Undergraduate research is the hallmark of high honors in Physics, and the Physics Honors Committee appreciates the fact that research in other disciplines may involve significant physics.  Students who would like to be considered for high honors in Physics based on their research with faculty from another department at the University of Maryland may submit an application for consideration. The following criteria apply:

  1. the student must be enrolled as a double-major in Physics and the department in which the research under consideration will be completed;
  2. the student must have a 3.0 overall GPA and a 3.3 GPA in all physics major courses;
  3. the student’s research must be conducted with a faculty member from the University of Maryland;
  4. the student must prepare an honors thesis and present their research to a committee of faculty in their research mentor’s department;
  5. a Physics faculty member must be included on the student’s high honors defense committee, and this faculty member must agree that the student's research is worthy of high honors in Physics;
  6. the Physics faculty member who participates on the student’s defense committee must submit a brief report about the student and the research to the Physics Honors Committee.