Honors Project Guide
Honors Project Guide
This guide serves as a sample outline for completion of the Honors Project. Students should communicate regularly with their Honors Academic advisor to ensure they are following all instructions and are meeting all requirements. Students should also view the Honors College website and Honors College Canvas page for further information. HNRS 4980 & 4990 may also be taken during the same semester or may be combined with a senior seminar pending Honors College approval. For more information contact your Honors advisor or the Honors College at 419-372-8504.
- Review Honors Project website and Honors College Canvas resources
- When do you want to complete your Honors Project?
- What are 2 or more disciplines you plan to connect in this project?
- Who could serve as a faculty project advisor?
- What research question might you answer?
- Begin this process before the semester you plan to enroll in HNRS 4980
- Meet with Honors advisor
- Ask a qualified faculty member to be your faculty project advisor
- Have a general idea of your research question
- Complete the HNRS 4980 request form online
- Create a meeting schedule with your faculty project advisor
- Keep Honors Academic advisor updated as your project develops
- Write research proposal (1,000 -1,500 words) that includes:
- Introduction
- Research question(s)
- Description of the project
- Timeline for project
- Annotated bibliography
- Turn in completed proposal to faculty project advisor (they will grade your proposal)
- Turn in proposal to Honors Academic advisor via an online form. They will confirm whether all requirements are complete.
- Identify a second qualified faculty member from another discipline to be your secondary faculty project adviso
- Complete the HNRS 4990 request form online
- Create a meeting schedule with your faculty project advisors
- Keep Honors Academic advisor updated as your project develops, you will turn in a current draft & update around mid-semester
- Execute the project
- Write research paper that includes:
- Introduction
- Research question(s)
- Literature review
- Method section
- Results
- Implications for future research
- Optional appendix with any supplemental
- Turn in completed research paper to faculty project advisors (they will grade your research paper)
- Turn in research paper to Honors advisor for feedback (implement feedback)
- Schedule Oral Defense with faculty project advisors and Honors advisor
- Create a presentation that includes all elements of research paper
- Deliver oral presentation and receive pass or revise
- Submit your final Honors Project research paper to ScholarWorks
- Your Honors advisor will determine whether you are cleared to graduate with University Honors
Congratulations! You've completed your Honors Project!
Updated: 06/16/2026 02:57PM