The Mathematics Major

Obtaining a Degree with Honors

Graduating with honors is the highest academic distinction offered to undergraduate students at St. Bonaventure University. This page contains a summary of the honors requirements and a list of St. Bonaventure students who earned mathematics degrees with honors. For complete and current information about obtaining a degree with honors, consult the Honors Program page within the SBU web site. 

Summary of Honors Requirements: The following requirements became active in Fall 2006 and apply to the class of 2010. 

The student takes six honors courses. Two of these courses must be honors seminars, which are courses bearing the "Honors" prefix (such as Honors 101). Two of the courses must be honors sections of Clare College courses, which are designated by an "H" at the end of the course number (such as Clare 101H). The remaining two courses may be honors seminars, honors sections of Clare College courses, or other courses designated with an "H" at the end of the course number (such as Psychology 191H). 

In the spring of the junior year (or if that is not possible, the spring of the senior year), the student takes the Advanced Honors Seminar (Honors 401). The topic varies, but it is always a contemporary issue viewed with an interdisciplinary perspective.

As a senior, the student completes an honors project. An honors project is a six-credit two-semester research or other creative endeavor designed by the student, approved by the Honors Council, and pursued under the guidance of a faculty member who serves as the project advisor. The student registers for Honors 498 in the fall and Honors 499 in the spring. In the spring the student makes a public presentation of his or her work before a faculty committee consisting of the project advisor and two other faculty members. The faculty committee is responsible for evaluating the honors project. The final product of the honors project is submitted to the Honors Program Director and housed in the Friedsam Library. 

The student needs a minimum grade point average of 3.25 at the time of graduation.

Mathematics Students and their Honors Projects: The following table lists the last several students who earned a degree in mathematics with honors. All faculty advisors were in the Department of Mathematics, except as indicated. Call numbers are included for those projects housed in the Friedsam Memorial Library. Copies of Lindsey Besch's project and P.J. Darcy's project may be found in large bookcase in the Mathematics Suite in De La Roche Hall.