IONA COLLEGE
HONORS PROGRAM THESIS PROTOCOL

Prepared October 2010
(revised 12/10)

Dr. Jeanne Zaino, Honors Director
jzaino@iona.edu

Dr. Charlotte Wray, Assistant Director
cwray@iona.edu

INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW

All Honors students are required to complete a thesis in their senior year. The thesis is a substantial research project in an area of scholarship chosen by the student and completed with the guidance of a thesis advisor. It is a piece of independent research which allows the student to contribute to a field of inquiry, to gain expertise in a specific area of interest to the student academically or professionally, and demonstrates the student’s intellectual accomplishments.

This booklet is designed to provide students with an overview of the Honors thesis and to answer some basic questions about the thesis process. This booklet also contains some key forms that students pursuing an honors thesis will need. These forms are explained throughout the booklet and provided in the Appendices.

Students with questions about the honors thesis are asked to consult the Honors Program Office and speak with either the Director or Assistant Director. Contact information is provided on the cover of this booklet.

Honors Program Office
45 Beechmont Road, 2nd Floor
New Rochelle, NY 10801

Phone:
914.633.2697

Mailing address:
715 North Avenue
New Rochelle, NY 10801