Welcome to course blog for the yearlong Honors Thesis Colloquium.

Click here to download the syllabus (or take a look at the pages on the right).

This 2-semester course provides an opportunity for in-depth research and analysis of a topic that stirs your curiosity and motivates your desire to share what you learn about it with others.  The weekly assignments are geared toward fostering intellectual community as well as cultivating skills in writing and techniques of inquiry.

Over the course of both semesters, you will meet in consultation with a faculty advisor in your research field.  Much of your work will be done individually as you gather sources and data about your topic.  As a class, we will meet to brainstorm about topics, focus and refine ideas, and offer advice on research, revision, and reorganization.  In addition, each of you will attend at least one Great Issues Forum Event at the CUNY Graduate Center as a way of placing individual topics within a wider intellectual context.

During the second semester, each student will present an in-progress oral report to the class. At the end of the spring term, students will present their findings in formal presentation in a conference format. Students should invite their advisors to attend their oral report and the Conference.