About the Honors College

The Honors College offers an intensely focused, academically challenging environment for some of the university's most outstanding undergraduate students. With an honors residence hall in the heart of campus, the college provides students with an intellectually stimulating climate in which to pursue their studies.

About the Course Work

The course work challenges you to think, to write, to speak, to act, to stand up for what you believe in. You'll discover that scholarship is not about adhering to popular opinion or even widely published research; rather, it is about questioning and testing assumptions — most importantly, your own.

That is not to say, however, that you must set yourself apart from the world. Rather, as an honors student, you'll learn what it means to belong to, and work within, a community of scholars.

About the Students

The college sponsors numerous opportunities for students to participate in co-curricular programs and extra-curricular activities — special symposia, dinners with visiting scholars, trips to museums and theaters in Boston and Montreal, as well as weekly social events.

Students also benefit from special privileges, including early course registration, an extended borrowing period at university libraries and discounted tickets to performing arts events through the Lane Series.

About the Faculty

Accomplished faculty from throughout the university participate in the Honors College as lecturers in a first-year ethics course and advanced seminars, participants in reading groups, speakers at the Plenary Lecture Series, and mentors to honors students conducting research.

Through the ethics course, small seminars, informal gatherings, and special research projects, students work alongside scholars from a broad section of the university's academic disciplines in the humanities, the sciences, engineering, nursing, medicine, education, business and more. 

Professor Susan Hughes is the Honors College faculty advisor for the School of Business Administration.

The University Community

The Honors College welcomes students from throughout the university to join their friends at the college for informal social gatherings. In similar fashion, the Honors College opens its doors to the broader campus community by sponsoring lectures, symposia, and reading groups.  In its short history, the college has become an intellectual hub, encouraging scholarly debate and enriching the campus' academic and social climates. 

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