Honors Scholarship Project
Undergraduate research has been identified as a formative high-impact practice in postsecondary education. The Honors Scholarship Project provides students in the John Wesley Honors College the opportunity to develop research skills while expressing the lessons of a liberal arts education in a personal, professional, and original way. As a result, projects can include efforts such as musical compositions, illustrations, and other creative works; lab research; service learning projects; and short stories, novels, and traditional research papers. All projects should express not only the highest ideals of one’s discipline(s) but also the highest ideals of Christian scholarship. To complete the requirements for the HSP, the final project is shared with the IWU community through a public presentation by the student, usually at Celebration of Scholarship.
Honors Scholarship Project Forms
- Honors Scholarship Project Overview - A description of the courses and timeline involved in the HSP progression
- Student/Faculty Mentor Agreement - To be completed once the student selects a Faculty Mentor in HNR-350; includes
description of Faculty Mentor role - HNR-497 Registration Form - To be submitted during the course registration window of the semester prior to taking HNR-497; includes
description of HSP Proposal - HNR-498 Registration Form - To be submitted during the course registration window of the semester prior to taking HNR-498
- Note: Students register themselves for HNR-499 via Student Planning
- Petition to Enroll in HNR-497 and -498 for Extra Credit Hours - To be submitted with both HNR-497 and -498 Registration Forms, if necessary requirements.
- Final Approval and Binding Instructions - To be submitted to the JWHC Office near the end of HNR-499; includes HSP formatting requirements
- Survey Monkey Usage Request Form IWU students may request use of the JWHC Survey Monkey account for research purposes.
Contact the JWHC Coordinator of Programs (julia.vandermolen@indwes.edu) with questions about HSP forms or procedures.
Sample HSP Proposals
- Corbett, TESOL (SP17)
- Dion, English (SP17)
- Koval, Political Science (SP17)