Honors Program
Honors research in the Department of Biological Sciences is a rigorous program in which the central feature is a two semester research project under the guidance of a faculty member. About 15-25% of our majors participate.
For entry into the biological sciences honors program, students must have an overall grade point average equal to or greater than 3.3, and a grade point average in courses required for the appropriate biological sciences major equal to or greater than 3.4 at the time of entry. Applications must be approved by a majority vote of the department.
Honors Program Requirements
- Complete the requirements for the MCB, BSCI, or EEOB major, achieving a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.4 in all courses that count toward the major
- Satisfactorily pursue a research project under the supervision of the advisor, with a minimum of 10 credit hours of honors research (BSCI 4999)
- Give a progress report at the end of the first semester of research. The report will be distributed to the honors committee one week before an oral presentation and a meeting with the committee. The meeting must occur before the start of finals week
- At the end of the second semester of honors research, prepare a thesis based on the research project to be read and evaluated by the honors committee
- Present the thesis orally before the honors committee and faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Read more about honors research in biological sciences.
Current Honors Students
Student | Thesis Title |
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Cochran, Micayla | Activity patterns of the Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) across TN |
Dudipala, Neha | Are fitness tradeoffs associated with fosfomycin resistance in uropathogenic Escherichia coli? |
Goldin, Melissa | Pif1 Resistance Allows De Novo Telomere Addition Near Double-Strand Breaks |
He, Lilly | The Effects of CD148 Q276P/R326Q Polymorphisms in Cancer Cells |
Hugaboom, Miya | Evolution of mitochondrial genomes in Aspergillus section Flavi fungi |
Kalra, Mahip | Analysis of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Genes |
Kariuki, Joyce | Unfolded Protein Response modulation by SARS-CoV-2 nsp3.1 protein domains |
Linney, Kaitlyn | B. dendrobatidis cell wall factors |
Paldrmic, Isabella | Stress Induced Overconsumption and Glp-1 Signaling in Dorsal Lateral Septum |
Patel, Vitrag | Role of Complement Factor 5 in Metabolism |
Pembridge, Olivia | Characterizing AP4-deficient D. rerio embryo morphology and autophagy gene expression |
Plotkin, Sim | Identifying Conserved Patterns in Sites of Repair-associated Telomere Addition |
Ramakrishnan, Abinaya | The functional integration of the immune and circulatory systems in Anopheles gambiae |
Sharma, Shivani | Effect of the Senescence Pathway on Zebrafish Retinal Regeneration |
Srivastava, Anusha | Role of Outer Membrane Proteins in Helicobacter pylori Biofilm Formation |
Yuan, Mingyang | Effects of Gαo Signaling on Insulin Granule Movement in Islet Beta Cells |