Instructions, Dates, Resources & Templates

Key Dates 

For Fall 2024 Graduates

September 6, 2024: Honors Candidate Application Form with advisor approval
December 2, 2024: Honors Thesis Submission Form

For Spring 2025 Graduates

October 13, 2024: Honors Candidate Application Form with advisor approval
April 3, 2025: Honor Thesis Abstract and Advisor Approval Form 
April 11, 2025: Honors Thesis Sumbission Form due by 4pm
April 17, 2025: Poster Session Submission Form due by 4pm
April 22, 2025: Honors poster session 430pm-6pm, Rubenstein Library room 153 (Holsti-Anderson Room)

Instructions & Formatting Information

Instructions for Formatting and Submitting Honors Thesis (pdf - 294.34 KB)

Formatting and Submitting Honors Posters (pdf - 147.39 KB)

JEL Codes

Davies Fellowships

Honors candidates may be eligible to receive a Davies Fellowship (link opens in a new window/tab). These fellowships are intended to financially support promising undergraduates in the summer between their junior and senior years, so that they may be free to further their pursuit of independent research under the direction of a faculty mentor and through the Honors Program. A sponsoring faculty mentor must nominate candidates for the Davies Fellowship.

 

Travel Grants

This grant is primarily intended to fund students who have been invited to present their original research at professional conferences.  Exceptions may be made for cases in which the student’s research supervisor believes that attendance at a particular conference is essential to the successful completion of the student’s original research paper or project.

This grant may be used to pay for lodging and domestic (U.S.) travel by air, train, or bus.  Please note that taxi, ridesharing or other private car or limousine services are not covered by this grant. 

Apply here

 

Data Grants

This grant is intended to enable students to obtain access to data sets that they will analyze as part of their honors theses or other original research projects.  Priority will be given to the purchases of datasets that may be kept permanently and may be used by multiple students. 

Apply here

Past Honors Theses

The Department of Economics maintains an archive of past Honors Program theses and data sets, when available. Students may want to refer to past papers to further inform their research questions and gain an understanding of the expectations and standards for a typical honors thesis.

Additional Resources

APA Style Guide
Style: 10 Lessons in Clarity and Grace 
 

Honors Papers

 

Getting Started

How to Write a Paper
 

The Thesis

 

The Introduction

 

Literature Reviews

 

Data

Download Writing about Data (pdf - 123.14 KB)

 

Findings

 

Documentation and Sources

 

Tables, Graphs, and Figures

Download Designing Tables (pdf - 120.88 KB)

 

Book Reviews

 

History Papers

 

Writing Itself

Download Making Arguments (pdf - 107.37 KB)

 

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