To graduate with honors in comparative literature, the student must complete a thesis on a significantly more demanding topic than the usual senior thesis and pass an oral examination on the thesis at the end of the senior year. The honors thesis requires an additional 3 credits (01:195:496) to be taken during the last term of the senior year.
To qualify, majors must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better, and a grade-point average of 3.5 or better in the major at the end of the junior year. They must have their topic approved as adequate for an honors thesis by their chosen thesis director. Such approval is usually required by the end of the spring term of the junior year and in no case later than the end of the add-drop period of the first term of the senior year. The normal sequence for completing the honors thesis is 01:195:482 in the first term of the senior year followed by 01: 195:496 in the final term.
