ED-IHN - Education (IHN)
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Program Overview
The honors program in education provides undergraduate students the opportunity to supplement their declared majors with a research project inspired by their interest in education. This program enables qualified undergraduates at Stanford to extend the learning in their major field of study by pursuing education courses and undertaking a supervised research thesis. Prospective honors students apply to the program in early spring quarter of their junior year. Admitted students begin the program in autumn quarter of their senior year. Application information can be found at the Graduate School of Education website. The current director of the honors program is Ari Y. Kelman, Jim Joseph Professor of Education and Jewish Studies.
Minimum Units in the Program
Degree Requirements
Students must enroll in EDUC 140 for a minimum of 1 unit in Winter and Spring Quarters.
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Students are required to enroll in the Undergraduate Honors Seminar during their senior year: EDUC 199A (Autumn, three units), EDUC 199B (Winter, one unit), and EDUC 199C (spring, one unit)
Students must enroll in Honors Research (EDUC 140) with their advisor during winter and spring quarters of their senior year. The number of units is determined in consultation with the faculty advisor.
Coursework completed for the Honors program in Education should address varied topics in the field of education, and must be approved by the honors director.
Upon successful completion of the honors program requirements, student theses will be posted in the GSE’s collection in the Stanford Digital Repository, a service supporting the long-term management of scholarly information resources at Stanford.
In addition to completing an honors thesis over their senior year, successful candidates for honors present brief reports on their research at a mini-conference held in spring quarter that all members of the academic community are invited to attend.