Students wishing to participate in the honors program in the senior
year must submit a written application to the departmental major adviser no
later than May 15 of the junior year. To be considered, a student must
have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better and a
grade-point average of 3.4 or better in courses counting toward the
linguistics major. Students selected to participate in the program
enroll in 01:615:495 and 496 and spend those semesters researching and writing an
honors thesis under the supervision of a faculty member in the Department of Linguistics.
After the thesis is submitted, an oral
examination on the thesis is given by a committee consisting of two linguistics
department faculty members, not including the
student's thesis supervisor. On the basis of the committee's report on the thesis and examination, the department determines whether the student is to be
recommended for departmental honors, and what level of honors.
