Thesis-Related Forms and Examples

Proposal Examples

• Yugoslavia, a Winter’s Tale: Imagination of the Balkans in the Travel Literature of Austrian Writer Peter Handke
• Lack of Awareness of Hemochromatosis in the Healthcare Community and the Detrimental Effects of Late Diagnosis
• Japanese Debate on Rearmament
• Use of Prostate-Specific Antigen in Prostate Cancer Diagnostics
• Colville, Wash. and the 1918 Flu Epidemic
• Posture and Trumpet Playing: How Body Alignment Affects Musicians
• Investment Opportunities in the Lake Osoyoos Locality
• Nanoscale Craters in Poly(methyl methacrylate) Formed by Exposure to Condensing Solvent Vapor
• The Many Faces of Mary: A Study of the Enduring Relevance of the Virgin of Guadalupe’s Symbolism

“Pass with Distinction” Thesis Examples

• • Just Scratching the Surface: Nanoscale Wear on the Fluorite (CaF2) [111] Cleavage Plane (Physics)

• • An Analysis of Affective Ultrasonic Vocalizations of Rats as a Function of Social Play and Tickling (Neuroscience)

• • Analysis of BDNF-Induced Dendritic Growth in Hippocampal Nuerons (Neuroscience)

• • Ovarian Hormone Modulation of Supraspinal THC-Induced Analgesia (Psychology)

• • Relationship of Cervical Neck Strength and Head Impacts in Youth Soccer (Athletic Training)

• • Into the Vineyards: Cultural Lessons in French Wine Country (English)

• • Music and Rowing: The Effects of Genre, Familiarity, and Preference (Biology and Music)

• • AHL9, AHL11, and AHL12: Gene Overexpression and Phenotypic Analysis in Arabidopsis (Crop and Soil Sciences)

• • The Potential of Home Gardening as a Mode of Environmental Education: Connections to Environmental Problem Solving (Environmental Science)

• • Teases on the Silver Screen: A Comparison of Teases in Movies to Teases in Real Life (English)

• • A Role for Advanced Germ Cells in the Control of the Spermatogenic Wave (Molecular Bioscience)

• • New York Counterpoint: Exploring the Techniques of Taped Music (Music) Listen to the audio recording associated with this Honors thesis

• • The World in a Suitcase: A Collection of Short Fiction (Creative Thesis Analysis) (Journalism)

• • Avian Antibody Responses to Fowlpox Virus and a Mosquito Vector (Nursing)

• • Lack of Awareness of Hemochromatosis in the Healthcare Community and the Detrimental Effects of Late Diagnosis
  • “Presentation of Foods in Children’s Animated Television Programming” (Communications)

• • “Carpetbaggers: A Revisionist Model Evaluation” (History/Liberal Arts)

• • “Investigating IT Proficiency and Website Characteristics as Signals of Quality: Guilt by Association?” (Information Systems/Business)

• • “Population versus Consumption: Determining the Real Driving Force of Environmental Degradation” (Honors)

• • “Realism and the Incompleteness Theorems in Kurt Godel’s Philosophy of Mathematics” (Philosophy/Liberal Arts)

• • “Genetic Analysis of the Y Chromosome in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)” (Biological Sciences/Sciences)

• • “Discovering Beauty and Meaning: A Meditative Inquiry into the Essence of Shadow as Ornamentation in Interior Design” (Interior Design/Engineering & Architecture)

• • “Towards Understanding the Molecular Basis of Enantiospecificity of Pinoresinol-Lariciresinol Reductase of Forsythia Intermedia” (Biological Chemistry/Sciences)

• • “Nanoscale Craters in Poly(methyl methacrylate) Formed by Exposure to Condensing Solvent Vapor” (Biochemistry/Sciences)

• • “Thermoregulation in Molting and Feeding Danaus plexippus Caterpillars” (Biological Sciences)

• • “A New Synthesis of a Potential Antiviral Prodrug Utilizing a 1,2-anhydrofuranose Intermediate” (Chemistry)

• • “Glial Derived Neurotrophic Factor Promotes Ovarian Primordial Follicle Development and Cell-Cell Interactions During Folliculogenesis” (Molecular Biosciences)

• • “Scanning Force Microscope Induced Growth and Dissolution on Single Crystal Gypsum (CaHSO4.2H20) (Physics)