Key Dates
For Fall 2025 Graduates
September 5, 2025: Honors Candidate Application Form with advisor approval
December 1, 2025: Honors Thesis Submission Form
For Spring 2026 Graduates
October 20, 2025: Honors Candidate Application with advisor approval
April 2, 2026: Honor Thesis Abstract and Advisor Approval Form
April 10, 2026: Honors Thesis Submission due by 4pm
April 16, 2026: Poster Session Submission due by 4pm
April 21, 2026: Honors Poster Session, Location TBA
Instructions & Formatting Information
Honors Thesis, Data, and Code Instructions (pdf - 294.34 KB)
Honors Poster (pdf - 147.39 KB)
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.
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.
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
The Thesis
The Introduction
Literature Reviews
Data
Findings
Documentation and Sources
Tables, Graphs, and Figures
Book Reviews
History Papers
Writing Itself
Tutoring is provided by the university's Writing Studio. If your native language is not English and you want help with English-language problems, please schedule an appointment with the Writing Studio. The Writing Studio has an English as a Second Language (ESL) specialist on staff.