Office of Academic Enrichment Honors and Scholars Center

Honors Thesis

Completing an Honors thesis may be a requirement or option for Honors students depending on their college or school of enrollment. 

Faculty are encouraged to consult resources compiled by the Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry for the latest policies related to undergraduate theses. 

Honors thesis work connects students to the following outcomes of the University Honors Program at Ohio State: 

  1. Students will employ appropriate approaches (frameworks), or methodologies (procedures) for the purpose of learning and engaging within or across fields and disciplines.  
  1. Successful students will demonstrate the intellectual, interpersonal, and cognitive skills that prepare them to be engaged citizens and leaders for life by productively interacting with people, processes, and tools. 
  1. Students will understand, read, listen, compose, and speak in a variety of genres and modalities, both individually and as active collaborators, for a range of purposes and audiences