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UIUCAnthropologyHonorsThesis: LevelsofDistinction,andTurn-inSchedule TheUIUCDepartmentofAnthropologyoffersthreelevelsof“Distinction”tostudentswho completeanHonorsThesis: • HighestDistinction • HighDistinction • Distinction Theguidelinesbelowofferclarityanduniformitytotheprocessandscheduleofhowwe designateandconferlevelsofHonorsThesis“distinction.” Normally,thestudent’sadvisorandsecondreaderdecideonthelevelof“distinction”tobe conferred.Incaseofuncertainty,theymayconsultwiththeAnthropologyUndergraduate Advisorand/orDirectoroftheUndergraduatePrograminAnthropologyforadditional input. The level of “distinction” is noted on the student’s transcript. If the thesis is turned in by the relevant deadline, (see Instructions and Deadlines for Honors Thesis) the level of distinction is also noted in the program and announced at the convocation ceremony. Thefollowingguidelinesexplainthethreelevelsof“distinction”available: HighestDistinction: GPAof3.6inAnthropology GPAof3.5overall Tomeritthehonorof“HighestDistinction,”anHonorsThesisshouldmeetthestandards listedbelowandevenmovesignificantlybeyondthoseexpectations: • isofanoverallhighenoughqualitythatitcouldrealisticallybesubmittedtoeithera studentjournal,amid-tierprofessionaljournal,oranationalstudentpaper competitionwithoutsignificantrevisions • constitutesanoriginalcontributiontoanthropologicalthoughtordebates • isbasedonasignificantandnotablelevelofindependentresearch(whetherlibrary, archival,lab,orfieldwork-based) • isunusuallywellwrittenandwellorganized,grammaticallyerror-free,employing smoothwordusage,andperhapsevencontainsextrapizzazzorspecialcreativity • integratesdataandtheoreticalframeworktomakeacogentargumentthatisclearly presented,internallycogent,andwelldeveloped • HonorsThesis—LevelsofDistinction 2 • offersasharpandthoughtfuldiscussionand/orcritiqueofrelevantliteraturewithin and/oroutsideanthropology • creditsandcitesasufficientnumberofrelevantworkswithinanthropologyand otherrelevantdisciplines • meettechnical(sub)disciplinaryexpectationsforcitations,bibliography,formatting, length,andpagination HighDistinction: GPAof3.6inAnthropology GPAof3.3overall • goesbeyondageneralsummaryofwhatisalreadyknownaboutthetopic • integratesdataandtheoreticalframeworktomakeacogentargumentthatisclearly presented,internallycogent,andwelldeveloped • isbasedonsomeindependentresearch(whetherlibrary,archival,lab,orfieldworkbased) • iswellwrittenandwellorganized,freeofgrammaticalerrorsandwordusageissues • offersasharpandthoughtfuldiscussionand/orcritiqueofrelevantliteraturewithin and/oroutsideanthropology • creditsandcitesasufficientnumberofrelevantworkswithinanthropologyand otherrelevantdisciplines • meetstechnical(sub)disciplinaryexpectationsforcitations,bibliography, formatting,length,andpagination Distinction: GPAof3.6inAnthropology GPAof3.0overall • isbasedonsomeindependentresearch(whetherlibrary,archival,lab,orfieldworkbased) • offersathoughtfulandcogentargumentthatisinternallyconsistent,clearlystated andwelldeveloped • iswellwrittenandwellorganized,containingminimalgrammaticalerrorsandword usageissues • engageswithrelevantliteraturewithinand/oroutsideanthropology Updated3/1/17 HonorsThesis—LevelsofDistinction 3 • creditsandcitesasufficientnumberofrelevantworkswithinanthropologyand otherrelevantdisciplines • meettechnical(sub)disciplinaryexpectationsforcitations,bibliography,formatting, length,andpagination Updated3/1/17
