Honors

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Program Honors 

The program in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry awards High Honors and Honors in MBBC majors who both show outstanding performance throughout their undergraduate career and prepare theses of high quality. 

Students with an average of 3.5 or higher in program courses other than MBBC 0500, MBBC 0700, and MBBC 0701 are eligible for program honors. The preparation of a senior thesis and a public presentation of your research are necessary but not sufficient conditions for the awarding of program honors. Both product and effort are evaluated in determining if a student will receive program honors. 

The faculty of affiliated with MBBC make its awards of honors based on the recommendations of the students’ research committees and evaluations of all senior research projects considered together. The final decision to grant High Honors or Honors is made by the program based on your effort and progress throughout the term, your public presentation, your thesis defense, and the quality of your final paper. 

The program acts collectively on all honors decisions at a meeting traditionally scheduled during the middle of the finals period. Thesis committees are expected to present to the program nominations for High Honors and Honors with a detailed justification of the nomination.