Students who attain a GPA of 3.6 of higher, both overall and in the major, are automatically eligible to enroll in the Honors Seminar (POLS 5800) in the Fall of their senior year and write an Honors Thesis (POLS 5810) in the Spring of their senior year. Other students may be invited to pursue Honors by the faculty. The Honors Seminar is a prerequisite for the Honors Thesis. Students who attain a grade of A- or higher for the Honors Thesis will graduate with Honors in Political Science and International Relations. Both the Honors Seminar and Honors Thesis count toward the 24 semester hours of upper division course work required of majors.
Recent Theses
This list of theses were written and presented by the Honors Thesis Class of 2023
Country Favorability and Foreign Aid: Do Americans Give More to the Countries They Like?
by Paul Fitchen
Full of Dread for Higher Ed: Public Opinion on the Value of Higher Education
by Ruth Alcantara
World on Fire: The Influence of Social Media on Public Opinoin of Climate Change
by Nathalie Yacoub
The Supreme Court's Legitimacy
by Cameron Alexander Menendez
Invasion of Immigrants: The Use of Metaphorical Framing Against Immigrants in American News and Media
by Annika Lai
Siempre Estas En El Telefono: A Study on Latine Youth and Their Impact on the Future of Politics
by Julianna Gomez
Viva La Patria: The Political Behavior of Cuban Americans
by Olivia Sabates
Substantive Due Process in Peril? An Examination of the Fragility of Unenumerated Rights
by Claire Peshut
Political Violence Usage Inconsistiencies in Liberation Movements
by Julia Lemmon
What Fulfills Economic Rights: A Historical and Emperical Question
by Cameron Freestone
We Should All Try to be Terrorists: A Study of Surveillance and Their Consequences on Behavior and Community
by Andrea Younes
Missing the Mark: The Trouble with the Trafficking in Persons Report
by Kaya Renee Rodrigues
Sex Work: Criminalization Regulation and Liberation
by Andrea Gaurdiola
Overworked and Under Supported: The Gap Between Reasonable Accomidation Policy in the Americans with Disabilites Act and Students with Hidden Disabilites in Post-Secondary Education
by Jordan Fray