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Timeframe: Throughout your time at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

What to do: Complete courses in computer science and other disciplines with excellence to satisfy the overall GPA and major GPA requirements for honors in computer science.

Timeframe: During your 2nd and/or 3rd year

What to do: Speak with your academic advisor or other computer science faculty about opportunities to engage in projects that advance the field of computer science or synthesize computer science concepts and technologies to benefit specific communities. Possible opportunities include summer research, 400-level computer science electives, and COSC 482: Independent Research.

Timeframe: Prior to your last semester at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳

What to do: Develop your ability to complete an independent project that advances the field of computer science or synthesizes computer science concepts and technologies to benefit specific communities by doing one of the following:

1. Conduct computer-science-related summer research with a ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ faculty member or through a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at another institution;
2. Enroll in and satisfactorily complete COSC 482: Independent Research with a computer science faculty member;
3. Satisfactorily complete a student-directed project in a 400-level COSC course, and, after the course concludes, independently extend the project with guidance from a computer science faculty member;
4. Complete an internship that involves contributing to a project with potential value beyond the organization where you worked, and, after the internship concludes, independently extend the project with guidance from a computer science faculty member.

Timeframe: The summer or semester before you intend to enroll in COSC 492: Independent Research

What to do: Ask a computer science faculty member to serve as your project advisor. If you completed COSC 482 or did summer research at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ for your preliminary project, your honors adviser will likely be the same faculty member who advised that project.