- Research Honors Program
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Faculty committee: S. M. Quirk, chair; Y. R. Boisclair, J. R. Giles, J. Gavalchin, P. A. Johnson, T. R. Overton
The objective of the animal sciences research honors program is to provide outstanding undergraduates with the opportunity to pursue supervised independent research and to develop an awareness of the scientific process. It is expected that the research will require significant effort and creative input by the student in its design and execution and in the reporting of the results.
Those students with majors in animal sciences who are interested in doing a research project should consult with their faculty advisors by their junior year. All students are expected to meet the college requirements in qualifying for the program and to complete the following:
- Identify a potential research honors project sponsor (i.e., a faculty member working in the animal sciences) and secure that faculty member’s commitment to sponsor the student in the research project. This should be accomplished by the second semester of the junior year. Students are encouraged to implement some research during the junior year and/or summer before the senior year.
- Register for ANSC 4991 Undergraduate Research.
- Participate in ANSC 4020 Seminar in Animal Sciences during the spring semester and report on and discuss the project and results.
- Submit a written thesis to the Animal Sciences Research Honors Committee by the scheduled deadline. Specific information regarding deadlines, format, and organization for the thesis will be provided.
- Meet with the Animal Sciences Research Honors Committee for a short oral defense of the thesis following a review of the thesis by the student’s sponsor and the research committee.
- Students may volunteer to submit electronically to the honors committee chair a copy of their final approved thesis (in pdf or Word format) for Mann Library. Mann Library has given CALS the opportunity to have theses available to the public electronically if this does not interfere with other plans, such as patenting or publishing in another journal. A permission form to allow a thesis to be made available online at Mann Library can be obtained from the honors committee chair.
- In addition, students are required to submit electronically to the honors committee chair their thesis title, research advisor’s name, and abstract (in Word format). During each summer, the CALS Research Honors Abstracts publication is published (on the web beginning 2009) as a compilation of research honors thesis abstracts.
Details pertaining to the specific requirements of the program can be obtained from the administrative office of the Department of Animal Science, 149 Morrison Hall.