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 GuidelinesThesis 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

Thesis Committee Form

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.

Stomach Content Analysis of the Invasive Mayan Cichlid (Cichlasoma urophthalmus) in the Tampa Bay Watershed 

Tharp, Ryan M.

The Origins of Racial Discrimination in Public Health: The 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic of Philadelphia 

Nelson, Abigail L.

Perfectionism and The Efficacy of Mindfully-Based Coping Interventions 

Simon, Alia R.

Class and Access to Governance in Burkina Faso 

Ingram, Julia R.

Project NaAn Analysis of Spatial Distribution of an Isolated Bahamian Population of the Lined Seahorse, Hippocampus erectus, via Nearest Neighbor, Hot Spot, and Buffering Assessments

Elson, Jessica