The Honors Thesis is the culmination of the Honors Program, and for many students, the most significant single academic endeavor of their college career. Students complete the four-credit-hour thesis project over at least two semesters, usually their last two semesters before graduation. Students work closely with a thesis committee to plan and conduct the thesis project. The thesis topic and academic credit can be in one’s major or another area of study and must include some original research or scholarly contribution. In addition to allowing students to pursue individual academic interests, the thesis project is excellent preparation for students planning to pursue graduate studies.
Theses from 1973
Adopting a Child, Elisabeth Enlow
Newbery Award Winners, 1948-1973, Pamela Jean Estes
Honors Project [A Tailored Garment], Pauletta Flowers
Radiation Problem, Gerald L. Fuller
Simulated Alpha Scattering, Gerald L. Fuller
The Occult Revival, Nancy Carolyn Gaines
A Look at Today's Stock Market, Beth Gladden
Services Available to Admissions Office from Data Processing, Shirley Grant
The Analyzation and Production of Christian Folk Music, Larry M. Grayson and Rodney R. Miller
The Significance of Characterization in the Preparation and Composition of "The Marriage of Figaro", Philip Wayne Hardin
Data Processing for the Upward Bound Program, Janet Ann Henderson
Trois Petites Chansons Pour Enfants: Three Small Songs for Children in French, Debbie Henry
Dark of the Moon: Costume Design, Patricia Lynne Huckabee
A Study of Robert Frost, Lauren Lindsey
A Study on The Acoustical Foundations of Music by John Backus, Sally McCarty
The Auditor and Statistical Sampling Techniques, Marilyn Metcalf
Cooking, Carol Miller
Bicycling, Nan Murdoch and Michele Roussel
Learning Centers, Tanna Murry
Storytelling Unit, Tanna Murry
A Brief Summary of the Origin of Afghans and Knitting, Becky Nichols
Renovation of a Westinghouse Mercury Vapor Vacuum Pump, Gary Rothwell
Presbyterianism in Clark County, Arkansas, 1857-1900, James Ryan
The Camden Expedition: Spring, 1864, James Adrian Ryan Jr.
The White Man's Burden, Nelson V. Shaw
Richard Wagner: His Politics, His Personality and His Music, John R. Spraggins
Watergate: Its Implications, Its Dangers, Its Perpetrators, and Its Role in America's Eternal Bliss, James E. Starnes
Clothing Construction, Jill Starnes
Sinfonia Eroica: Beethoven's Third Symphony, Rex Moreland Terry
Readings in Philosophy, Linda Ann Sandford Wells
Modern Art through Geometric Eyes, Janice M. West
Experiments in Cultural Food Patterns and Customs, Emma Gail White
Honors Special Study, Emma Gail White
Nutrition for Children, Emma Gail White
Theses from 1972
Handicrafts, Kathy Bittle
Kinder Care Music, Connie Bowie
Needlework, Connie Bowie
The Violin: A Learning Experience, Diane Childs
Nutrition and Disease, Libby Cook
The Theatrical Make-up of Rumpelstiltskin, Anne Coppenger
For Youth Directors Only, Marsha A. Ellis
Improving Reading Skills, Patricia L. Greene
The Regular Polyhedra: A Study in Visual Aids for Teaching Geometry, Sammye Halbert
The Effects of the Bolshevic Revolution of Four Russian Composers, Philip Wayne Hardin
Phonetics, Traditional Grammar, and Transformational Grammar, Lois Kirkpatrick
Creativity in Pre-School Art, Sharon Kluck
Selecting Literature for the Preschool Child, Sharon Kluck
The Stereotyped Image of Mental Illness and How It Can Be Eliminated, Larry Latham
Hallucinations Induced by Sensory Deprivation: Fact or Fiction?, Larry M. Latham
Béla Bartók: The Uncompromising Hungarian, Sally McCarty
Frederic Chopin, Terry Miller
"Graffitti": OBU's Literary Magazine, Susan Moss
Cataloging of Audio-Visual Equipment, Tanna Murry
Introduction to Color Printing: A Brief Presentation to Show the Need and Ease of Personal Color Printing, John Mark Pillow
The Major Contribution of Leibniz to Infinitesimal Calculus, Carolyn Rhodes
A Comparative Study of the Truth in Lending Act, Robert R. Riggins
Abstract Expressionism: An American Phenomenon, Judee Thompson Royston
An Evaluation of Roadside Litter, Rex Moreland Terry
Crewel Work: Its Origin and Development, Ann Verser
The Struggle for Black Studies at Howard University, Johnnie L. Ware
Inadequacies in the American Diet, Emma Gail White
Our Society: Sick but Salvageable, Sharon Lynne Wilson
Theses from 1971
High School Yearbook Organization: Planning Your Work and Working Your Plan, Becky Barron
A Summary of my Honors Project, Wanda Bickham
The Jesus Revolution: New Rebel Cry, Kathy Bittle
Music Scores of John Bull and William Byrde arranged by Connie Bowie, Connie Bowie
Music in Therapy for the Mentally Retarded, Gay Gladden
A Study of Personality Differences in Children Related to Strict or Permissive Parental Discipline, Patricia L. Greene
Quatre Oeuvres de Jean-Paul Sartre, Judy Grider
Mathematics of Investment, Claudia Morgan Griffin
Reviews and Criticisms, Bernie Hargis
A Study of Vegetarianism and Meat Analogs, Paula Herrin Hendr
A Political Survey of OBU, John Dale Hodges
The Use of Color, Lois Kirkpatrick
Design and the Woman, Sharon Kluck
A Comparison of the Ministerial Students and Non-ministerial Students on the Ouachita Baptist University Campus, Larry Latham
The Futility of War: As Described in Five Modern Novels, Larry Latham
A Review of "Oral Interpretation of Biblical Literature" by Chloe Armstrong, Rita Lewis
A Personal Analysis of the Individual Christian Today, Randy Maxwell
Europe: An Honors Special Studies, Donna Pike
The Globe, Charlotte Pillow
The Organized Church: An Analysis, John Mark Pillow
Some Personalities and Conventions of the Elizabethan Theatre, LeElla Ratcliff
A Project in Ceramics, Sherry Gail Reynolds
Bayesian Statistics: The Fundamental Theorem, Carolyn Rhodes
Comparison of Three Schools of Thought in the Foundations of Mathematics, Carolyn Rhodes
Forces Influencing the Art of Vincent Van Gogh, Judee Thompson Royston
The Keyboard Suites of Johann Sebastian Bach, Karen Shank
The U.S. Policy in Vietnam, as it Relates to the Geneva and S.E.A.T.O. Agreements, Bobby Shepherd
Early English Theatres, Leta Strother
The History of the Stream Preservation Movement in Arkansas, Rex Moreland Terry
Make-up for the Stage, Michael Tinsley
An Investigation to Determine If the Study of Shorthand Affects a Student's Spelling Ability, Susan Ann Todd
Non-Book Motivation, Wanda Faye Williams
Romanticism, Janice Wilson
Aesthetics, S. Zane Wison
Theses from 1970
Life and Personality of Robert Frost, Una Mae Atkinson
Francis Scott Fitzgerald: Voice of the Twenties, Rebecca Ann Barron
Handel and the Messiah, Bernice Battle
Teaching the Disadvantaged, Lynda Bearden