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KINESIOLOGY

SENIOR HONORS THESIS GUIDELINES

A student is invited to do an honors thesis in the following steps:

1. Dr. Carson requests a list of students with a GPA of 3.5 or better from Paula McMahan, the KIN department academic advisor.
2. Dr. Carson sets up a meeting during the later portion of the fall semester that includes faculty and students.
3. Current Honors students with a 3.25 or better and non-Honors students with a 3.5 or better are invited to attend the meeting to discuss the possibility of completing a thesis. In the course of the meeting Dr. Carson explains the process for an honors thesis, timelines, course credit etc.  In addition, students who are currently completing a thesis are also at the meeting to answer questions from the student perspective.
4. Faculty will share their current research interests and projects at the meeting.
5. Students are then invited to set up individual meetings with faculty members to determine if there is a match of interests
6. The students who are interested in completing a thesis will initiate contact with the potential thesis advisor early in the spring semester
7. Students typically begin 499A in the spring of their junior year, 3 semesters prior to graduation, and complete the series of courses the following spring semester.
8. The breakdown for credit hours is as follows:
   499A = 1 credit
   499B = 3 credits
   499C = 2 credits