宗教研究文学学士（荣誉学位）

该荣誉项目旨在为宗教研究感兴趣和合格的专业提供机会，在教师的监督下从事独立研究和研究。如下所述，它通常涉及计划和准备工作，最迟在学生高三的秋天开始。荣誉项目为参与者带来了很多好处。首先，它为高级学生提供了发展高水平研究技能，提高他们的分析和写作技能，以及深入探讨一个引起学生对其更一般课程学习兴趣的主题的机会。其次，这是一个与教师在他们自己的研究项目中进行一对一合作的机会。许多人认为这既是教育经验，也是个人认识教职员工的一种宝贵手段。最后，荣誉项目对考虑攻读研究生的学生特别有利。毫不奇怪，招生人员（甚至对此
The honors project is designed to provide interested and qualified majors in Religious Studies with the opportunity to engage in independent study and research under faculty supervision. As described below, it generally involves planning and preparation beginning, at the latest, in the fall of the student's senior year.<br>The honors project provides several benefits to participants. First, it offers advanced students the opportunity to develop high-level research skills, improve their analytical and writing skills, and penetrate a topic that has sparked the student's interest in their more general coursework. Second, it is an opportunity to work one-on-one with a faculty adviser as they pursue their own research project. Many find this invaluable both as an educational experience and a means of getting to know faculty members personally. Finally, an honors project is particularly beneficial for students considering graduate school. Not surprisingly, admission officers (and even corporate representatives for that matter) are impressed with students motivated enough to execute a high-level research project that also entails the development of knowledge and skills important for success in graduate school. Moreover, faculty advisers, because they get to know the student well, often become a useful resource for future letters of recommendation.