Honors & Awards
Department Honors | William Exum Award | Senior Thesis with Distinction Award | Opportunities for Research at NU
Department Honors
The Department of Sociology recognizes the work of its outstanding seniors with departmental honor awards which are presented at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (WCAS) Convocation. Departmental honor awards are given to those students who show outstanding scholarship in their major course of study.
Nominations are submitted to the College Committee on Superior Students and Honors, which has final authority to grant the honors degree. The Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Committee on Superior Students and Honors reviews students' grade point average, senior research theses, and faculty recommendations to determine which students receive Departmental Honors.
William Henry Exum Award
The intent of this prize is to honor the memory of William Henry Exum, a member of the Department of Sociology and the African American Studies Department, who died in 1986 at the age of 37. Exum was concerned with the quality of writing and research analysis in student papers. He was also interested in racial problems facing minority youths in higher education. This award was established as a means of continuing his goals of breaking barriers for all minorities.
Award submission deadline will be announced during the winter quarter. All interested students should submit a 15-20 page paper, typed and double-spaced, on a topic dealing with race and ethnicity. Students are not limited to a sociological approach in preparing their submissions, nor is the award limited to sociology or social science majors. The paper should include a cover sheet with the student's name, address, telephone number, year in school and major. Three copies of the essay must be submitted by the announced deadline (usually in late April-early May) to the Department of Sociology, 1810 Chicago Ave., Evanston Campus.
This award is open to all undergraduate students from all disciplines.
Senior Thesis with Distinction Award
The Department has established an award program for sociology majors, which recognizes outstanding theses in the Senior Research Seminar. Senior theses completed in other departments that satisfy the Department's thesis requirements, such as a senior thesis in Urban Studies, may also be submitted to the Department for consideration. This award is based on each student's creative ability, persuasiveness and systematic way of doing research. Recipients are determined by the Departmental Honors committee, and are announced each spring quarter (usually end of May).
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