Student Projects
In completing their coursework, Honors Program students study and combine different disciplines. Youcan make connections between theater and philosophy; between science and literature; between psychology and pop-culture; between history and business; between, well . . .
it's up to you!
Many Honors Projects lead students to national presentations at conferences at the National Collegiate Honors Council, the Western Regional Honors Council, and the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Several projects have already been published in undergraduate journals and presented at Universities across the country.
We encourage you to choose your own paper topic rather than assigning you one. Write about what you find interesting!
To whet your appetite, here's a list of some projects recently created by Honors Program students.
Honors First Year Projects (for HNRS 115: On the Sublime)
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2006-2007 On the Sublime Papers
On Reality: the Periodic Table, Ferdinand de Saussure and a Hospital
On the Ideal: Plato, New Narnia, and the Colorless Diamond
On Corruption: Joseph McCarthy, Indian Reservations, and the Genetically Modified Tomato
On Failure: Lance Armstrong, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and the Eifel Tower
On Desperation: The Donner Party, Winshester Mystery House, and Craiglist.org
On Skepticism: C.S. Lewis, The Museum of Jurassic Technology, and the ‘Panic Broadcast’
On Superficiality: Mall of America, Carrie Bradshaw, and the Marin Catholic High School
On Greatness: Abraham Lincoln, the Sequoia National Park, and Giraffes
On Slant: Bill Clinton, Florida, and National Public Radio
On Defiance: Emilio Aguinaldo, Luneta Park, and the Barong Tagalaog
On Beauty: Socrates, the Internet, and Botox
On Potential: Helen Keller, Cloning, and the Basement of the Stanford Psychology department
On Pain: Superman, Lourdes, and Fair Trade
On Self Deception: Disneyland, George Carlin, and Self-Help Books
On Possibility: Steve Prefontaine, Glen Canyon, and the Zeppelin
On Sterility: The Bush Administration, Condoms and Rest Homes |
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Honors Second Year Projects (for HNRS 220: Republic to Prince)
The Future of Islam and Democracy: Harmony of Dissidence?
Propaganda on Screen
A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words
A Psychological Examination of the Returning Soldier
Closer Than You Think
A Look into War Cinema: A Heroic Individual vs. a Band of BrotherWomen and the Effects of War
Fighter Pilots and Ground Soldiers
Craving Violence: Satisfying Our Obsession
Oh Canada
The Machiavellian Corporation
Taxi Driver as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Preconceptions Framed within the Language of War
Life After War: A Look at the Effects War has on its Survivors |
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Honors Third Year Projects (for HNRS 330: Beyond Good and Evil)
The Clone Wars: On Earth and in Science Fiction
Addressing Ethical Reform within Modern Society
Do the Dewey: Reform in the Educational System
Business Ethics: An Oxymoron?
Media Responsibility and Children's Televsion
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: The Ethics of Septuplets
Social Justice as a Real Process
The American Film Rating System
Bowling for Columbine and Gun Control
Euthenasia and Margaret Edson's Wit
What Lies Beyond Good and Evil? Nietzsche and Film Noir
Lacan: the Real, the Symbolic, the Imaginary
Gender, GAP, and the Gender Gap
Honors Senior Thesis Titles (for HNRS 495-497: Thesis Seminars)
2006-2007 Honors Thesis Topics
Using Oligopeptides to Prevent Aâ42 Aggregation
A Farmers’ Market for LMU
Nueva York
Pro Amoris Mellis
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Mechanism for Promoting Responsible Leadership?
Learning in Color
Spanish Culture and its Implications on Negotiation in Business
Mediations on Romantic Love
Writing the Wrongs: History and Power in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things
Rudimentary Model of Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Thyroid Axis in Congenital Hypothryroid Neonates, with the Inclusion of Various Medication Schemes via an Adjustable Dosage Term
Bells of Blood: The Post-Textual Paradigm of Socialist Realism and the Dialectic of Neo-Capitalist Expression in The Love of Don Perlimplin for Belisa in the Garden and The House of Bernarda Alba
Night of the Nueva Luna: How Isabel Allende updates Arabian Nights to Present a Female-Empowered World in Eva Luna and Stories of Eva Luna
Shades of Red
Bequia
On Tourism
Wonders of Watersheds and Wetlands: Teaching Theory and Curriculum for the Ballona Discovery Center
From Geisha to Executive: The Transformation of Women in Japanese Society
Recent Disney Films Fail to Achieve Quality Animation
Authoring a Revision of ASLMU’s Guiding Documents Coupled with a Narrative Analysis of the Drafting Process
Women’s Power, Speaking for the Earth, and Japanese Identity: The Female Shamanic Figure in Japanese History, Folklore, and Film
Views on the Nature of Science: CENS Questionnaire and Intervention
The Congruent Number Problem and Elliptic Curves
2005-2006 Honors Thesis Topics
Variable Angle Spoiler
The Self-Assembly of Gelsolin on Actin According to a Specific Electron Beam Patterned Substrate
Seeming Contradiction: A Dialect of Identity
Rated R for Sex and Violence: A Teaching Tool for Beginning Ancient Greek Students
The Criterion and the Canon
Victorian Society and the Early Rise of Women’s Suffrage Movement in England
Quantum Dots
The Good Life
Rated R for Sex and Violence: A Teaching Tool for Beginning Ancient Greek Students
Gender and Embodiment in Song of Solomon
A Collection of Human Expressions
Shipping Container Conversion for Medical Applications: Examination Room
Not Yet
Tamagotchi Nation: How the Japanese Marketing System Drives its Popular Culture
Automatically Controlled Variable Spoiler
The One of the Many: Mass versus Elite in the Athenian 5th Century
Judicial Reform and Armenia: Progress Through Process
The Latino Emergence: Political Wave of the Future
The Pacific Gap: A Cultural Evaluation and Comparison of American and Japanese Society Through the Electronic Medium of Interactive Games
Photo Reserve. Preserve: Your Photos Never Felt Safer
Inevitable
The Need for a More Effective Plan
Our Time
The V-Squad
Young Adolescent Maturity Levels and Their Deviant Behaviors
Infinitely Variable Aerodynamics for a Racecar
The Harken Trip
