Honors Seminars
The 3 Honors Seminars are conducted as seminars: i.e., they are a mixture of lecture/discussion, faculty/professional visits, and case studies, with a heavy emphasis on outside readings from academic/professional journals, business/professional publications, etc. (depending on the expertise of specific participatory faculty/business professionals and student interests). The seminars are focused around the Honors Thesis, especially CBA 499. Thus, several texts are used at various points in the program, explaining why they are listed as required for multiple seminars. Students are not be overburdened as they only need to read portions of most proposed texts for any one seminar.
A major component in all honors seminars is visits by faculty and business professionals. Participating faculty/business executives submit a "Readings List" to the Program Director (or faculty member responsible for teaching the seminar) for subsequent distribution to those enrolled in the Honors Program. Students are expected to critically review these materials prior to the relevant class in order that they can make a valuable contribution to class discussion. Catalog course descriptions follow.
[NOTE: The first Junior Honors Seminar (CBA 397) is scheduled for Summer (First Session). CBA 497 is scheduled for Fall, and the final seminar, CBA 499, for Spring. At this time, the CBA is only able to fund one CBAHP class per year, thus each seminar is offered only once a year as noted above.]
Junior Honors Seminar (CBA 397)
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the CBA Honors Program. Empirical, theoretical, and applied research methodology: fundamentals and advanced topics. Visits by faculty and business professionals focus on current issues and methods for solving business problems. Literature review and written proposal required for Honors Thesis.
Senior Honors Seminar I (CBA 497)
Prerequisite: CBA 397. A continuation of CBA 397 with special emphasis on sampling, instrumentation, and data analysis (facilitated by sophisticated statistical software). Other topics covered may vary year-to-year depending on student interests and the expertise of contributory faculty/business professionals. Students are expected to perform the majority of the data collection and preliminary data analysis for their Honors Thesis.
Senior Honors Seminar II (CBA 499)
Prerequisite: CBA 497. Final seminar in the CBA Honors Program, culminating with completion of the Honors Thesis. All data analysis for the thesis is completed, findings are interpreted relative to the research hypotheses; and the final manuscript is submitted for approval. Attention given to preparing manuscripts for publication, the academic review process, and making professional presentations. Learning by illustration and application via completion of the Honors Thesis and visits by faculty and business leaders.