For Franke Honors graduates, you can include your experience as an Honors student very similarly to how you would if you were a current student. Consider writing “W.A. Franke Honors College at the University of Arizona” as your institution, or you can include your participation in Franke Honors below the institution, along with your other campus memberships. Your resume should also include the degrees you have earned, of course! You should indicate in which degree you earned honors. If you graduated with a degree with honors in Chemistry, for example, you would write “Bachelor of Science with honors in Chemistry.”
Here are some examples of formatting for Honors graduates:
EDUCATION
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Bachelor of Arts with honors in Psychology
- Member of the W.A. Franke Honors College
- Completed an honors thesis in Psychology, focused on classroom behaviors in children with ADHD
- Franke Honors Ambassador
- Recipient of the Garcia Award and the Dean’s Exemplary Award
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EDUCATION
Aug 2019 to May 2024 The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
- Bachelor of Science with honors in Biosystems Engineering, with a minor in Statistics
- Cumulative GPA: 4.0
- Graduated magna cum laude
- Member of the W.A. Franke Honors College
- Completed honors thesis in Engineering; created a new solar panel for agrivoltaic systems
And… if you double-majored and/or double-minored? We recommend indicating the degree(s) in which you earned honors. If you’re a double-major and completed one thesis, you will have earned honors designation in only the program in which you completed your thesis. That program can be your major or minor. For example, you can write something like:
“Bachelor of Arts.
Majors: History and East Asian Studies, with honors”
“Bachelor of Science with honors in Business Administration and Physics”
“Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Bachelor of Arts with honors in Philosophy”
“Bachelor of Arts
Graduated with honors in Education
Minor in Spanish”
“Bachelor of Science with honors in Astronomy and Bachelor of Arts in Art History”
“Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences and a minor in Health and Human Values, with honors, and a minor in Public Health”
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If you’re a Franke Honors graduate, we know you must’ve completed an honors thesis as well. You can/should boast about that in your resume! (Sing it from the rooftops, besties!) Notice in the above examples that the writers mention the subject of their thesis and even include a synopsis of their thesis project.
Consider writing the subject of your thesis, the title, a summary of the project, and/or your mentor in your resume. You deserve to show off all that effort! And this project can communicate to employers that you are dedicated, organized, curious, etc. – all the employable qualities it took to finish that huge project.
Here are some ideas for how to write about your project:
EDUCATION
Aug 2018 to May 2023 The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
- Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Art History, with honors
- Member of the W.A. Franke Honors College
- Completed an honors thesis in museum studies, exploring the role of museums in society and the ethics of their financing
- Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Phi Omega, and Honors Student Council
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EDUCATION
W.A. Franke Honors College at the University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Bachelor of Science with honors in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Attended 2017 - 2021
- Graduated Summa cum laude
- Recipient of the Wildcat Excellence Award and Baird Foundation Scholarship
- Honors thesis: Healing Paws: Measuring neurological reactions to interaction with therapy dogs
- Worked in a neurology lab with David Professorson, using neurotransmission to detect brain stimulation in frontal and cortical regions before, during, and after subject interaction with canines. Assessed results to determine the effect of therapy dogs on brain activity.
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EDUCATION
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Fall 2019 to Spring 2023
- Degree: Bachelor of Science with honors in Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Minor: Physics
- Cumulative GPA: 3.8
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Molecular and Cellular Biology Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Fall 2022 to Spring 2023
- Worked as a research assistant in a plant diagnostic laboratory, which involved taking measurements of mitochondrial retrograde regulation.
- Incorporated these results to write honors thesis about plant survival using nuclear gene expression.
- Honors thesis title: Gene characterization affected by mitochondrial retrograde regulation in rosa rubiginosa
- Honors thesis mentor: Dr. Anne Teacherly