Honors Guidelines: General Submission Guidelines/Approvals

The Spring 2021 deadline for online submission of the project and documentation is:
Thursday, May 20th at 5pm (Spring)

• Departmental Honors Project Deadlines (from Registrar's office)


• Requirements for Formatting and Submitting Honors Projects [.pdf] (updated 12/1/20)
  Information about margins, copyright statement, title page, and the submission process
  • Honors Project Title Page
    • Required Title Page [.pdf]
    • Honors Major Department List (format for name of department or program) [.pdf]
  • Thesis Access and Embargo Guidelines [.pdf] (updated 4/14/21)
    • Outlines the various options for access to and embargo of the project in Bowdoin Digital Commons that will be selected during the submission process.


• Submitting your project


• Honors Thesis Binding Information
  Please contact Karen Jung for more information.

If your project includes associated files, for example media, images, datasets, or other electronic data, it is important to contact us to discuss the most appropriate file type for access and archival preservation. 

Please contact Meagan Doyle, Digital Archivist, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, 207-725-3201.

Deadline for approval of the project is Fri., May 21, 2021 at 2PM.

Advisors will be informed when the student has completed the submission process.  The advisors' approval of the project and the selected levels of access and embargo will be done through Bowdoin Digital Commons (BDC).   Students will be informed when the project has been accepted and approved.