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Students electing to pursue the honors option without writing a thesis will be responsible for all the requirements, except English 99hf and the thesis. These are replaced with a second 90-level seminar or with a small group course taught by a department faculty member.
Allowing students to graduate without writing a thesis is a deviation from longstanding tradition. The thesis is a major piece of work that allows students to focus on one topic after spending four years taking courses in wide-ranging types of literature.
I personally had reservations about it when the decision was originally made, because of my belief, which still holds, in the potentially very great importance of the thesis experience in the life of an undergraduate," Buell says.
Students who elect to not write a thesis will still have experience in completing extensive writing projects in the required undergraduate seminars, he adds.
The new option "has been particularly welcome to strong students who would like to further expand their knowledge of English and American literature in the broader ways that coursework allows, rather than specialize with a thesis," says Katherine E. Boutry, assistant director of undergraduate studies for the English department.