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Honors Research Program In
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Sports medicine majors are encouraged to participate in the Honors
Research Program, which is designed to provide insight into how
scientists develop hypotheses; design experiments; collect, analyze,
and interpret data; and present and disseminate their findings to the
scientific community. Students apply to the program during the first
semester of their junior year and are admitted to the program based
upon grade point average, recommendations, a personal essay, career
goals, and potential for successful completion of the program.
Students are selected by a committee at mid-semester and, upon
acceptance, develop research proposals in close consultation with a
faculty member. After proposals are reviewed and approved by the
committee, students begin preliminary experimentation. All students
are expected to spend the second semester of their junior year, and
possibly the summer between their junior and senior years, in data
collection. The senior year is spent analyzing the data and preparing
an honors thesis. To complete the program, students must present
their data in thesis form to the examining committee. After
successful completion of an oral thesis defense, the committee
recommends that the student's transcript and diploma be marked
"Honors in Sports Medicine." It is expected that thesis projects will
also be presented at local and national meetings and be published in
national and international scientific journals.
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