The
Honors Program at UMM
The Honors Program provides motivated, high-achieving students a
distinctive, academically challenging intellectual experience amplifying
and complementing the UMM liberal arts education. Successful completion
of the Honors Program, an interdisciplinary curriculum team-taught by
faculty from across the campus, provides the student a UMM degree
'with Honors' in recognition of their achievement.
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Eligibility All students are eligible to apply to the Honors
Program, usually in the spring of the freshman year. Academic success in
the fall semester, faculty recommendations,
and a short essay may be used to determine which applicants have
demonstrated the motivation necessary to succeed in the program. To
graduate 'with Honors,' a student must maintain a UMM GPA of 3.5.
Coursework All Honors students must enroll in a
core
course, IS
2001Hf, "Traditions in Human Thought," which takes an interdisciplinary
look at significant works from history, literature, philosophy, and
science. After completing the core course, students may choose from
several courses offered each semester that examine a particular topic from
an
interdisciplinary perspective. The courses are often team-taught by
faculty from different UMM disciplines who specialize in the material
being explored. Previous courses have examined ecological health, the
Enlightenment, networks and innovation, classical Greece, the medieval
mind, the Apocalypse, utopias, and the tension between notions of a
republic and an empire.
Senior Honors Project As seniors, Honors students complete
a
substantial scholarly or creative interdisciplinary work designed by the
student in cooperation with a project advisor. Upon completion, the
project is defended before a panel of faculty from different academic
disciplines.
Events Honors Program students elect the 'Honors Council,' an
eight member group that coordinates and plans Honors Program events
throughout the year. Activities include participation in service learning
initiatives, attendance at lectures, theatrical productions and concerts,
dinner with professors, field trips and other outings, alternative
readings, and mentoring new members of the Program.
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