In you are interested in more information about the Honours programs at Acadia, please contact the individual department of interest to you. The Graduate Studies webpage for Prospective Students also lists research interests of faculty with interests in supervising graduate students.

Departments offering Honours Programs:

• Biology
• Business Administration
• Canadian Studies
• Chemistry
• Community Development
• Computer Science
• Earth & Environmental Science (Environmental Geoscience, Environmental Science & Geology)
• Economics
• English and Theatre Studies
• Environmental & Sustainable Studies
• Languages & Literatures (French, German & Spanish)
• History and Classics
• Kinesiology
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Music
• Nutrition
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Women's Studies

*IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR WINTER/SPRING 2020 - HONOURS THESIS

STEPS FOR FINALIZING AND SUBMITTING AN HONOURS THESIS

1. Student ensures the final draft is complete and properly formatted, as per the Honours Thesis Regulations (see Honours Thesis at https://www2.acadiau.ca/research/undergraduate.html ).
2. Thesis Supervisor and 2nd Reader review the draft Thesis for content and formatting. *Signatures are not required for the Checklist Form or 2nd Reader Assessment Form while the University is closed.
3. Student makes the agreed changes/edits which are then checked and approved by the Supervisor.
4. Student uploads the unsigned FINAL Thesis to the Library, using their Acadia student email account, by 17 April 2020. Go to https://library.acadiau.ca/about/help/faq/thesis-submission.html *Submission of a printout confirming the upload is not required while the University is closed.
5. Student electronically shares the same final version of the Thesis with their Supervisor, and with the home Department or School, if requested. A hardcopy of the Thesis, for the Library, will be printed at Acadia at a later date.
6. If an extension is required, send a completed Extension Request form (signatures not required) to the Dean of Research & Graduate Studies, at anna.redden@acadiau.ca. https://www2.acadiau.ca/files/files/Files%20~%20Research/Request%20for%20Extension%20of%20Honours%20Thesis%20Submission.pdf
7. When the university is again open, the student will send the signed author’s signature page (3rd page of the Thesis front pages) to their supervisor for inclusion in a printed copy of the Thesis.  The Thesis hardcopy, with original signatures (student signature page and the page with signatures of the Supervisor, Head of Department, and Chair of the Senate Honours Committee), will be permanently housed in the Vaughan Library.

Any questions regarding regulations, deadlines, extensions, etc. should be directed to the Research & Graduate Studies Administrative Office at Donna.Dillman@acadiau.ca

Templates

Please note that templates may be provided by your Department/School or the Learning Technologies Centre, however it is the responsibility of each student to ensure that their thesis conforms to the formatting required by the Division of Research and Graduate Studies as outlined in the Honours Thesis Regulations.

Formatting Requirements

The inside binding edge must be 1”. Please refer to the Honours Thesis Regulations for complete formatting details.

Dates:

• April 17, 2020- Last day to submit final Honours Thesis to the Library (electronically) for Spring Term.
  

2018-2020 Senate Honours Committee Chair: Dr. Joseph Hayes (January 1, 2018 - August 31, 2020)

Documents and links:

• Honours Thesis Regulations
• Title and signature Page Example
• Thesis Checklist Form
• Second Reader's Assessment of Honours Thesis
• Request for Extension of Honours Thesis Submission
• Information on Ethesis submission
• Thesis Publication Withhold Request Form
• Request for Co-Authorship of Honours Thesis

Honours Summer Research Awards (HSRA)

• HSRA Poster
• 2020 HSRA application

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA)

• USRA Poster
• USRA online NSERC Application
• USRA Form Part III Research Aptitude

Nova Scotia Research Scotia Scholars Award

• Scotia Scholars Award Poster

Webster Undergraduate Research Awards

The Webster Undergraduate Research Awards have been made possible through the generous support of the R. Howard Webster Foundation. The Foundation makes grants to outstanding Canadian charitable organizations offering unique and inspiring programs or projects for the benefit, improvement, and development of Canadian society.

The Webster Undergraduate Research Awards are designed to support the engagement of Acadia’s most promising undergraduate Honours students in unique research work of their design. The Fund provides a total of $17,500 to support three awards ($5833 each) to Honours students in their 3rd year of study at Acadia University.  Recipients are chosen from the applications for the Honours Summer Research Awards. One student from each Faculty is selected by the HSRA adjudication committee based on their academic record and the quality of their research grant application.

At the time the application is made, the student must:

• Be entering the final year of an Acadia University Honours Degree.
• Have a minimum 3.5 GPA as of January 2020.
• Have applied for a full time, 16 week Honours Summer Research Award