All students in the Honors Program are required to conduct independent, scholarly research in their major field of study. During the Honors Senior Thesis Seminar, seniors in the program present their work in the form of an oral presentation to colleagues and faculty mentors, and as a written thesis that demonstrates mastery of the material.
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Undergraduate Honors Theses from 2016
Changes in Synaptic Protein Content and Signaling in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome, Kelly Birch and Peter W. Vanderklish PhD
Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Barnacle Settlement within the Southern, CA Rocky Intertidal, Diana Fontaine
Millennials as Consumers: Can Businesses Survive As Is?, Ashley N. Genoese
Academic Freedom, Public Art, & Private Universities: Examining the Expression of Communication at USD, Ivy M. Guild
Phased Helical Antenna Array for CubeSat Application, Kameron LaCalli
Corporate Tax Inversions: A Brief Overview, Hannah J. Mueller
Educational Donations and Inequality in the San Diego Unified School District, Jesse O'Sullivan
Tropical Trees as Islands: Diversity Accumulation of Armored Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Trees as a Function of Forest Age, Hannah Shapiro
The California S.T.E.P. Act: Prosecuting Fraternities as Criminal Street Gangs, Courtney Lee Spears
Connecting the Dots: How IoT is Going to Revolutionize the Digital Marketing Landscape for Millennials, Chloe E. Spilotro
Tijuana: The Third Space, Maribel Tovar
Undergraduate Honors Theses from 2015
Exploratory Study of Parent's Perceptions of Their Preschooler's Screen Media Usage, Lara Adamiak
Rædende Iudithðe: The Heroic, Mythological and Christian Elements in the Old English Poem Judith, Judith Caywood
Shaky Foundations: The Tradeoff between Structural Safety and Financial Security, Grace Daly
Explaining the Persistence of Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt, Kristen R. Darling
The Suitability of Habitats and the Effects of Human Activities in Osupuko and Olepolos Wildlife Sanctuaries on Maasai Giraffes, Sydney P. Davis
Investigating Sleep Behaviors in Autistic Infants, Alanna R. Flynn
The Effects of Sustained, High-Velocity Exercise on Gene Expression in California Yellowtail (Seriola lalandi), Kelli Hatter
Environmental Social Activism in the San Diego-Tijuana Transborder Region, Christina M. Hirt
The International Criminal Court in Crisis: Is Local Outreach the Route to Stability?, Taylor J. Kilpatrick
Twelve-tone Serialism: Exploring the Works of Anton Webern, James P. Kinney
Personality and Happiness, Brianna L. Kirkpatrick
Distribution and Identification of Fish Eggs in an Internal Wave Transport Mechanism, Claire Kuelbs
More Awesome Than Infinity: Explorations of Sea Imagery and Sexual Deviance, Kelly Lonergan
Local Patterns in Host-Selection by Anemone Symbionts in Bocas Del Toro, Panama, Samantha Mercer
United Nations: Perpetuating Peace? A Historical Overview with a Contemporary Analysis, taylor rae noonan
Drug Violence and Public (In)Security: Mexico's Federal Police and Human Rights Abuse, Dominic Pera
John Milton’s Orphic Dependency, Magenta S. Reynolds
Bitcoin: Currency of the Future or Investment Property, Kelly Y. Yu
Making the Vision a Reality: Staging the Unreal in Realist Theatre, Sarah Zentner
Undergraduate Honors Theses from 2014
The Actual Cost of Cell Phones, Kelsey Engelhardt