Welcome to the Honors College Project Archives!

Types of Honors Project Archival Documents include but are not limited to: 

  • Project Completion Report 
  • Research Thesis written and formatted in the style of an academic article in your discipline 
  • Marketing Strategy accompanied by a project statement 
  • Design Schematics accompanied by a project statement 
  • Process Book 
  • Storyboards, Musical Scores, Scripts, etc. accompanied by an Artist's Statement 
  • Creative Writing Project with Author's Statement 
  • If you completed an Honors add-on to your Capstone Project for your Honors Project include the discussion of your add-on in your project completion report 

Requirements for the Archivable Document

  • There is no official length requirement. Honors Project documents have been as short as 12 pages and as long as 800+ Most are between 20-50 pages. 
  • Use a citation style appropriate for discipline and use one citation style throughout (i.e., IEEE for Engineering, APA for Social Sciences, Chicago for Economics, etc.) 
  • Include any presentation slides as an appendix 
  • Examples of past projects are available here: Honors Thesis Project Archive
  • Submit a pdf of your Archival Document, appendices, and sources: i.e., project completion report, project reflection, a process book, a work of fiction, a musical score, a business plan, a marketing strategy, design schematics, scripts, or other non-traditional document to the Honors College by uploading it to the HONR 4910 Course Shell
  • Include your name and year of graduation in the filename of your thesis / project (Doe_Jane_2019_HonorsProject)
  • If your project has its own website, upload a link to the website to the HONR 4910 Blackboard Shell
  • Note: You are not required to add your project to the online archive and can indicate this on your completion form.

Promissory Notes and Future Publications

If you plan to publish your Honors Project, submit a promissory note to the Honors College via the HONR 4910 Blackboard Shell stating you will provide a copy of the published version of your Honors Thesis/Project to the Honors College.

Archiving Your Honors Project as an ePortfolio

  • Visit the UMass Lowell Digication website
    • Select Honors College Project/Thesis Portfolio Template
    • Follow the steps in the Quick Start Guide for Creating an EPortfolio to upload your Honors Project materials
    • Write a 100-word abstract for your project
    • Identify at least 5 keywords for your project
    • After uploading your materials publish, your project portfolio either to UML or make it public