Application for Sociology Honors

If you are interested in applying to do a Sociology Honors project, you should consult with at 
least one Sociology professor for guidance on developing a proposal for your project. Send this form and your project proposal (via email) to the Chair of the Department. Honors proposals are due in late January of students' junior year. Consult the Chair of the Department or your major advisor for the exact deadline. 

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Sociology GPA:

Overall
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Sociology professors with whom you could work on your honors topic:

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Sociology professors who could vouch for your ability to complete an honors project:

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Please attach to your e‐mail message the following files:

1.) A paper that you consider to be your best work in a sociology course.

2.) A research proposal clearly delineating your research question(s). You should include a concise statement of your problem: what puzzling phenomenon, or case, or what sorts of relationships are you going to explore, and why should anyone in Sociology care?
Your discussion should include at least three important articles or books in sociology that speak to your question(s). Discuss the method you plan to use and why your approach is best suited for answering your questions. You may refine your questions and method approach early in the fall semester, but data collection should begin by the end of fall semester, if not sooner, leaving the spring semester for final data collection and analysis.