This seminar is the first semester of the Senior-year Honors work for Business students. During the semester, students learn how to conduct independent research, and develop a defensible thesis proposal. Students read works by, and meet, business and academic leaders, as well as present their own thesis research.
Considerable time is devoted to methodological concerns of thesis-writing.
During the course, students learn how to select and refine a research topic, design a study, and write the proposal that will form the basis of their work in the second semester. Company visits also form part of the coursework. For thesis-writing students in the Business Administration Honors Program. Students must have made arrangements with a faculty advisor during the previous semester and must have an approved topic.