Honors Thesis

The Honors Thesis is the capstone of the entire Honors Program in which students have the unique opportunity of pursuing an independent research project.  Students work one-on-one with a faculty member of their choice to carry out a project that will contribute to their chosen discipline.  Theses will vary widely depending on a student's discipline - some examples of previous Honors Theses have included:

  • A meteorological research project
  • Creation of a set of short one-act plays
  • A piano lecture-recital
  • An examination of the legal precedents affecting Native Americans
  • Musical compositions
  • A sculpture installation

Many Honors Theses can be used to demonstrate mastery of a subject to employers or graduate schools, and the Honors Program encourages students to keep this in mind when choosing thesis topics.  It is important to start thinking about possible topics early in your college career.  Most important in your preparation is the Honors Thesis Seminar - a one-credit course to be taken the semester before beginning your Honors Thesis.  Below you will find resources to aid in your thesis planning.  

Honors Thesis Forms

Honors Thesis Guidelines (Acrobat Icon 263 KB)   - A comprehensive guide to preparing for the Honors Thesis.  Students should familiarize themselves with this document by the beginning of their Junior year.

A completed Thesis Application AND Thesis Proposal must be received by the Honors Program office no later than the end of the first week of classes in which you are enrolled in Honors Thesis. Students are encouraged to complete the Thesis Application and Thesis Proposal before the end of the semester prior to enrolling in Honors Thesis. 



Honors Thesis Examples

See below for examples of previous Honors Theses.

 

Comparing CSU-CHILL Polarimetric Radar Rain Rate (Acrobat Icon 696 KB)
"Comparing CSU-CHILL Polarimetric Radar Rain Rate Estimations Versus Precipitation Gauge Accumulations for Thunderstorm Precipitation"‌

The United States Ideology:Ownership, Domination and Treatment of the Indians (59 KB)‌

Timeless: Conceptualizations of the Past in Literature (Acrobat Icon 1,523 KB)   

Wittgenstein and Heidegger on Language: (Acrobat Icon 2,333 KB)   
"Wittgenstein and Heidegger on Language: Two Cases Against the Dream of an Ideal Logical Language"

 Was the Supreme Court Correct in Upholding Affimative Action? (Acrobat Icon 1,903 KB)

Lightspires (Acrobat Icon 2,665 KB)

A New Direction (Acrobat Icon 1,255 KB)

Green Chemistry: Academic Undergraduate Labratory Applications (Acrobat Icon 1,234 KB)

The Terrible Remedy: The Threat of Black Agency in Immediatist Discourse (Acrobat Icon 1,432 KB)      

Martyrdom as a Force in Irish History (Acrobat Icon 1,006 KB)
"Martyrdom as a Force in Irish History Focusing on Bobby Sands and the 1981 Hunger Strike"

The Council of the Santa Hermandad (Acrobat Icon 1,119 KB)      
"The Council of the Santa Hermandad and its Importance in the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella"

Lonely Gods: (Acrobat Icon 3,880 KB)
"Lonely Gods: The Portrayals of Women and Homosexuals in American Superhero Comic Books"

The Struggles of Peruvian Women (Acrobat Icon 2,785 KB)  

Baroque (Acrobat Icon 2,260 KB)

US & Saudi Relations and the Political Aspects of Fundamentalist Islam (Acrobat Icon 2,444 KB)

Do Peer Relations among Formerly Homeless Youth in Transitional Housing have... (Acrobat Icon 754 KB) 
"Do Peer Relations among Formerly Homeless Youth in Transitional Housing have a Positive Impact on Personal Behavior?"‌

 A Revolution Calling You! (Acrobat Icon 3,578 KB)

Remaking Colorado's Laws: A Citizen's Approach (Acrobat Icon 2,400 KB)          

Effects of Exercise on Self-Esteem, Depression and Anxiety (Acrobat Icon 1,886 KB)

The Best of What's left: A historic tour guide to Auraria (Acrobat Icon 1,502 KB)

An Eschatological Survey of Select Cultures (Acrobat Icon 2,717 KB)

Lawrence v. Texas: The Implications for future Jurisprudence (Acrobat Icon 2,530 KB)   

Painting with Pens, Writing with Brushes: (Acrobat Icon 3,671 KB)  
‌"Painting with Pens, Writing with Brushes: A Comparative Essay on James Fenimore Cooper and Thomas Cole"

The Next American Revolution (Acrobat Icon 1,091 KB)

The Threat of the Bloody Count The Conflict of Society and Desire... (Acrobat Icon 1,814 KB)   
‌"The Threat of the Bloody Count: The Conflict of Soceity and Desire in Bram Stoker's, Dracula"

Return to Democracy: El Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (Acrobat Icon 2,914 KB)

Dwindling Lives... (Acrobat Icon 4,227 KB)
"Dwindling Lives Or How I learned to Stop Worrying About Aging by Going Back to School and Refusing to Act My Age"

Stories of Desire and Isolation (Acrobat Icon 1,959 KB)

An Introduction to Primality Testing and Integer Factorization (Acrobat Icon 1,222 KB)

Determining the Requirements for Cloud Detectability for a Spaceborne Cloud... (Acrobat Icon 1,296 KB)    
‌"Determining the Requirements for Cloud Detectability for a Spaceborne Cloud Profiling Radar Using Groud-Based 8 mm Doppler Radar and Recommendations for GEWEX and ESA"

The Benefits of Team Decision Meetings Held within Communities (Acrobat Icon 1,574 KB)

Journalism's Influence on Public Perception (Acrobat Icon 1,792 KB)   

"Others" in Literature and Law: Jo in Bleak House (Acrobat Icon 3,360 KB)    

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