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The LALS Faculty Honors Committee awards honors in the major based on overall student academic performance in courses that count towards the major. To earn honors in the major, narrative evaluations must indicate either consistently outstanding performance or a pattern of increasingly improved performance which reaches and maintains consistent excellence during the last several quarters. For combined majors, student work must be judged honors-level by both departments; the LALS faculty cannot award honors in the major unless the other department also confers honors.

In addition, LALS also awards honors for the thesis, creative or community action projects, or student-taught seminars, by the recommendation of the Thesis/Faculty Advisor and Department Chair. Note that a thesis, a creative/community project, or a student-taught seminar are the only senior exit requirement options that qualify for this distinct honors designation. (Senior papers and senior seminars do not qualify for a separate honors designation, but students who choose these options may still qualify for Honors in the major.)