Health Sciences

Honors Thesis Program

As a student in the Health Sciences major, you have the opportunity to complete an honors thesis with a faculty mentor.  The thesis provides an excellent experience for those who wish to pursue advance academic or professional degrees.  The honors thesis program includes an original research project and a formal written thesis presenting the research.  Qualified students interested in this opportunity should contact a faculty member with whom they would like to work (the faculty member should be knowledgeable about the area of interest).  Students completing their theses will receive recognition at graduation. 

Theses completed in the past include:

• Pediatric Growth and Development: An Exploratory Investigation by Rachel Bogart
• Swedish Interactive Threshold Algorithm (SITA) Results in Normal and Glaucomatous Patients by Michelle Newkirk
• A Survey of the Distribution of Flowering Plants in Forest Park in Portland, Oregon by Aliyah Quraishi
• The Presence of Escherichia coli in Butternut Creek in Washington County, Oregon by Adam Howard
• Allopathic Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Alternative Healthcare Practitioners: A Study of Portland Primary Care Physicians by Fran Steinert
• Epidemiological Significance and Trends in Urinary Tract Infectionsby Vanessa Becker

The Minimum Qualifications a Student Needs to Propose an Honors Thesis:

3.0 minimum GPA
Successful completion of HSC 310 and 311 (Research Methods I and II)
Junior or senior standing in the Health Sciences Major
A consenting faculty mentor