The Honor Scholar Thesis is a creative and intellectual project that is potentially both a trial and a triumph of a student's senior year.  The thesis is a true test of scholarship and like its corollaries in the post-graduate world, the masters thesis and the doctoral dissertation, it is not something one can approach without considerable thought and planning.

*  Serving as the capstone to the Honor Scholar experience, students may generate either and analytical or creative thesis in any field of their choosing.

*  Thesis monies exist to support senior research efforts.

*  Research can be combined with off-campus study experiences.

Thesis Topics

To search for past Honor Scholar Theses, please visit University Archives and Special Collections.

It’s More Than a Game: An Analysis of Synthetic Markets and Their Role in the Global Economy
- Michael Knight
- Class of 2006

Teaching Toros and Tacos:  The Relationship Between Spanish Language Curriculum and the Political and Social Location of Heritage Spanish-Speakers
- Amanda Fletcher
- Class of 2007

A Tangle of Proteins and DNA:  A Laboratory Study of the Yeast Histone Chaperone Hif1p and a Review of the History of Chromatin Research
- Elise Wagner
- Class of 2008

The Death of the Wal-Mart Economy: Analyzing the impact of the Depletion of Oil on Manufactured Exports from Developing Countries
- Geoffrey Gertz
- Class of 2007

River Veins and Limestone Teeth: Stories from Indiana
- Janelle Blasdel
- Class of 2008

Fighting Violence with Violence: Citizenship, Neoliberalism, and the Normalization of Violence in Plan Colombia
- Stuart Schussler
- Class of 2006