An Honors Thesis is an original, research-based argument that is, at minimum, the length of a publishable article or book. Creative theses are also welcome.

Thesis Guidelines
Thesis guidelines can be found here.
Sample theses can be found at the UT Institutional Repository.

Thesis Forms
Step 1: Propose Your Project
Thesis Submittable Application
Due Dates to Apply:
Fall — First Monday of November
Spring — Second Monday of April
Step 2: Confirm Your Thesis Committee
Step 3: Complete 6 to 10 Thesis Credits via your major or through HON 490
Independent Study Form (listing your thesis director as your instructor), then Tutorial form to tell us you want it to count as one of your Honors credits.
Step 4: Defend Your Thesis
Students attempting to
complete their thesis projects in the Fall must defend their projects by the second Monday of November; students attempting to complete their thesis projects in the Spring must defend their projects by the second Monday in April. When the thesis is defended, everyone on the committee signs the Thesis Completion Form.
Step 5: Give the Library Permission to Save Your Thesis & Ask Your Director to Confirm Thesis Completion
Your Thesis Director must upload the Institutional Repository Permission Form and the Thesis Completion Form to Submittable, signaling that your project is complete.
Past Honors Theses
Take a look at what some of our students have accomplished!

Stomach Content Analysis of the Invasive Mayan Cichlid (Cichlasoma urophthalmus) in the Tampa Bay Watershed
Tharp, Ryan M.

Nelson, Abigail L.

Perfectionism and The Efficacy of Mindfully-Based Coping Interventions