The Senior Honors Thesis is the culmination of your Honors College experience, emphasizing critical thinking, writing and independent, creative work. Since Thesis constitutes six semester hours of the baccalaureate degree program, it should reflect a significant time commitment, be of high quality and demonstrate personal intellectual growth. Your thesis may relate to your major, but it does not have to. You are encouraged to select a topic that you find exciting and satisfying, and that will allow you to be creative.

Honors Thesis Registration

The class numbers used for thesis are:  IDH 5975 for Honors Thesis and IDH 5965 for Honors Project. Students completing a two-semester thesis will take two semesters of IDH 5975, and those approved to complete a three-semester thesis will take IDH 5965 for the third semester. The Honors Thesis (IDH 5975) will have two sections:  001 for first semester thesis students and 002 for second semester thesis students.

In order to be registered for Honors Thesis and Honors Project, students are required to complete the online Thesis Registration Request Form. Once the form has been received, an Honors staff member will enroll the student in the appropriate course. If the above link does not work for you, the Thesis Registration Request Form may be found on the main page of the Honors website (http://honors.usf.edu) under "Forms" > "Online Forms" > "Online Theis Form".

The Thesis Registration Request Form is needed because Honors staff need to verify:

1.  That student has earned the minimum number of hours (90) required to enroll in the first semester of Thesis.

2.   That student has submitted the Thesis Agreement Form, the Prospectus and the Prospectus Approval Form. This paperwork must be received prior to Honors staff registering a student for the second semester of thesis, and the student to receive a satisfactory (“S”) grade.

3.   That the Thesis Directors for students completing a three-semester thesis have submitted a “Satisfactory” by the last day of classes for the 2nd semester of thesis enrollment.

Honors Thesis Documents

Honors Thesis In formation Booklet

Thesis Agreement Form
Thesis Agreement Form - 3 Semester

Prospectus Approval Form

Thesis Approval Form

Online Thesis Registration Request Form

You must take two copies of your thesis to the library for binding. Order forms are available at the circulation desk on the first floor of the Library. Return the completed form and the two copies to the Circulation Desk. The charge will be posted to your student financial aid account. Bring the receipt of payment to the Honors office.

The current cost of binding is approximately $9.00 per copy. Prices are subject to change.

When turning your finished Thesis into the Honors College you will need: