DEPARTMENTAL/COLLEGE HONORS PROGRAMS
Benefits of Departmental Honors
List of Departmental Honors Contacts
Departmental Honors programs usually involve working closely with a faculty mentor on an independent research project lasting at least 3 semesters and culminating in an honors thesis. Departmental Honors research is a powerful way for a student to experience the thrill of innovative research and discovery in his/her field of interest. In a few Colleges, such as Business, students may choose a thesis option, but there is also a non-thesis option involving upper level coursework and enriching experiences appropriate to the discipline.
Admission to Departmental Honors programs varies by College / Department, but there is typically a minimum GPA requirement, upper level course requirements, and an in-depth research / scholarly endeavor culminating with a thesis [check specific details of individual programs through the web links and contact information below]. Students may do Departmental Honors in addition to any of the Honors College Living-Learning programs. Some Departmental Honors programs are open to first year students, although most students begin Departmental Honors at the end of their second or beginning of their third year on campus. Again, check individual programs for options; be aware that some (such as Business) have firm application dates.
Benefits of Departmental Honors:
Students admitted to a departmental or college honors program on campus are also considered members of the Honors College, whether or not they were Honors students when they entered Maryland. For more information, please visit: http://www.provost.umd.edu/PCC_DOCUMENTS/DesignVI_Honors.htm.
Honors (HONR) Seminars & H-Versions
All Honors College students, including departmental/college honors students have access to Honors (HONR) seminars offered by the University Honors Program and H-version courses offered by academic departments across campus. If you are a departmental/college honors student who is blocked from registering for an honors course you wish to take, please contact Assistant Director of the Honors College, Dean Hebert, for assistance.
Ice Cream
All Honors College students are welcome to participate in Honors College events, including our famous ice cream socials! Please watch the Honors College Event Calendar (http://www.honors.umd.edu/events.php) and the Honors College listserv for upcoming events.
Honors Research Grants
Departmental/College honors program students may apply for a one-time, need-based Honors Research Grant of $500 to help support research for an individual senior thesis or travel to a professional conference related to the thesis. Selection of recipients is based on academic merit, quality of supporting materials, and financial need. More information about the Honors Research Grants is available at http://www.honors.umd.edu/research_grant.php.
Honors Option Courses
If a student in a Department or College Honors Program is not able to take a departmental honors course that is required to meet your honors degree requirements, that student may develop an “Honors Option Course” with the permission of his/her Honors program advisor and the Honors College. An Honors Option student enrolls in a non-Honors course and creates an honors-quality addendum to the syllabus. More information about the Honors Option Courses can be found at http://www.honors.umd.edu/honors_option.php.
LINKS and DIRECTORS:
African-American Studies
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/aasp/programs/honors_program.htm
Ms. Valencia Skeeter
1119 Taliaferro Hall
301-405-1170
vskeeter@umd.edu
Aerospace Engineering
http://www.aero.umd.edu/undergrad/honors.html
Dr. Ray Sedwick
3146 Glenn L. Martin Hall
301-405-0111
sedwick@umd.edu
Agriculture & Natural Resources
http://agnr.umd.edu/undergrad/Undergraduate%20Honors%20Program.cfm
Dr. Leon Slaughter, Asst. Dean
0110 Symons Hall
301-405-2078
lslaugh@umd.edu
American Studies
http://amst.umd.edu/About%20Us/Undergraduate/honors_program.htm
Dr. Mary Sies
1105 Holzapfel Hall
301-405-1361
sies@umd.edu
Anthropology
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/anth/Programs/Undergraduate/UGindex.html#departmentalhonors
Dr. Bill Stuart
0106 Woods Hall
301-405-1435
wmstuart@umd.edu
Art
http://www.art.umd.edu/index.html
Dr. Dawn Gavini
M2327 Art-Sociology Bldg.
301-405-1465
dgavin@umd.edu
Art History & Archeology
http://www.arthistory-archaeology.umd.edu/programs/undergrad.htm
Dr. Renee Ater
4216 Art-Sociology Bldg.
301-405-1490
rater@umd.edu
Astronomy
http://www.astro.umd.edu/undergrad/major.html
Dr. Grace Deming
1241 Computer & Space Science Bldg.
301-405-1562
deming@umd.edu
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
http://biology.umd.edu/undergraduate/honors
Dr. Adam Hsieh
3242 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
301-405-7397
hsieh@umd.edu
Biology
http://biology.umd.edu/undergraduate/honors
Dr. Marjorie Reaka
4202 Bio-Psych Bldg.
301-405-6944
mlreaka@umd.edu
Business & Management
https://unet.rhsmith.umd.edu/undergrad/portal/portalhub.nsf/ID/business_honors
Dr. Charles E. Olson
3419 Van Munching Hall
301-405-8666
colson@rhsmith.umd.edu
Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
http://www.life.umd.edu/CBMG/undergrad/honors.html
Dr. Zongchi Liu
0124 Biosciences Research Building
301-405-1586
zliu@umd.edu
Chemistry and Biochemistry
http://www.chem.umd.edu/undergraduateprogram0/currentstudents/chemistryhonorsprogram
Dr. Douglas Julin
3505 Bio-Chemistry
301-405-1821
djulin@umd.edu
Communication
http://www.comm.umd.edu/commhonors.html
Dr. Leah Waks
Skinner 2101B
301-405-6529
leahwaks@wam.umd.edu
Computer Science
http://www.cs.umd.edu/Honors/
Dr. Atif Memon
3245 A.V. Williams Building
301-405-2698
atif@cs.umd.edu
Dr. Donald Perlis
3253 A.V. Williams Building
301-405-2685
perlis@cs.umd.edu
Criminology & Criminal Justice
http://www.ccjs.umd.edu/content/departmental-honors-program-0
Dr. Denise Gottfredson
301-405-4717
gott@umd.edu
Economics
http://www.econ.umd.edu/undergraduate/honors
Dr. Carlos Vegh
4118G Tydings Hall.
301-405-3546
cvegh@econ.umd.edu
Education
http://www.education.umd.edu/index.html
Dr. Christy T. Corbin
1117H Benjamin Bldg.
301-405-7793
ctc@umd.edu
Electrical & Computer Engineering
http://www.ece.umd.edu/Academic/Under/eehonors.html
Mr. Jermaine Jackson
Electrical and Computer Engineering Office of Undergraduate Studies
2426 A.V. Williams Building
301-405-3685
eceadvis@deans.umd.edu
Engineering Honors Program
http://www.eng.umd.edu/current/honors-program
Dr. Richard H. McCuen
Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
1170 Glenn L. Martin Hall
301-405-1949
rhmccuen@umd.edu
English
http://www.english.umd.edu/academics/undergraduate/honors
Dr. Elizabeth Arnold
3101 Tawes Hall
301-405-9658
earnold3@umd.edu
Entomology
http://entomology.umd.edu/academics/undergraduate/honorsprogram
Dr. William Lamp
4120 Plant Sciences Bldg.
301-405-3959
lamp@umd.edu
Environmental Science and Policy
http://www.ensp.umd.edu/Honors.html
Dr. Bruce James, Director
0220 Symons Hall
301-405-8573
brjames@umd.edu
Dr. Wendy Whittemore, Acting Director Aug. 1, 2012 - Aug. 2013
0220 Symons Hall
301-405-8573
wwhitte@umd.edu
Family Sciences
http://sph.umd.edu/fmsc/ugrad/honors.html
Dr. Jinhee Kim
1142P School of Public Health
301-405-3500
jinkim@umd.edu
French
http://www.languages.umd.edu/FrenchItalian/undergraduate/index.html
David Libber
3106E Jimenez Hall
301-405-4026
dlibber@umd.edu
Geographical Sciences
http://geog.umd.edu/content/honors-geography
Dr. Martha E. Geores
2181 Lefrak Hall
301-405-4064
mgeores@umd.edu
Geology
http://www.geol.umd.edu/undergraduates/ugdhonors.htm
Dr. John Merck
1218 Centreville Hall
301-405-2808
jmerck@umd.edu
Germanic Studies
http://www.languages.umd.edu/German/undergraduate/index.html
Dr. Rose-Marie Oster
3224 Jimenez Hall
301-405-4096
rmoster@umd.edu
Government & Politics
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/honors/
Dr. Francis Lee
3140N Tydings Hall
301-405-4339
flee1@umd.edu
Hearing & Speech Sciences
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/hesp/degreePrograms/current/hesphonors.htm
Dr. Yasmeen Faroqi Shah
0141F Lefrak Hall
301-405-4229
yshah@hesp.umd.edu
History
http://www.history.umd.edu/Programs/honors.html
Dr. David Freund
2115 Francis Scott Key
301-405-1062
dmfreund@umd.edu
Italian
http://www.languages.umd.edu
Dr. Joseph Falvo
3103 Jimenez Hall
301-405-4031
gfalvo@umd.edu
Kinesiology
http://sph.umd.edu/KNES/ugrad/honors.html
Dr. Espen Spangenburg
301-405-2483
espen@umd.edu
Linguistics
http://ling.umd.edu/undergraduate/honors/
Dr. Tonia Bleam
1401 Marie Mount Hall
301-405-4930
tbleam@umd.edu
Mathematics
http://www.math.umd.edu/undergraduate/opportunities/DepartmentalHonors.shtml
Dr. Larry Washington
1106 Mathematics Building
301-405-5059
lcw@math.umd.edu
Philosophy
http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/deptwebsite/undergraduateprogram/handbook-undergrad.pdf
Dr. Erin Eaker
1118C Skinner Bldg.
301-405-5713
eeaker@umd.edu
Physics
http://www.physics.umd.edu/academics/ugrad/psci/honors.html
Dr. Steven Anlage
1363 John S. Toll Physics Bldg
301-405-7321
anlage@umd.edu
Psychology
http://psychology.umd.edu/ugrad/honors.html
Dr. Tom Wallsten
1147 Bio-Psychology Bldg.
301-405-3562
twallsten@psyc.umd.edu
Sociology
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/undergrad/ugrad_dept.html
Dr. Linda Moghadam
2108 Art-Sociology Bldg.
301-405-7365
moghadam@umd.edu
Spanish & Portuguese
http://www.languages.umd.edu/SpanishPortuguese/undergraduate/index.html#honors
Dr. Eyda M. Merediz
2215H Jiménez Hall
(301) 405-6451
emerediz@umd.edu
Women's Studies
http://www.womensstudies.umd.edu/current/undergraduate/honors.html
Dr. Else Barkley Brown
2101 Woods Hall
301-405-6877
barkleyb@umd.edu