Preparing for Graduation

Step 4: Honors Thesis Information and Deadlines

The SHC Thesis Web Guide

The honors thesis is the culmination of your Honors College experience at Penn State. For further information on the honors thesis process, please visit the SHC Thesis Web Guide.

The SHC Thesis Web Guide can help you:

Identify a thesis topic and adviser
Develop a thesis schedule
Prepare and format your thesis
Publish your thesis research

Well before you submit your thesis, please use this checklist to ensure you have met your thesis requirements.

After the thesis is submitted, the Schreyer Honors College will send it to the library to be bound and to be placed on the shelves in Paterno Library. (Please note: This process takes approximately one year from the time of submission to the SHC.)

Thesis Submission Deadlines

Fall 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008 by 4:00 p.m. in C-4 Atherton Hall

Spring 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009 by 4:00 pm in C-4 Atherton Hall

Summer 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009 by 4:00 pm in C-4 Atherton Hall

Spring 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008 by 4:00 p.m. in C-4 Atherton Hall

Fall 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009 by 4:00 pm in C-4 Atherton Hall

Submitting Your Thesis Early

Theses may be submitted to the Schreyer Honors College prior to your intended semester of graduation if you will be student teaching or studying abroad. If you submit your thesis early, please note the correct semester of graduation on your thesis title page.

If you have any questions about the honors thesis requirement, please contact Roberta Hardin, Coordinator of Student Records at 863-2635, or via e-mail at rhh1@psu.edu.