Honors in Human Science at Georgetown University

Honors Program Senior Theses 2009 Senior Theses 2008 Senior Theses

Human Science Honors Program

The purpose of this program is to permit students of high academic achievement to enjoy greater responsibility and initiative in their major work. The Honors Program in Human science requires a significant research experience which leads to both oral presentation of the research results in a seminar deemed satisfactory by the faculty members in attendance, and completion of a research-based thesis deemed acceptable by the faculty. Students in the Honors Program are required to maintain an average of at least B both in their major and overall. They complete the requirements of the Human Science major, plus take a semester each of Honors Research 364 and 365, a final semester of Honors Thesis HSCI-370, and the Human Science HSCI-321 Internship/research. The student may substitute for HSCI-364 or HSCI-365 one graduate elective chosen in consultation with their research mentor to complement the experience gained in research. They are required to take only one advanced elective and are exempt from the senior paper in Contemporary Health Science if they so chose enrolling in HSCI-204 for 1 credit instead of 3 credits. Students with a B average may apply for entry into the Human Science Honors Program anytime after the end of the first semester of their freshman year.

Graduating with Honors in Human Science requires completion of the Human Science curriculum with the addition of a senior thesis in digital format. Students who complete an acceptable Honors Thesis and all other requirements for the Human Science major will graduate with a B.S in Human Science with Honors. When a thesis is judged by the faculty to be meritorious the student will graduate with a B.S. in Human Science, Honors with Distinction. Each thesis submitted to fulfill the requirements for Human Science Honors will be read and orally defended before a panel of three or more Human Science faculty who will judge the honors thesis in terms of clearly presenting a research or discovery question or hypothesis, and containing appropriate methodology to answer the question or hypothesis, adequate results towards answering the question or hypothesis or an explanation as to why not, and discussion of significance of the thesis findings with adequate references supporting the thesis. The faculty panel will judge the thesis as either unsatisfactory in meeting these requirements, satisfactory, or meritorious if the thesis greatly exceeds these requirements as an undergraduate senior thesis. When a thesis is judged by the faculty to be meritorious the student will graduate with a B.S. in Human Science, Honors with Distinction.

HSCI-364 - Honors Research I

Fall only
Staff

Each honors program student undertakes or continues an original research project, which becomes the basis of the senior honors thesis. Students should consult faculty members of their choice at least one semester in advance, to ascertain projects and faculty members' individual policies. Fall.

Credits: 1-4 Prerequisites: None

HSCI-365 - Honors Research II

Spring only
Staff

This is a continuation of HSCI-364 Honors Research I during which the student continues their original research project which becomes the basis of the senior honors thesis. Students should consult faculty members of their choice at least one semester in advance, to ascertain projects and faculty members' individual policies. Spring

Credits: 1-4 Prerequisites: None

HSCI-370 - Honors Thesis

Spring only
Staff

During their last semester of the senior year, students in the honors program bring their research projects to conclusion, make an oral presentation of the results to a seminar group of faculty and students, and prepare and submit a written thesis on the basis of their research results. Spring.

Credits: 0 Prerequisites: None

May 2006

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2009 Honors in Human Science Senior Theses

• Roland M. Dimaya. Assessing short-term memory in Tourette Syndrome using a nonsense-word repetition task. Honors.
  
  
• Bridget Dowd. Cysteine residues within the fractalkine-like domain of the attachment G glycoprotein of respiratory syncytial virus play a critical role in the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response upon infection. Honors.
  
  
• Stephanie M. Zare. Navicular drop not static arch height is a better predictor of stress fracture risk in male athletes. Honors with Distinction.

2008 Honors in Human Science Senior Theses

• Allison C. Boyd. Novel HIV-1 Genomic Mutations Related to Antiretroviral Drug Resistance. Honors with Distinction.

• Emily M. Herzberg. PDE-5 inhibitor use and associated risk behavior HIV- patterns among positive males at an urban HIV clinic in Washington, DC. Honors with Distinction.

• Jennifer Mulla. The role of IRF-1 in ICI 182./80 mediated apoptosis of MCF7/LCC9 breast cancer cells. Honors with Distinction.

• Caitlin Wallach, Comparative Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Intravenously Administered Ravuconazole in Healthy and Neutropenic Rabbits with Pulmonary Aspergillosis. Honors.

• Emily P. Wang. The effect of estradiol in the presence/absence of antiestrogens on the ErbB2/PI 3-K/Akt1 pathway in hormone-dependent breast cancer. Honors.

• Bradley M. White. In Vitro Dopamine Sensing Capabilities of Polycarbazole Film-Modified Platinum Electrodes. Honors with Distinction.