| Honors 495 (W/I) INTRODUCTION
to RESEARCH
| Spring 2004 > TR 1:30 - 2:45 > Kuykendall
210 |
Jim Caron
Associate Professor, English
Director, Honors Program
Sinclair 504B
Office hours:
TR 12:30 - 1:20 and by appointment.
Virtual (Honors chat room)
W 1:00 - 2:00
(www.honors.hawaii.edu)
Tel.: 956-8391
fax: 956-3525
email: caron@hawaii.edu
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Max Vercruyssen
Associate Professor, Geriatrics
School of Medicine
Kuakini Medical Center
Office hours: by appointment.
(Please use pager number first.)
pager: 290-5679
Tel.: 523-8461 (office) 537-5481
fax: 585-8998
(academy) email: vercruys@hawaii.edu
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Goal: The general goal for this course is to prepare the
honors student for the task of successfully completing the
Senior Honors Project (HON 496), a two-semester, independent
course of study which allows the student to investigate a
topic under the supervision of a faculty adviser. HONORS 495
provides the student with the opportunity to discover a topic
for the Senior Honors Project if one is lacking or refine
a topic if the student has one in mind. All 495 students are
expected to submit as a minimal final assignment for the course
a proposal for the work to be conducted in HONORS 496. Ideally,
all students will work toward the end-of-semester deadline
to submit the best twenty pages of written work possible on
the project.
Methods: The course is pragmatic, designed to give students
the experience necessary to complete independent research.
Lectures will be minimal; instructors will provide guidance
and offer suggestions. Guest speakers will share their experiences
and answer questions. Field trips to libraries and other research
resources will be featured. Revision (both as a re-thinking
and a re-writing process) will be integral to the process.
Text: Obtain a style/documentation manual for your discipline
as soon as possible.
Assignments (subject to revision):
| Assignment |
Due Date |
Week |
| #1 Honors 495 Information Form, Project
Statement, and Vita |
January 13 |
(1st week) |
| #2 Statement of Project in Abstract
format (300 words) |
January 20 |
(2nd week) |
| #3 Initial Bibliography (discipline
resources/ topic) |
February 10 |
(5th week) |
| #4 Expanded Abstract (1000 words) |
February 29 |
(8th week) |
| #5 Working Bibliography (w/ annotations) |
March 7 |
(9th week) |
| #6 First Draft |
April 4 |
(12th week) |
| #7 First Oral Presentation w/ draft
of poster |
variable |
. |
| #8 Final Draft (20 best pages) |
May 2 |
(16th week) |
| #9 Final Presentation w/ poster and
Abstract |
May 4 |
(16th week) |
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