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- HON 491 W Interdisciplinary Junior Honors Seminar
This course gives students a graduate-style seminar experience. The classes meet in small groups (twelve maximum) once a week to investigate and discuss an interesting topic from outside the participants' majors. These seminars challenge students by taking them outside the specialized focus of their major and by introducing them to the different ways other majors have of approaching a problem. The emphasis is on student participation, on writing and speaking to the point, on analysis, and on intellectual growth.
- HON 495 (or if it offered: ECON 495 WO Introduction to Research in the Social Sciences)
This course will help students hone their research skills in preparation for completing a successful Senior Honors Project. At the end of the semester students submit a proposal for their Senior Project that includes an abstract, outline, focused bibliography, and as much preliminary writing (e.g., a review of relevant scholarship) as possible.
- HON 496 W Senior Honors Project (three to six credits)
This course is an independent study under the supervision of an Economics faculty advisor selected by the student. The Senior Honors Project (HON 496) is a student's best chance as an undergraduate to dig deeply into a subject that interests him or her. Every year, these projects win a number of the research prizes at UHM; every year some are turned into published articles or policy papers.
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