The Research Honors Program provides students with a special opportunity to work with a faculty mentor to experience the research process. Successful completion of this program requires a thesis written in the style of a master's thesis or professional journal in that area of Research. Original research often is published in a professional journal. Each year, CALS Research Honors Abstracts will be published as a compilation of abstracts of the honors theses.

The Bachelor of Science degree with "distinction in research" will be conferred upon those students who, in addition to having completed the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science, have satisfactorily completed the honors program in their area of major interest and have been recommended for the degree by the honors committee of that area. For more details, consult the CALS Research Honors Program web site.