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A. Honors Student
Honors Projects
This page includes signature Honors Projects, samples of Honors work completed for Honors Program courses, Honors contracts, and Honors independent studies, and the final submitted draft of an Honors Thesis.
Thesis: In this poster, I explore Maxwell's equations and the mathematical properties that led to the discovery of electromagnetic waves and the speed of light.
Honors Contract, Physics w/ Calculus 2, by Swan Htun, mentored by Dr. Karim Diff, Spring 2017. Presented at SF College Research in Undergraduate Education, Spring 2017.
Thesis: My purpose in writing this article in not to propagate one farming practice or another, but to study modern agricultural practices through the lens of utilitarian ethical theory in hopes of finding a balance conducive to human happiness.
Honors Thesis, Philosophy, by Gregg Johnston, mentored by Dr. Eugenio Zaldivar and Dr. Ronald Claypool, defended Spring 2015. Presented at the Southern Collegiate Honors Council Conference, Spring 2015.
Summary: The majority of what I know about animals comes either from my personal experiences or from the pursuit of my educational and career goals. This blog consists of reflections upon my own relationship with animals and upon my academic and career goals in veterinary medicine in light of issues raised by the assigned readings, my volunteer work, and interviews I conducted with practicing veterinarians.
https://petspestsfood.wordpress.com/
Honors Independent Study, by Taylor Adams, mentored by Prof. Bobby Hom, Summer 2016.
Summary: This blog resulted from my Honors Intro Humanities course, in which we were asked to consider various definitions of and the factors that could contribute to a good life.
https://myviewofagoodlife.wordpress.com/
Honors HUM2020 Intro. Humanities, by Laura Weidenhoever, Prof. Bobby Hom, Fall 2015.
Summary: I wrote a poem titled "Those Faraway Days," in which I joined my experiences in the class with my own. This poem was recited at the Florida Collegiate Honors Council in 2017.
Honors HUM2461 Latin American Humanities, by Carlos Alfonzo, Dr. William Little, Fall 2015.
Thesis: In Nyāya realism, analogical reasoning dictates that if one is told an unknown substance is like a similar known substance, then one will be able to identify the unknown substance when one finds it. This tenet presupposes the Nyāya realists’ legitimization of testimony, that the spoken word by a figure of authority can be understood as undeniably true.
Honors Contract, PHY2930 Non-Western Philosophy, by Daniel Proctor, mentored by Dr. Eugenio Zaldivar, Spring 2016. Presented at the Research in Undergraduate Education Festival, Spring 2016.
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