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 1975
Plea Bargaining in Michigan: A Critical Evaluation, Darrell Lindman
Museums in the United States: A Social, Political and Economic Analysis, Jane Linn
Shall We Assimilate?, Jeffrey E. Patton
Histopathology Associated with Ketoacidosis in the Ileum and Colon of the Chinese Hamster, Mary Pozivilko
The Development of the Persian Gulf States' Metallurgic Industries, and the United States Contribution to taht Development, J. Patrick Rau
Political Socialization in Contemporary American Democracy: The Role of the Schools, Joann Marie Russell
Some Civil Libertarian Ramifications of the Contempt of Court Power, David Selmer
The Teaching of Algebra at the Secondary Level, Karen E. Skarbek
Effects of the 1972 United States - Soviet Trade Agreement on United States Business, Bryan Floyd Smith
The Conversion of Constantine, Karla Spaulding
Letters of the Living, James Tracey
The Death of SDS: A Case Study in the Fragmentation of an American Radical Youth Organization, Janay Johns Turner
Science and Human Behavior Objectives, James H. Wolfston
A Statement by Vern Yenor to be Consumed or Exhumed by the Honors College, Vern Yenor
Theses from 1974
Commercial Bank Financing to a Conglomerate, Michael C. Cipicchio
Affirmative Action Programs and Women in Employment, Barb Craft
Self-Interest: An Incentive in Formulating Social Policy, Kathryn M. Dorsch
The Status of Women In Rome--First Century A.D., Connie Dunn
School-Age Parents, Deborah Francis
Punishment of Intertrial Interval Responses Superimposed on a Discrete Trial Avoidance Procedure, Robert M. Hanson
Mirrors, Sandra Lynn Henry
A Study of the Relevance of Debate through a Comparison of Propositions with Congrssional Deliberation, Janine Holloman
Theft by Computer, Internal Control, and the Independent Auditor, Doris Lucinda Howard
The Great Potato Debate, James D. Hudson
Couple Awareness and Communication, Gary Johnson
The European Wine Market, Edgar Arnold Kulakofsky
Elementary Movement Notation Class: Teaching Outline and Materials, Mary C. McGuinness
The Agricultural History of Berrien County, Michigan 1850-1900, Linda Moore
Stress-Related Enzymatic Catabolism of Corticosterone in Maternal and Fetal Mouse Tissues, John A. Mulder
The Characteristics and Uses of Performance Contracting: An Option for Classroom Teaching, Patricia A. Pokay
Anti-Catholicism in the 1920's and Al Smith, Michael Alfonso Reynolds
The Story of a Civil War Soldier: Sam Hodgman and the Seventh Michigan, Roger L. Rosentreter
The Division of Berlin, Brian L. Schmidt
Hirabayashi and Korematsu: The Stone Court's Double-Edged Sword, Thomas Seilheimer
The Schmidt Site: A Geologic Report, Julie Stein
An Approach to Opportunity Analysis for the Small Businessman, Frederick J. Thompson
The Nature of Embodiment, Steve Wagner
A History of the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra's First Seventy-Five Years: 1899-1974, Julie A. Walton
Senior Recital, Julie Whelan
Preparing for Auditions, Jessica Wood
Socialism in Tanzania, Carl Young
The Juvenile Court, Gault and the Aftermath, Judith Younkman
The Limits of Criminal Liability, Mark L. Zalaoras
Theses from 1973
Business Education in Nigeria with an Eye to the Future: Its Demands and Possibilities, Raphael Olu Aina
The Paradox of American Political Parties, Robert B. Borsos
The Effects of a Token Reinforcement System for Academic Performance on the Attending Behavior of Junior High School Students, Barry Alan Bostrom
The Socialist Evolvement of The Cuban Revolution 1948-1960, Ross E. Chapman
The Reign of Henry II as Pertaining to the Development of a Centralized, Efficient State in England, Ronald K. Delph
Men Too Gentle..., Christine Francis
Psychic Wholeness in Blake and Jung, Walter B. Gallant
Imbedding Problems in Graph Theory, William Goodwin
The Missouri Plan for Michigan, Richard A. Griffin
Library Service for Blind and Visually Handicapped Children, Pamela J. Harris
Teacher Efficacy--A Multi-Factor Approach in Perceived Characteristics, Deborah S. Harwood
Legal Innovations During the Reign of Henry II of England (1154-1189) and their Effects, Charles O. Houston III
A Study of the Utility and Validity of Earnings Forecasts, Michael P. Howell
Juvenile Court Volunteers, Mary Ippel
William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State, Ronald L. Jacobs
Philosophies & Projections of the Artist-Teacher, Deborah Lynn Kitchen
Conflict Theory: Concepts, Techniques, and Stages, Thomas Kramer
Textbooks...Of Yesterday and Today, Theresa Kula
The Future of Quality Education: The Radical Critics of Education, Howard B. Lyman
Cyclic Error-Detecting Codes, Vern Paulsen
The Positive Arguments for the Existence of Proto-Indo-Hittite, J. Frederick Penrose III
Assessment Procedures and Curriculum Design for Multiply Handicapped Preschool Children, Janice Lynn Peterson
The Supreme Court Extends Federalism, 1937-1969, Terry Schpok
Logic and Legal Reasoning, Robert A. Stariha
The Source of United States Policy Towards the Soviet Union in the Post World War Two Era, Eapen Thomas
Kalamazoo County Small Claims Court Survey, 1971-1972, Robert Dale Wyman
Theses from 1972
Jurgen Moltmann's 'Theology of Hope:' A Brief Purport, Rod Crowell
Induction of Entner-Doudoroff Enzymes in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Rodger Fagerburg
Bussing: Year One in Kalamazoo, Curtis Fonger
Transport Studies of Galactose in Acetobacter Aceti Var. Liquefaciens, James Henderson
Trends in Public Library Public Relations: A Senior Honors College Paper, Bev Hevel
The Ecological Effects of Oscillatoria Agardhii on Daphnia Magna, David Jahn
Mechanisms of Memory and Learning, Wayne Kinning
New Forms of Heterosexual Marriage and Mating, Robert Lundy
Senior Recital with Program Notes, Linda Lyster
A Comparative Consideration of Lipoprotein Distribution and Stress response in the Mallard Duck and Man, Janice Mackay
Laboratory Research Enterprises, Inc. -- Administrative Office Reorganization, Susan McClay
The Life of a Civil War Soldier from Kalamazoo: Independent Research in History 470, Bonnie Poindexter and Merry Cotton
Techniques for Developing Concepts, Carol A. Prince
Keats and the Existential Response, Allan Sealy
Elastic Scattering of Alpha Particles from Carbon-12, Jon F. Sleder
Small Claims Court Operations in Kalamazoo County, Alistair Smith
An Evaluation of Cooling Towers for Nuclear Power Plants, Donald G. Southwell
The Effects of Moist-Heat Treatments and Stratification on Germination of Prairie Plant Seeds, John E. Stuurwold
Vegetation of Yankee Springs Bog, Margaret Thompson
A Sensitizing and Synthesizing Theory of Power and Social Control, Joseph M. Woodworth
Theses from 1971
The Phenomenology of Sunspots, Kamal K. Arora
The Peaceful Warriors: United Nations Military Peacekeeping, Charles Binder
An Ecological Study of Coliform Bacteria Associated with Vaccinium Corymbosum, Harry C. Bittenbender
A Comparative Zeitgeist of 19th Century American and 19th Century French Painting Through Winslow Homer and Gustave Courbet, Caroline Ann Brown
A Computer Program for Statistical Curve Fitting, Paul W. Callahan
La Lutte Contre La Mort, Dan Dobberstein
The Effects of Long Term Exposure to a Mirror and a Reinforcement Schedule on the Aggressive Behavior of the Gamecock, Bernard Fabry
The Effects of Repetitive Stimulation on the Aggressive Behavior of the Fighting Cock: A Test for Habituation, Howard E. Farris and Thomas W. Cey
Stillness: A Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano, Nancy Groner