Schedules and Deadlines

Schedule and Deadlines for the General English Honors Program

Fall of Senior Year: Your participation in the workshop will determine your grade in 373. At the end of 373, you and your director will make a decision about whether or not you will finish the thesis. If you will not be continuing, then you should not sign up for the final honors thesis credits; you will get a grade for 373 and can continue to take honors seminars, but you will not be considered for English Honors when you graduate. If you enroll for the final semester and do not finish the thesis, you may receive a failing grade for a 3-credit course in your senior year.

Spring of Junior Year: Everyone completing the thesis will take English 495 in the spring (a 3-credit independent study with the director of your project) and will have to turn in a complete draft (a full-but-not-final version) around mid-February. Readers will return the thesis with suggestions for final revisions, and you will then submit the final version around mid-March. The colloquium (thesis conference) will take place in April; readers might provide questions several days in advance and will provide written comments at the end of the examination. The grade for 495 is given by your faculty director, and represents the grade on your final product.

Graduating with Honors: Students wishing to graduate with English Honors must produce a thesis that is recommended for honors by its readers, which is determined at the end of the colloquium. The final determination of honors is made by the Honors Committee, which takes into account both the thesis and the overall record in English classes. At the end of the year, the winner of the Sandy Mack Award for the best overall work in honors will also be chosen, and will be presented with the award (along with a check for $100) at the graduation ceremony.