Honors program initiatives -- junior/senior year

Students who complete the sophomore certificate, or students who apply in their sophomore year to join the honors program (applications available in the Honors Program office in CUE) will be eligible to participate in the following activities

1. Students will be able to honorize individual courses, but the School will work to make the process more clear for students, especially with the core business courses in the junior year. In addition, the School will identify elective courses that would be available to students in different majors that could be taught as honors courses. Example courses might include: financial statement analysis and investing (accounting); advanced microeconomics or risk management (finance); advanced organizational behavior or business research methods (management); advanced statistics/data mining (marketing/OPIM); spreadsheet modeling and management science (OPIM).



2. The School will continue the "traditional" thesis model where students identify an area of interest and work with a particular faculty member to complete that project.



3. The School will work to provide opportunities for thesis work as part of our experiential learning initiatives. This would include work with the Student Managed Investment Fund, edgelab, and the Financial Accelerator.



4. The School will work to provide opportunities for thesis work as part of summer internship assignments. Companies (or government agencies or non-profits) providing these internships will allow students to do research during the assignment, and students will work with a faculty member to complete the actual thesis.