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Students seeking honors in Cinema Studies are encouraged to enroll in CINE 407: Honors Thesis I and II.

Taught by Professor Priscilla Peña Ovalle, Honors Thesis I is offered winter term and will support your research or creative project planning, research, and writing to provide you with a solid plan and early draft of your Thesis Project.

Honors Thesis II is offered spring term and will help students finalize their research or creative project in preparation for a spring defense.

Read below about how to enroll. Feel free to email Prof. Ovalle with any questions or concerns about the proposal, GPA, and/or eligibility.

To gain instructor approval to enroll in Honors Thesis I and II, students must:

1.  Email a one-page proposal about your research or creative project to Professor Ovalle (povalle@uoregon.edu). This proposal should include the following:

• A brief explanation of your seminar project format and the class where this work started. For example, are you expanding a research paper or screenplay into a thesis-length project? In what class did this project originate? (Note: For Winter 2023, projects not previously begun in a cinema studies course will be considered. Applicants may be asked to meet with Prof. Ovalle to ensure the seminar is a productive experience for a new project.)
   
• A brief explanation of why you’d like to develop this thesis project. In other words, how will this project contribute to your long-term educational or professional goals?

2.  Provide name & contact information for 1-2 references who can speak to any of the following: A promising research or creative project you developed in a cinema studies course; your research, writing, and/or visual storytelling skills; and/or time- or project-management skills.

CINE 407:  Sem Honors Thesis I (2 Credits)
Instructor:  Priscilla Ovalle

This seminar will support your research or creative project planning, research, and writing. At the end of this seminar, you will have a solid plan and early draft for your Thesis Project.

CINE 407:  Sem Honors Thesis II (1 Credit)
Instructor:  Priscilla Ovalle

This seminar helps you finalize your research or creative project, in preparation for a spring defense.

 Beginning in 2019–20, incoming students seeking honors must:

• Complete a scholarly or screenwriting project that originates from a cinema studies course and is then expanded in a faculty-led project development seminar (Note:  An Honors College thesis also fulfills this requirement).
• Meet a GPA of 3.75 in cinema studies course work. (Note: The 3.75 GPA is required to graduate with Honors but is not required to enroll in this course).