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 1968
Problems Teachers Face while Teaching in Mixed Racial and Ethnic Classrooms, Linda Lee Hearn
Theatrical Make-up, Patsy Hill
A Study of the Sociological Changed of Two French Villages, Brenda Johnson
Environment: A Cause of Mental Retardation, Carol Kimbrough
The Role of the Negro in American History, Carol Kimbrough
Social Science Division Honors Seminar, Spring 1968, Carol Kimbrough, Kathryn Shaddox, Walter Ellis, Cloene Biggs, and Peggy Woodruff
Plane Protective Geometry, Lana Sue LeGrand
A Study of the Physics Curriculum of Ouachita Baptist University, James McCarty
Sunspots, James McCarty
Group Psychotherapy with Underachievers, Marty McDonald
On the Season, Marty McDonald
A Study of Modern Poetry, Kriste McElhanon
Industrial Mathematicians, Mary Beth McGee
A Study of Computers and Computer Programming, Janet Moffett
The Most Tragic of Authors, Susan Murray
A Study of the Curriculum of the Natural Science Division of Ouachita Baptist University, Natural Sciences Group
An Experiment in Discovery Learning, Juanita Nicholson
Organ Pipes, Donna June Pike
An Analysis of the Calculus Program, Verna Gail Ray
Acid-Base Titrations in Non-Aqueous Solvents, Gary Rice
Modern Mathematics in Secondary Education, Sandra Lee Sawyer
Review of Five Russian Novels, Sharon Luvois Shugart
Comment on Five Modern Novels, Rich Terry
The Modern Novel, Rich Terry
A Continuation of Research on the Experiments with Chemical Stimulants upon the Learning Process of Planaria, Allen Ray Threet
High School Guidance Counseling as a Vocation, Janice Elaine Tucker
China Painting, Julie Ward
The Chronopotentiometry of Bismuth, Cynthia Elaine Wilson
Theses from 1967
Chords Employed in Twentieth Century Composition, Camille Bishop
Education of the Senses by the Montessori Method, Robert Bray
Vectors: A Study of Vector Analysis by H. B. Phillips, Robert Bray
Psychosomatic Disorders, C. David Claybrook
Revolutionary Development in the Republic of Viet Nam, James N. Davis
Today's Elementary School Library, Sharon Gail Floyd
The Effect of Labor Unions on Real Wages and Prices, Dan Gaske
The Federal Reserve System, Dan Gaske
Special Studies Report on Sixteen Arkadelphia Service Stations, Johnny Heflin
The History of Nursing in Arkansas, Martha Annette Johnson
A Glimpse into Another World: A class of mentally retarded children, Carol Kimbrough
An Introduction to Linear Programming, Lana Sue LeGrand
Chronopotentiometry of Metals, Lana Sue LeGrand
Polarography, James McCarty
Mathematics and Logic, Janet Moffett
A Study of Music Therapy as a Vocation, Juanita Jannette Nicholson
Educating the Mentally Retarded Child, Amelia Owen
Research in Child Development, Amelia Owen
Calcium Carbonate Determinations, James Phelan
The Presence of Iron in Surface Waters, James Phelan
Nineteenth Century German Art Song: A Research Paper, Kathlyn A. Ramsey
The Isolato of the American Novel, Martha Ann Rayfield
"Laboratory Work" in Library Science, Marty Rayfield
A Beginning Survey of Sociological Theory, Kathryn A. Shaddox
Comment on Five Novels, Rich Terry
Special Studies in Biochemical Instrumental Methods, Parvin Waymack
Restaurants of Arkadelphia, Sharon Windham
Contemporary Religious Leaders: Men of Thought and Action, Peggy Woodruff
English Social Development: A Movement Preluded by English Education, 1800-1850, Peggy Woodruff
English Social Development: A Movement Preluded by English Education, 1851-1910, Peggy Woodruff
The Group Method of Piano Instruction: What May Be Taught and How to Teach It, Carolyn Yeldell
The Oratorio: Paradox in Music, Carolyn Yeldell
Theses from 1966
Clinical Psychology, Nancy Adams
The Development of the Slide Rule, Robert Bray
Modern Concepts of Schizophrenia, Wanda Hamilton
The Memory Unit of a Digital Computer, Bobby Ridgell
Theses from 1965
A Study of Self-Concepts of the Baptist Student Union and the Christian Commission Union at Ouachita Baptist University, Mack Blackwell
Significance of Religion for the Individual, Mack Blackwell
A Study of the Economic Factors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Judy Branch
The Apostle Paul, Gail Cooper
Economic Education in Arkadelphia Elementary Schools, Judy Crumby
The Tennessee Valley Authority: Its History, Judy Crumby
Coordination Compounds and Complex Ions, Carole Nelson
Songs of Innocence versus Songs of Experience: A Study of William Blake, Rose Ray
Love: The Essence of Life, Lane H. Strother
Frederic Joliot-Curie and Atomic Energy by Pierre Biquard pp. 109-211, Donald Printest Watkins
Hallucinogenic Drugs, James S. Watkins