How to Write an Honors Thesis

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How to Write an Honors Thesis

• Tips and Tricks

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Identify the topic

• In writing your thesis for your undergraduate
  honors, be sure to choose one that interests
  you.
• At this stage, your topic will probably be very
  general, even vague.
• Search for a topic that's feasible and
  significant.
• Avoid the impossible. Dont choose a topic that
  is too overwhelming for you as a student.

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ORGANIZE WELL

• A good thesis of an honours master involves a
  main line of argument, or a set of related
  arguments.
• If your thesis lacks a thesis or if your main
  point is vague, think it through again. Your
  thesis should be concise and straightforward.
• If your thesis is presenting too many different
  arguments, finds ways to organize your ideas more
  simply.

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Do some preliminary reading

• If you want to have a phd with honours, you have
  to write an impressive honors thesis. To
  accomplish this, do some preliminary but
  extensive reading about your chosen topic.
• Read a few books or articles that will give you a
  general background information about your topic
• Also read about other scholars arguments and
  ideas relating to your topic.

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Formulate a research question or hypothesis

• Once you built a general idea about your topic,
  narrow it down to build a research question or
  hypothesis that is both understandable and
  researchable.
• This will definitely get you ahead of your
  honours application.
• Your research question will help you define the
  limitations of your research.
• Hypotheses are mini-arguments and the objective
  of the honors thesis is to provide evidence that
  will prove those hypotheses.

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Compile your bibliography and read, read, read!

• Once you have a workable hypotheses for your
  honor thesis, you should have a better sense of
  where to look for evidence to support it.
• Search for books, book chapters, academic
  articles, documents, and the like that
  correlatedirectly and indirectlyto your
  question or hypothesis.
• Think of yourself as a detective trying to solve
  a mystery.
• Collect your sources and read through them.

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Outline your paper

• When you have exhausted all possible resources
  for your senior honors thesis, get ready to start
  organizing and outlining your paper.
• An outline is the analytical skeleton of your
  research paper. Therefore, it should have an
  introduction, body, and conclusion.
• Make your outline extensive but workable.

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Draft the paper

• Before you begin drafting, go through your notes
  and keep only those that are significant to your
  research question and discard the rest.
• Dont digress from the main argument of your
  honor thesis.
• Expect to have several drafts of your paper. No
  one gets it perfectly on their first try.
• Once youve laid out your argument, work on
  grammar and style

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Develop citations and bibliography

• Once youve developed the basics of your paper,
  you're now close to achieving your undergraduate
  honors.
• Remember plagiarism is a crime so double check if
  someone elses opinions are acknowledged in a
  citation.
• All sentences extracted from other sources must
  be properly cited in the text itself and in the
  bibliography.

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Spit and polish

• Assess your senior honors thesis with a fresh,
  more objective perspective. .
• It is now time to proofread your work for factual
  and interpretive errors.
• Always consult your adviser every step of the
  way. You should go hand-in-hand with them in
  finishing your thesis.

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