University Honors Program

General Information

University Undergraduate Research Fellows

Honors candidates of junior classification may apply to participate during their senior year in the University Undergraduate Research Fellows Program—a two semester, independent research experience culminating in a senior honors thesis. This is the most challenging research opportunity available to undergraduate students and provides participants with access to faculty supervision and research resources usually extended only to students pursuing graduate degrees. The Fellows Program features a close, master-apprentice relationship between student researchers and faculty advisors and involves both in interdisciplinary seminars to foster scholarly community. Participants are selected for the Fellows Program based on their academic record and faculty evaluation of a formal research proposal.