this growing program. Undergraduate students with the potential and initiative with two to four quarters remaining in their degree program propose research projects that will add intense and additional emphasis to their academic program.

Students from all areas have participated in the Honors Program. One-on-one independent study with a faculty advisor for the usual two to three quarter effort is an attribute of the program, as is the quality of the resulting final exhibition, written thesis/report on the project and the oral review by a three-faculty member committee.

Past participants have completed graduate degree programs and have received further recognition for their work as artists and through teaching positions at other colleges and universities. For the past four years, students in this program have received top awards in the university wide Undergraduate Research Forum.

This course is an opportunity for the student to do independent research in the pursuit of their artistic goals and is often used to produce work for senior honors project along with a written thesis.

The student is advised to take this course with a faculty member from whom they would like to receive creative and critical input. Go to the Art and Technology people page to locate a possible faculty member. Faculty members from Art and Technology can oversee your honors project.

For an example of a thesis project: Adon Newman Thesis Project as PDF

Adon Newman Concentric: Thesis Project