UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM

Faculty

Professor Rajini Srikanth, Director; Dick Cluster, Associate Director; Joyce Morrissey, Program Coordinator

The Program

Commonwealth Honors

The University Honors Program at UMass Boston is a “Commonwealth Honors Program.” This designation is conferred by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education on those honors programs that meet the Board’s rigorous academic standards for honors programming.

Eligibility

The University Honors Program is currently open to students enrolled in all colleges at the university.

• the College of Liberal Arts
• the College of Management
• the College of Science and Mathematics
• the College of Nursing and Health Sciences
• the College of Public and Community Service

Eligibility depends upon evidence of academic achievement. Incoming freshmen and transfer students, as well as continuing students, are invited to apply for admission. Brochures and application forms are available in the Honors Program Office (Campus Center, Room 1414). An interview with the director of the program is required.

The Honors Curriculum

The Honors Program offers students an extraordinary opportunity to pursue their educational goals to the full extent of their interests and abilities. The program involves each student throughout his or her full course of study. It encourages academic excellence by bringing its members into intimate contact with like-minded fellow students and enthusiastic faculty members. The program’s policies are guided in their implementation by an advisory board.

Students in the program take accelerated and enriched courses, meet together for presentations and discussions in a junior year colloquium, and complete senior honors projects under the guidance of faculty mentors. Students are encouraged to present their work at state and national conferences. A study area provides access to computers and a seminar room offers space for informal gatherings among students and faculty affiliated with the program.

On successful completion of the program and all graduation requirements, each student’s official transcript carries the designation “Honors Program Scholar.”