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Introduction

Departmental Honors in Neuroscience is a program designed to honor some of our best students who have achieved excellence both in the classroom and directed neuroscience research. Departmental Honors in Neuroscience are separate from the University Honors Program, although the research component for Departmental Honors may fulfill the research requirement for University Honors. Students are NOT required to be a member of the University Honors Program to complete Departmental Honors in Neuroscience.

Criteria for acceptance into the Neuroscience Departmental Honors Program:

1. A minimum of five Neuroscience courses completed at the time of graduation.
2. Neuroscience grade point average of 3.50 or higher at the time of graduation (Neuroscience courses only will be calculated).
3. Completion of a significant directed research project within the Neuroscience program. The research must be both independent and intensive, typically requiring one academic year or an intensive summer research program to complete. This research must focus on an aspect of neuroscience and may occur at either 蝌蚪直播 or another academic institution and can be completed at any point during a student's college career.
4. A 蝌蚪直播 Neuroscience faculty member must serve as the Research advisor. If the project is completed off campus under the supervision of a non-蝌蚪直播 faculty member, a 蝌蚪直播 faculty member will serve as a liaison Research Advisor. The student must also obtain a letter of evaluation from their off-campus advisor upon completion of the project.
5. Completion of the Neuroscience Application Form during the senior year.

Note: Acceptance into the program does not guarantee graduating with Departmental Honors.

What is the Process for completing Departmental Honors once I have been accepted into the program?

1. Choose a Research Advisor for your directed research project. This person must be a faculty member in the Neuroscience program. The Research advisor will help you develop a project of appropriate scope and depth to qualify for departmental honors and oversee your research project. Note: All honors theses must involve empirical research, not simply library research.
2. Choose two additional committee members. One committee member may be from outside the Neuroscience Program. This committee supervises and periodically discusses the progress of the student's research and evaluates the final paper and oral defense.
3. Submission of NEUR-499 Honors Thesis paperwork for 1-4 credits no later than the Friday of the first week of classes during one (or both) semester of the student鈥檚 senior year.
4. Write a comprehensive Honors Thesis based on your directed research project. The thesis must be in scientific format (abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion). Copies of the thesis will be distributed to each Honors Thesis Committee member and to the Neuroscience Chairperson.
5. Oral defense of the Honor's Thesis to the Honors Thesis Committee. This defense typically includes a 20-30 minute Power Point presentation of your paper to the committee and others in attendance. Following the presentation, committee members will ask the student questions about the research. Typically, the Honors thesis Committee has edits they would like to see made to the thesis following the defense. The final copy of the thesis is due by the last day of exams during the semester it was completed.
6. After satisfactory completion of the above criteria, the Honors Thesis Committee will recommend to the Neuroscience Chairperson that Departmental Honors be conferred. The chairperson will then instruct the University Registrar to note "Departmental Honors in Neuroscience" on the student's permanent transcript.

Coursework that may be affiliated with Neuroscience or University Honors:

A student may, if desired, register for 1-5 hours of Neuroscience 492: Directed Research per semester which may be applied to satisfy Neuroscience major requirements. Students will be awarded a letter grade by the Research Advisor for the Directed Research course(s) based on the research efforts, the Honors Thesis, and the oral presentation.

If the student is a member of the University Honors Program, he/she must register for Neuroscience 499 (0-5 credits). For the first semester(s) of the research project, the student may register for Neuroscience 494: Directed Research. During the last semester of the research project, the student must register for Neuroscience 499 so that the Registrar's Office and the Honors Program can track students completing the research component of each honors program.