In order to qualify for honors, a student must be a GNSS concentrator who has earned a B average in overall coursework. Students who have received a grade of NC in any concentration course will not be admitted to the program save in exceptional circumstances. Candidates should discuss their plans with the program's director during their sixth semester and should submit their honors proposal by the end of their sixth semester or no later than the beginning of their seventh semester. Honors concentrators take all of the courses required for a GNSS concentrator, plus GNSS 1970 and 1980 (thesis writing courses) during their senior year. During the fall of senior year, honors concentrators must enroll in GNSS 1970 and 1990 (the Senior Seminar), and they must enroll in GNSS 1980 in the spring. Their advisor will grade 1970 and 1980, while the Senior Seminar instructor will grade 1990. Students may submit overlapping written work to GNSS 1970 and 1990, but the concentration expects students to conduct enough substantially distinct work for each (e.g. course readings, presentations, and peer review in Senior seminar and thesis outline, research, and additional writing in 1970) to warrant credit for two courses.