HON 499 · University Honors
Senior Honors Thesis II
Second semester of the culminating senior honors research or creative project, focused on thesis completion, formal archival submission, and public oral defense before faculty and peers.
Catalog overview
Course Essentials
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- 400 upper division
- Typically offered
- By arrangement
- Prerequisites
- Admission to the University Honors Program, HON 498, and approval of the faculty thesis advisor.
400-level courses: advanced capstone, senior research, and specialized seminars. Counts toward the 36 upper-division credits every bachelor's degree requires (Undergraduate Catalog §2.3). Details: Undergraduate Catalog §9.32.
Academic Advising Center
- Office
- Lovell Hall 101
- Phone
- (555) 555-0158
- advising@university.alkimi.ai
HON 499 has no scheduled class meetings. You arrange it with a faculty sponsor in your department, who agrees the plan of work, meeting schedule, and how it's graded before you register. Department chairs make teaching assignments each year (Faculty Handbook §5.1), and every instructor posts the syllabus in Canvas by the first day of classes (Faculty Handbook §5.2).
Generative AI in this course
Every syllabus must state one of three levels: Level 1 (AI not permitted for graded work), Level 2 (AI permitted with disclosure for specified tasks), Level 3 (AI permitted broadly with disclosure). Check your section's syllabus in Canvas. Unless it says otherwise, the university default applies: generative AI tools may be used for brainstorming, studying, and feedback on your own drafts, but not to produce work you submit for a grade.
Details: Student Handbook §5.7 and Student Handbook §5.8. See what each AI level allows.
Degree planning
Where HON 499 fits
What to take first, what this course opens up, and the requirements it can satisfy, from the Undergraduate Catalog.
Take first
Catalog wording: Admission to the University Honors Program, HON 498, and approval of the faculty thesis advisor.
Leads to
All University Honors courses →No other catalog course lists HON 499 as a prerequisite.
Counts toward
All programs →No major, minor, or Core area in the catalog names this course.
Every course also counts toward the 120 credits needed for a bachelor's degree. Confirm your plan with your advisor or the Academic Advising Center.
AP credit
AP equivalency table →No AP exam awards credit for HON 499 (Undergraduate Catalog §3.11).
Registration
How to enroll in HON 499
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Check the prerequisites
Admission to the University Honors Program, HON 498, and approval of the faculty thesis advisor.
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Add it in AlkimiHub
HON 499 is offered by arrangement with a faculty sponsor, in any term. Agree the plan of work with your faculty sponsor, then submit the signed proposal or learning agreement through AlkimiHub by the add deadline; the Registrar enrolls you once it's approved (Undergraduate Catalog §2.13 and Undergraduate Catalog §2.14). Details: Student Handbook §3.3.
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If the section is full, join the waitlist
When a seat opens, AlkimiHub offers it to the first student on the waitlist and emails you. You have 24 hours to claim it before it goes to the next student. Details: Student Handbook §3.10.
All dates: academic calendar. Registration help: Office of the Registrar.
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