The CS Departmental Honors track consists of two main components: CICS honors courses and an honors research project or thesis supervised by a CICS faculty member. The specific requirements are detailed below.
The Honors Project/Thesis requirement is a two-semester research sequence. You will work with a research advisor on a specific project that both of you agree on. In the first semester, you will satisfy the 499Y research preparation requirement. This requirement can currently be satisfied in two different ways:
At the end of the research preparation semester, students submit a thesis or project proposal. In the second semester of the two-semester sequence, students conduct the proposed research under the supervision of their faculty advisor. Students should expect to meet weekly with their advisor starting in the first week of the semester. The final deliverable for both a project and a thesis is a substantial written report submitted at the end of the research semester, as well as an oral presentation of the research.