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HONORS CANDIDATES IN PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY MAJORS WISHING TO OBTAIN AN HONORS DEGREE IN PHILOSOPHY MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS: 1. GPA REQUIREMENT Students must meet the Honors general college requirement of a minimum cumulative 3.2 GPA. 2. THE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS Old Major Requirements: Students must take eight courses above the one used for GC perspective, including Phil 56, 58, one course from those numbered 30-55, two courses from those numbered 70-99, and 100A and 100B. New Major Requirements: Nine courses distributed in three of the four areas, only three can be numbered below 40, and 100 A and 100B. 3. SPRING OF JUNIOR YEAR* Near the end of the Spring semester of your Junior year, you should discuss your interest in writing a thesis with the Director of Undergraduate Studies. The DUS can help you formulate your plans and direct you to the proper thesis advisor. If possible you should meet with an advisor to get readings for the summer to begin honing in on a project. 4. FALL OF SENIOR YEAR* A. As early as possible in the Fall Semester of your senior year, along with your thesis advisor, you should constitute your Honors Committee. This Committee consists of your Honors Advisor (the person who has already agreed to supervise the writing of your Honors Thesis), together with two other faculty members, ones with whom you have rapport and who have interests in the area of your proposed research. The Committee will read your Honors Thesis, as well as the mid-year examination (see below), and will administer a one-hour oral examination at the end of the year. It is the Committee’s responsibility to make the recommendation as to whether an Honors Degree should be awarded, and if so, whether Highest Honors is warranted. B. Enroll in PHIL 100A. Honors with your Advisor: This is a three-credit course. Enrollment must be approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. The grade for PHIL 100A course will be determined by your thesis advisor on the basis of your work during the Fall, as well as a written examination to be administered by your Advisor and read by your Committee at the end of the Fall Semester. The details of your work during the Fall semester, as well as the material to be covered in the exam are to be determined by your advisor (who may consult with the Committee). 5. SPRING OF SENIOR YEAR* A. Enroll in PHIL 100B. Enrollment must be approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. During this term you are expected to engage in the actual writing of the thesis and the grade for 100B will be determined on the basis of your work on your thesis during the Spring semester and your oral exam. The thesis must be completed by the first week in April, to allow the Committee ample time to read it and to administer the oral examination. The oral exam will typically focus on your thesis. The Honors Office usually requires that the Committee’s recommendation be made the second week of April. (For Spring 2005, the deadline for filing with the Honors Office is April 15th ) B. During the Spring semester, you are expected to participate in a series of meetings arranged by the Director Undergraduate Studies for the benefit of all Honors Candidates, to allow each of you to present your research to others and get feed-back from your peers. A scheduled time for the first meeting is indicated when you register. You must register your honors project in an Honors Database and provide an abstract of up to 150 words. Registration should be done at the end of the semester in which you intend to graduate. It’s a simple task that can be completed by way of an on-line form. Visit the Honors web site (http://www.honors.unc.edu) and then click on the link on the bottom right side of the home page, “Register Your Honors Thesis.” Please fill in the form carefully. You will not be able to return to edit your submissions. You may want to compose your abstract in Word or a similar word processor first, and then cut-and-paste into the on-line form. You will need to complete the on-line registration before the Honors Office will certify to the Registrar’s Office your eligibility to graduate with Honors or Highest Honors. 7. SUBMITTING THE THESIS Two
copies of your Honors Thesis are to be left with the Philosophy Department.
One stays in the Department and should be in a black spring-board
binder. The other can be left unbound and goes to the library, which
requires “regulation bond paper, rag or cotton fiber, 16 or
20 weight, with a 1.5” left-hand margin.” Your Advisor’s
signature will go on the title page. (See sample title page on back
or view samples on file.) All copies should be right and left hand justified, as you see in this document. 8. HONORS THESIS ARCHIVE The new Honors Thesis Archive will be searchable by year, major department, author’s name, and keyword. We hope that the archive will serve a useful purpose both on campus and beyond—that it will make our Senior Honors students’ accomplishments more widely known among the general public, that it will help to convey to prospective students a richer sense of the opportunities available at Carolina, and that it will inspire current students to undertake Senior Honors projects of their own. • Normally the honors sequence is Fall & Spring, enrolling in PHIL 100A in the Fall and PHIL 100B in the Spring; however, in some cases a student may choose to do a Spring & Fall sequence, enrolling in PHIL 100A in the Spring and PHIL 100B in the following Fall. This must be discussed with the Director of Undergraduate Studies. If you have any questions please see the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
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