Physics

An honors candidate must maintain a minimum overall ‘B’ (3.0) average. All eligible majors are encouraged to participate. Candidates will conduct a research project under faculty member guidance during the junior and/or senior years. A thesis describing the work must be submitted no later than April 1 of the senior year and be defended orally in a special departmental convocation about two weeks later. Recommendation for honors, and the level of honors, in physics is made on the basis of the quality of the thesis and student performance in the defense.