ECE Department Undergraduate Graduating with Honors (Magna& Summa)

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 ECE Department Undergraduate Graduating with Honors (Magna& Summa)

 

ECE Department Policies and Procedures

1)      Students can not use their senior design project for their honors thesis

2)      Published papers that a student is part of a group by-line. The student must work with their research supervisor to extrapolate their contribution to writing a singular separate paper.

3)      The honors thesis topic must be Electrical Engineering related

4)      It is strongly recommended to start 2-3 semesters before your expected graduation semester.

5)      Final Oral Examination is due 1-week to 10 days before the last day of classes. It is the student's responsibility to schedule the presentation and remember the deadline dates.

6)      All forms are due to the ECE Academic Advisor by the end of classes the semester you are graduating. ECE Advisor will send the Honors packet* to the HWCOE Dean's Office by the deadline date. See deadline dates: https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/dates-deadlines/

a.       Honors Packet*

                                                                           i.      Appointment of Supervisory Committee Form

                                                                         ii.      Honors Thesis Submission Form

                                                                       iii.      Final Oral Examination Form

                                                                       iv.      Honors Thesis

 

Important Names to remember for departmental signatures and submissions

Academic Advisor: Nicole T. Young

UG Honors Coordinator: Dr. Erin Patrick

Associate Chair of Academics: Dr. Christophe Bobda

 

 

Honors for Magna and Summa requirements:

 

An exceptional upper division GPA

v  Must be 3.50 or higher for magna cum laude (= with high honors)

v  Must be 3.80 or higher for summa cum laude (= with highest honors)

 

The requirement for "magna cum laude" or "summa cum laude" involves a thesis, research project, or some other approved body of creative work, which is submitted for evaluation according to the rules of the Honors Office, the College, and the student's major department. The appropriate departmental faculty committee decides whether a project warrants a magna cum laude or summa cum laude designation.

 

All forms are due to the ECE Academic Advisor by the end of classes the semester you are graduating. ECE Advisor will then send it to the HWCOE Dean's Office by the deadline date. See deadline dates: https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/dates-deadlines/

 

 

General information about the honor's thesis:

1)      Honors Thesis guidelines: https://www.eng.ufl.edu/students/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/06/Honors-Thesis-Instructions.pdf

2)      Databases: https://ufdc.ufl.edu/collections/ufhonors or "Search Results - UF Digital Collections" https://ufdc.ufl.edu/collections/ufhonors/results?q=Engineering%20&sort=desc

3)      Graduating with honors https://www.eng.ufl.edu/students/faq/graduating-with-honors/

4)      Library Guide for submitting Undergraduate Honors Theses https://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/c.php?g=966329&p=7028773

Forms

1)      Honors Thesis Form https://www.eng.ufl.edu/students/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/01/Honors-Thesis-Submission-Form-Fillable.pdf

a.       Signatures:

                                                               i.      Departmental Honors Coordinator: Dr. Erin Patrick

2)      Appointment of Supervisory Committee form https://www.eng.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/06/Appointment-of-Supervisory-Committee-Form.pdf

a.       Input your 3-member committee names on the form (2 faculty from ECE and 1 outside the department)

b.       Signatures

                                                               i.      Department Chair: Dr. Bobda Assoc. Chair for Education ( will sign in place of the ECE Chair)

                                                             ii.      Associate Dean of HWCOE: Dr. Janna Underhill, Director of Advising, in place of Dean Dr. Curtis Taylor

 

3)      Final Oral Examination Form https://www.eng.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/06/Final-Oral-Examination-Form.pdf

a.       Signatures

                                                               i.      Your 3-member committee ( 2 faculty from ECE and 1 outside the department)

                                                             ii.      Department Chair: Dr. Bobda Assoc. Chair for Education ( will sign in place of the ECE Chair)

                                                           iii.      Associate Dean of HWCOE: Dr. Janna Underhill, Director of Advising, in place of Dean Dr. Curtis Taylor

 

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