Fall 2026

Senior Honors Thesis Seminar

A seminar for senior honors students to conceptualize, design, and write their political science thesis.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Amy Gangl3.9/5

Summary

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2007: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Fall 2008: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2009: 3.85 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Junior standing and declared in an Honors program

    • Junior standing
    • declared in an Honors program
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POLISCI 683 used by

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    • Junior standing
    • declared in an Honors program

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AMY GANGL is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
SEM 001Classroom Instruction25 / 250

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2007: 3.90 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades); Fall 2008: 3.75 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2009: 3.85 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Political science issues
  • Research design

Skills

  • Thesis conceptualization and research design
  • Academic thesis writing

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POLISCI 683 · Fall 2026

Senior Honors Thesis Seminar

Recorded 2026-09-07
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