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Committee Eligible Committee Members: Once you have decided to begin Honors in the Major and have a topic or project in mind, you should begin determining your faculty committee. Your Honors in the Major committee is comprised of a thesis director from your major area of study plus two additional faculty members, one of whom must be from your department, and one from outside your department. Your third committee member cannot be from your major department, nor does he or she have to be an expert on the topic of your project. You also have the option of choosing a fourth committee member from any academic department. . The first member to be chosen is the thesis director. Most often, the thesis director and members of the supervisory committee are tenured or tenure-track faculty members. This includes assistant, associate, and full professors. A non-tenure track faculty member or other permanent member of the university's instructional or research staff can be designated thesis director or member of the supervisory committee with the approval of the Director of the University Honors Office. Two members of the supervisory committee must be tenured or tenure-track faculty members. A "visiting scholar" who is not an employee of The Florida State University can be included on the supervisory committee with the approval of the Director of the University Honors Office. When you have made your final decision as to thesis director, he or she can guide you in selecting your other committee members.
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