政治学文学士（荣誉学位）

政治学本科荣誉学位课程旨在为有才华和自我激励的学生提供更多机会，以深入探究政治。这些机会包括：实习，由终身任职教员提供的密切指导下的独立研究以及参加研究生课程。希望在政治学领域攻读荣誉课程的学生必须申请并被UHM荣誉课程录取。他们必须完成所有荣誉计划要求。这些要求根据学生是一年级，二年级还是高级荣誉学生而有所不同。此外，学生还必须声明政治学为专业，并完成该专业的所有要求。由于POLS专业课程的设计与荣誉课程的组成部分相似，因此某些课程可以互换。这将使POLS荣誉课程的参与者能够获得荣誉学位，而无需延长完成
The Political Science Undergraduate Honors program is designed to allow talented and self-motivated students more opportunities for in-depth inquiry into the political. These opportunities include: internships, independent research with close mentorship from a tenured faculty member, and taking graduate courses.Students wishing to pursue the Honors track in Political Science must apply and be accepted into the UHM Honors Program. They must complete all Honors Program requirements. These requirements differ depending on whether the student applies as a first or second-year, or as an upper-division Honors student.In addition, students must also declare Political Science as their major and complete all the requirements of the major. Because the POLS major is designed with similar components to the Honors program, several of the courses are interchangeable. This will enable participants in the POLS Honors track to graduate with Honors and without lengthening the time to completion of the BA degree. The POLS Honors track does not add significant additional credits to the total load of a regular POLS major. However, this option adds depth and rigor, requiring more self-direction and commitment on the part of the student. In return, the student also gets closer mentoring from both POLS and Honors faculty and advisors.All POLS Honors students complete an honors thesis that is supervised by a primary advisor who must be a POLS faculty member (preferably a tenured faculty member) and a committee of two additional professors or instructors. The two additional committee members can be from other departments on campus. The committee provides guidance to the student regarding research and writing of the capstone project. Toward the end of the final semester of thesis writing, the whole committee meets with the student for a final consultation and conversation about the penultimate draft. The student then makes any final revisions and submits a final draft to the Honors Program, with the committee's recommendation about whether or not the capstone project has earned an Honors designation.