Benefits for Students
There really are hundreds of benefits for students in the Honors Program. We've narrowed that list down to the big ones here:
- Priority registration for Honors students in good standing.
- Small, interdisciplinary seminars (limited to 16 students)
- Personal interaction with outstanding UNM faculty
- Interaction with students from all UNM schools and colleges
- A unique grading system that encourages academic risk-taking
- Opportunities for upper-division independent research
- Recognition for students in international and language study with the International Designation
- Personal counseling and academic advisement
- Social and cultural events
- Special library privileges - UHP students have similar library privileges as graduate students. Honors students can check out books for the entire semester and have access to interlibrary loan.
- Lecture series
- Field-based seminars
- Scholarship and graduate school fellowship information and assistance
- Honors designation on diploma and final transcripts
- Opportunity to participate in regional and national honors conferences
- All honors seminars meet graduation requirements, elective requirements, and sometimes count toward majors and minors
- Special emphasis on student research through primary texts to encourage original thinking
- Day and evening classes
- Produces award-winning students in national competitions
- No traditional exams
- Access to Honors stipends
- No Friday classes!
- Computer area with internet access
- Study abroad through the UHP Conexiones Program and through the NCHC Honors Semester
Often the greatest benefit we provide for Honors students is the chance to enrich their academic pursuits within a small community of life-long learners.
