To qualify for departmental honors, a student must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better, and an average of 3.4 or better in the major at the end of the junior year. At that time, the student should formally apply to the director of the program. During their senior year, in addition to fulfilling major course requirements, candidates who are accepted by the discipline honors committee take 01:861: 496-497, in which they complete a major research paper under the direction of an adviser in the discipline.
