Instructions and Format Info

• Standards for Honors Papers: Formatting & Submitting

Deadlines

For Fall 2019 Graduates

September 1, 2019: Submit Honors Candidate Application form with your advisor approval.
December 1, 2019: Submit completed honors thesis ONLINE.

For Spring 2020 Graduates

October 23, 2019: Submit Honors Candidate Application form with your advisor approval.
April 6, 2020: Honor thesis advisor approval form due
April 10, 2020: Submit completed honors thesis ONLINE by 4pm.
April 15, 2020: Submit completed poster ONLINE by 4pm.
April 21, 2020: Honors Poster Session, 5pm-7pm Perkins 217

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.

• Honors Theses Archive

Additional Resources

• STATA Video Tutorial
• Data Services & Lab
• Perkins Library Resources

• APA Style Guide
• A Guide to Writing in Economics 
• The Young Person's Guide to Writing Economic Theory
• Style: 10 Lessons in Clarity and Grace 
• Honors Papers
  • Honors Thesis Writing Guide
  • Checklist for Revising Honors Papers
• Getting Started
  • How to Write a Paper
  • Identifying and Narrowing a Topic
• The Thesis
  • Thesis Statements
• The Introduction
  • Writing Introductions 
  • Annotated Introduction (4-Move Pattern)
• Literature Reviews
  • Writing Literature Reviews
  • Finding Materials for a Review 
  • Annotated Literature Review
• Data
  • Writing about Data
• Findings
  • Writing about Your Findings
• Documentation and Sources
  • Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Evaluating Sources
• Tables, Graphs, and Figures
  • Designing Tables
  • Writing about Tables
• Book Reviews
  • Writing Book Reviews
• History Papers
  • Writing a History of Thought Paper
• Writing Itself
  • Four (Easy) Steps to Better Writing 
  • Making Arguments 
  • Emphasizing Main Points
  • Giving Shape to Your Prose
  • Achieving Flow in Your Writing

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.