GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT HONORS THESIS APPLICATION
Before completing the application, please read the requirements for honors in the Government
Department (http://www.wesleyan.edu/gov/honors.html)
Name:
University Grade Point Average:
Do you plan to submit this thesis for honors in another department in addition to GOVT?
Yes No
Is yes, the other department is:
Government Courses:
Course Title
Professor
Grade
Preferred Thesis Adviser:
Second Choice:
Prospective honors candidates must discuss their proposed project with their preferred thesis
advisor before April 3, 2019, the date on which the thesis proposal is due.
By the due date, prospective honors candidates must submit as an email attachment to Jeanne
McNeff (jmcneff@wesleyan.edu) a thesis proposal containing:
(1) a title.
(2) a description of the proposed project, its objectives, its significance, and its place
in the
relevant scholarly literature.
(3) a statement discussing coursework relating to the proposed project.
(4) an account of the methods for carrying out the proposed project.
(5) a single-spaced list of the sources cited in your discussion of the relevant
scholarly literature. These sources should number at least seven.
(6) the date on which you discussed your project with your preferred thesis advisor.
Items 1-4 should not exceed five double-spaced pages.
Please save this form and send it as an attachment -- along with a copy of your thesis proposal --
to Jeanne McNeff, Administrative Assistant: jmcneff@wesleyan.edu
Rev. 8/17