The honors thesis is a time-honored tradition in the Lee Honors College. It is an opportunity for students to demonstrate to themselves and others the knowledge and skills they have developed during their undergraduate studies and honors experience. The general purpose of the thesis is to create a capstone work that reflects the expertise they have developed in their major field of study or interest.
Honors theses completed at Western Michigan University are entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors or we have been unable to reach the authors, so the theses may be only available from on-campus computers. If you are an author of an honors thesis and would like to make it available off campus or if you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Theses from 1980
The Assessment and Treatment of a Disabled Reader, Russell L. Miller
The Relationship between Beethoven's Heiligenstadt Testament and His Nine Symphonies, Thomas Mitchell
National Food Brokers Association Members Communicate Attitudes About Women Working in Food Brokerage Positions, Dennis S. Moore
Manufacturing and Assembly Operations: A Simulated Study, Jack C. Robbins
Guatemala: The Relevance of Traditional Education in a Rural Setting of a Developing Nation, Monika Stoldt
Evolution of a New Awareness: Growth and Development as an Artist, Randy Walbridge
Purification and Characterization of Mannitol Binding Protein in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Joseph A. Wolff
Theses from 1979
The Effect of Molecular Weight and Charge Density of Cationic Starch on Retention, Marsha D. Bale
Thickness Effects on X-Ray Yields per Particle in 40 MeV C2 on Ge Collisions, Steven M. Guiter
Eulerian and Hamiltonian Graphs: A Comparison, Karen Holbert
A Comparison of the Amounts and Types of Glycoproteins in the Blood Plasma of Diabetic vs. Non-Diabetic Chinese Hamsters, James Poplawski
Elimination of Self-Injurious Skin-Picking in Two Retarded Female Adults Using Relaxation Training and Competing Behaviors, Douglas H. Ruben
Transference, Hypnosis and Mind Control as it Relates to Cult Phenomena, David Salesky
Free Press vs. Fair Trial: The Televising of Courtroom Proceedings, Michael S. Straubel
Theses from 1978
The Legal Liability of Auditors, Scott E. Dagenais
Television Advertising and Children, Vince DeLange
The General Manager, "The Man in the Middle", David Dombrowski
Pockets - Three Dimensional Evolution, Susan Dow
The Michigan City: A Demographic and Analytic Study of the Growth and Development of Five Regional Cities, Michael J. Evans
West Germany's Role in the European Integration Movement: An Impetus, Susanne M. Guske
Indirect Observations: Some Works by Alice Aycock, Sue Hanel
An Inquiry into Japanese Landscape Garden Design, Karen S. Jore
Affirmative Action and Western Michigan University: A Case Study, Elaine L. Knoska
The Design and Implementation of a Character Recognition Scheme, Terry A. Lochner
Marine Oil Pollution: Tankers and International Politics, Judith Locke
A Study Guide for Accounting 210 at Western Michigan University, Charles W. Miller
The Fairy Tale World: Its Importance for Children, Teresa E. Mullins
The American Jury System: Problems and Panaceas, Christopher M. Penrose
Rapproachment in Germany: Intra-German Contacts Since the Basic Treaty, Thomas M. Petzold
A Rational Look at the Pesticide Issue: The Use of Psticides to Control Arthropod-Borne Disease, Mary J. Porter
Accounting and Auditing in France: An American's Viewpoint, Norman Schafer
The Effects of Telephony on American Society: Past, Present, and Future, Theresa Vlasin
Theses from 1977
The Impact of the Mentally Retarded Child on the Nuclear Family, Michael Emery Branigin
Prepaid Legal Service Plans, Charles G. Crosse
Wastewater Sludge Disposal in Southcentral Michigan: Regulation, Cropland Application and Inventory of Existing Disposal Practices, Dennis L. Curran
The Effect of Gonadotropins and and Prostaglandins on Testosterone Production in Rat Leydig Cells in Vitro, Margaret Duffy
Continental Ecclesiastical Music in the Early Reformation Period: 1500-1575, Alfred John Eppens
Cytogenetic Test of Captan and Triethylenemelamine in Mouse Bone Marrow, Stephen M. Fry
A Study of the Breeding Birds of the Martha Mott Sanctuary, Van Buren County, Michigan, David A. Good
Distillation of Water Using a Solar Still, Akhil Gupta
A Three-Phase Study of the Educational Experience in the Paper Science and Engineering Curriculum, Richard R. Hartman
Determination of the Rate of Formation of HCN, Mitchell Hull
Down's Syndrome - Understanding the Multi-Handicapped Individual, Julie A. Hutson
A Comparison of Backward and Forward Chaining as Represented in Shoe Tying, Pamela K. Kies
"Power Corrupts"--Or is it Heredity?, Sharon Knevels
An Analysis of Three of Henrik Ibsen's Characters According to Kierkegaard's Theory of Self, Mary Lichty
The Narcotizing Effect of the Home Information Utility, Michael J. Moore
Terrorism and Nuclear Theft, Timothy V. Morse
Utilization of a Diagnostic-Prescriptive Model to Diagnose and Prescribe an Educational Program for a Six and a Half Year Old Child, Charles Steven Pearson
Senior Recital, Double Bass, Kaye Peasley
A Chapbook of Poetry and Prose, Robert Post
Attitudes Francaises Envers La Politique: Racines Historiques Et Manifestations, Nora Ryan
The Effects of Aryl Hydrocarbon [Benzo(a)Pyrene] Hydroylase Inhibitors and Inducers on 7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)Anthracene Induced Mammary Gland Hyperplastic Lesions and Tumors in Rats, Kathleen Sallwasser
Computers as Aids to Linguistic Studies, Kathy J. Scheiern
Psychosomatics: Concepts and Developments in the Relationship of Psychology and Health, John Seltenreich
Women Artists: For Children, Debbie Small
A Behavioral Analysis of Mnemonics and its Ramifications for Education, Greg Stikeleather
Theses from 1976
Exhibition of Paintings, David Banner
The History and Development of U.S. Child Custody Laws, Margaret Benson
The Many Forms of Venus Anadyomene: A Discussion of Depictions of Aphrodite and Venus as Sea-Goddess, Margaret Best
China's Foreign Trade, David C. Borsos
Jung's Psychological Explanation of Religious Symbolism, John R. Borsos
Trends and Prospects of Secondary School Education in English Speaking Sub-Saharan Africa, Ignatius N. O. Ebbe
The Measurement of Magnetic Susceptibility by Means of a Torsion Pendulum, Mark Gerger
A Proposal, Casey Groves
Dorothy Parker, An Anguished Wit: Woman of the Twenties, Anne Harcus
Senior Solo Recital: Program Notes, Margaret K. Harrison
Methods of Function Minimization in Realtion to Molecular Mechanics Calculations, Michael J. Koza
The Sophia Godess Motif in the Western Tradition, Theresa Krier
Christianity in the Roman World from the Reign of Nero through the Reign of Nerva (A.D. 54-98), Barbara Larsen
Sucrose, Judith K. Layne
The Formation of Machiavelli's Political Thought, Connie Luff
The Physical Anthropology of the St. Joseph, Michigan Ossuary, Mark Lundell
Androgyny as a Religious Symbol in Christian Gnosticism and Alexandrian Christianity, Becky Lyman
The Wizard of Menlo Park, Elaine Makas
Rudgate Swim and Raquet Club: Summer 1976, Tamara Rose Penoyar
A Comparison of the Early Lives, Philosophies, and Leadership of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., Marie Preston
"Genius," F.W. Myers, and "The Autobiography of William Butler Yeats:" An Interpretation, Joseph VanderMeulen
Senior Project: BFA Graduation Presentation, Barbara J. Wirtz
Theses from 1975
Impediments to the Improvement of National Administration and Public Management in Developing Nations, Mursi S. Abubaker
Management Practice in Saudi Arabia -- The Arabian Oil Company, Hassan Al-Duliajan
Isozyme Variation in Bacillus Cereus Var. Mycoides From Diverse Natural Origins, Terry L. Baxter
The Construction of Sex and Family Roles in Original Stories Told by Pre-School Children, Elise A. Brandi
An Analysis of University Programs of Career Planning and Preparation--With Special Focus on the Needs of the Liberal Arts Student, Pamela Marian Brooks
Presidential Impeachment: Must it Lie for a Crime?, Monte L. Brown
Science and Technology: The New Tools of Despotism, Mark Harland Clevey
The Making of Educational Policy in the USSR: Soviet Interest Groups and their Impact on the Educational Reform, 1952-1958, Kenric Jones DeLong
An Examination and Evaluation of Methods Used by Interest Groups Lobbying the Supreme Court, Robert Ferriby
The Pyschological Type of the Nomad, Stephen Franzoi
An Anatomical and Histological Study of the Nervous System of Felis Domesticus, Daniel John Ganz
Sansibar Oder der Letzte Grund: A Translation, Toni Garvey
Role-Taking and its Relationship to the Self-Concept of the Delinquent, Stephan M. Gaus
Electricity--Electronics I: A Course of Study, Bruce Gearns
Dust Cloud to Black Hole: The Life of a Giant Star, John C. Good
A Study of the Transition from Concrete Operations to Formal Operations, Linda J. Havens
An Examination of Kierkegaard's Concept of Dread as it Appears in Selected Plays of German Expressionist Drama, Mary Ann Jasper
Carl Roger's Phenomenological Personality and Education Theory, Terrilyn Krueger
Plea Bargaining in Michigan: A Critical Evaluation, Darrell Lindman