These seminars help prepare students for the independent research that upper-division honors demands. In the junior and senior years, each student in the UHP selects a topic for an honors project or thesis and pursues this topic under the supervision of an individual faculty member. The thesis or project is submitted by the end of the senior year. In both the upper division and lower division, the UHP challenges honors students to take an active role in shaping their education. The program offers a variety of extracurricular activities.
Students help to plan trips each quarter to museums, theatres, and other cultural events.
A reading room, seminar room, and lounge and work space with computer facilities are available to honors students. Second-year students take a minimum of two Honors seminars and two sections. For breadth requirement information about a specific course, students should check with the appropriate college office or with the UHP Office. The upper-division UHP provides the student with the framework to produce a thesis or project, a substantial, independent product of scholarship, research, or creative activity. This structure is adaptable to almost any major and allows each student the flexibility to work with a faculty advisor to shape a research program to meet the ambitions of the project.