Let our conversation now be without precedent in fact or literature, each one speaking to the best of his ability the truth to the best of his knowledge.
--Samuel Beckett

In the final year of the Honors Program, students pursue either "Honors within the Major" or Honors Thesis. In either course of action (and each lasts two semesters), students will be responsible for creating an extended scholarly work and sharing the results of their research with the broader community--in short, contributing to the conversation.

"Honors within the Major" is an option available only in certain departments. As of Fall 2005, those departments are Accounting, Chemistry, Education, English, History, Music, and Psychology. Honors Program students in those majors should contact their advisor about the appropriate course of action. Right: English major Joy Beurrier with her thesis director, Dr. Catherine Eskin.

Honors students in other departments, or those Honors students wishing an interdisciplinary approach, will pursue Honors Thesis. In this course, students will work as a group with the professor teaching the course on research projects centered on a particular theme.

The Lake and the Campus

Students participated in an ambitious restoration and enhancement of the Lake Hollingsworth waterfront.  Students helped to define and develop the college’s role in this ongoing project.  The course was multidisciplinary in nature, allowing students to bring their own interests and talents to the project.  The goal was to enhance the college community’s sense of place and awareness of its own position in the human and natural ecology it is a part of.  The course provided students with the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the college and its surroundings, and resulted in the publication of the book "Lake Hollingsworth: Reflections and Studies on a Florida Landmark."  This comprehensive work contains contributions from several Honors students.

Our Community, Our Selves

Time and again, civic leaders have called upon citizens to help "solve the problems of our community." But before we can go about solving problems, we must know what the problems are. Students apply their research, analytical, and presentation skills as they seek to identify and understand the nature of some of those problems, one of which they address and solve as a team.