thesis to graduate

3boysnjmom
Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:25:52 +0000

Harvard does not require an honors thesis but I do believe that they encourage you to undertake one. To graduate with English honors, a Harvard student must do a thesis or senior project plus fulfill
department requirements with distinction. Graduating with Latin honors is based on grade point average. It is very confusing with many changes instituted recently to reduce the number graduating with departmental honors. My S said to graduate with honors you must double major and write a thesis on a topic related to the two majors – but I couldn’t find that info on the Web site. Perhaps this was an older requirement (he is taking longer than 6 years to graduate) which predated the changes. He finds that writing a thesis is a valuable experience but time consuming.