Honors Course Registration

The Human Ecology Honors Research & Honors Thesis courses are restricted to students who have permission to enroll. Instructions for gaining registration access are provided below.

HDF 355H, NTR 355H: Honors Research
HDF 379H, NTR 379H, PBH 379H, TXA 379H: Honors Tutorial Course (Thesis)

Honors Programs (HANS & HAHDFS): Students pursuing an honors degree program are required to complete at least two semesters of 355H and two semesters of 379H. Students typically begin 355H during the spring of sophomore year or fall of junior year at the latest. Therefore, it is important to begin looking into faculty research areas that may interest you throughout freshman and early sophomore year (see links to faculty research areas below). In order to register for your 355H course, you must have a specific faculty member identified & confirmed. Registration procedures are detailed below. See Sample Degree Plans on the SoHE Advising Center website for an example of course layout.

HANS students beginning Fall 2022 and later (22-24 catalog and later): You will select any BS Nutrition degree option and incorporate the research and thesis coursework into the degree plan. Your major name/degree title does not include HANS, however "Special Departmental Honors" in nutrition is printed on your transcript upon graduation

Special Departmental Honors: Students pursuing Special Departmental Honors typically complete at least one semester each of 355H and 379H. Students pursuing Special Departmental Honors in Public Health complete two semesters of PBH 379H.

Thesis Seminars: Although these courses don't have a scheduled meeting time on the course schedule, there are seminars each Fall and Spring taught by Dr. Ladia Hernandez to help you with the research and thesis process. Students receive information about this from Dr. Hernandez each semester.

Faculty Research Areas/Bios:

HDF 355H / NTR 355H Registration Process:

1. Download the 355H Checklist for details on communicating with your supervising faculty member before and after registering for the 355H course.

2. A confirmation email from the supervising faculty member must be sent to the HE Advising Center, either by the supervisor or forwarded from the student. It is ideal that we receive this before the 4th class day of the semester the student hopes to enroll in the course. Note that you will not be able to register for the course until confirmation is provided, therefore you can plan to add a placeholder class and add/drop later as needed.

Email to Jill Lawler (copy or forward): jill.lawler@austin.utexas.edu
Subject Line: Class (ex. HDF 355H or NTR 355H) - Name & EID - Supervisor Name
Semester: Must include semester (ex. fall 2024) somewhere in the email to be able to confirm that you are approved for that particular semester.

3. The Advising Center gives the student registration access to add themselves to the course. Please allow 24-48 business hours to process.

4. The Advising Center emails the student notifying them that they have been given access to register themselves for the course. Expect this reply from our Administrative Associate, Paige Hawkins.

If your confirmation is provided before registration, you can register during your first time slot. If confirmation is provided after registration, you can add the class later during the add/drop time.
If it is between the 4th and 12th class day of the spring semester: the advisor will manually add the student to the course and email the student confirming that they have been added.

*It is up the student to check their schedule online before the 12th class day of the semester to verify that they are in the right classes. The student must notify their assigned academic advisor if they have any concerns.

HDF 379H / NTR 379H / TXA 379H / PBH 379H Registration Process:

To register for your first semester of 379H:

1. Download the 379H Checklist for details on registering for 379H and completing your thesis project.

2. The student must submit the Honor Thesis Application Form including a signed and approved thesis proposal to Dr. Ladia Hernandez. Note that you will not be able to register for the course until this step is complete. Therefore, you can plan to add a placeholder class and add/drop later as needed.

See Honors Thesis Guidelines for more information about the thesis and thesis proposal expectations.
The application and proposal should be submitted by the end of the semester before the student plans to be enrolled in 379H. If needed, it can still be submitted as soon as school is starting.

3. Dr. Hernandez reviews the application and notifies the Advising Center that the student may enroll in 379H.

If it is between the 4th and 12th class day of the semester: the Advising Center will manually add the student to the course and email the student confirming that they have been added.

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To register for your second semester of 379H:

A confirmation email from the supervising professor is needed letting us know that they are still supervising you for the thesis. No application process is required to continue into a second semester of 379H.
Please forward a confirmation email to Jill Lawler (or you may cc this on your email to your supervisor)
- Email to Jill Lawler (copy or forward): jill.lawler@austin.utexas.edu
- Subject Line: Class (ex. HDF 379H or NTR 379H) - Name & EID - Supervisor Name
- Semester: Must include semester (ex. fall 2024) somewhere in the email to confirm you are approved for that semester.

The Advising Center will then email you back to let you know that you have registration access for 379H. Please allow 24-48 business hours to process, and expect a reply from our Administrative Associate, Paige Hawkins.
- If your confirmation is provided before registration, you can register during your first time slot. If confirmation is provided after registration, you can add the class later during the add/drop time.
- If it is between the 4th and 12th class day of the semester: the Advising Center staff will manually add the student to the course and email the student confirming that they have been added.

**It is up the student to check their schedule online before the 12th class day of the semester to verify that they are in the right classes. The student must notify their assigned academic advisor if they have any concerns.**