?The cultivation of students? abilities to apply what they learn to the practical resolution of social concerns in daily life, as well as the development of their theoretical knowledge and capacity for scholarly objectivity are all department goals.

The department offers students the option of completing an undergraduate honors project (or senior thesis) based on original research. Junior or senior students may, at the invitation of department faculty, be permitted to participate in the program. Successful completion of the program allows the student to graduate with Honors in Sociology, Criminology, or Anthropology. To be eligible, a student must have an overall grade point average of 3.25 and a 3.50 grade point in the major. Honors students enroll in SOC 4390, CRIM 4390, or ANTH 4390, taken in consultation with the thesis advisor, during which time the student completes the research and writes a formal paper. The paper is submitted to the thesis committee upon completion of the course, at which time the committee will schedule and conduct an oral defense of the work. If necessary, the student will revise the thesis before its final acceptance and/or the assignment of a letter grade.