There are lots of ways to learn besides lectures and tests. Enhanced courses incorporate experiential learning into the curriculum.
honors learning community students in New York City's Central Park in fall 2014
Here are some examples of what you might get to do in an enhanced course:
- Analyze efficiency on the floor of a Baltimore factory.
- Spend the day in New York City to observe the way the city works.
- Develop a marketing plan for actual clients.
- See Shakespeare at the Folger Library.
- Program a robot in your coding class.
- Engage community groups to work for social change.
- Visit archives and historic sites to conduct original research.
- Sit in on a U.S. Foreign Relations Senate hearing.
- Hone your networking skills at a business dinner.
- Experience an evening at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C.
As a Helen P. Denit honors scholar, you earn 3 honors credits for every enhanced course you take. When you register in MyUBalt, check the course notes to see if a course is enhanced or take a look at the honors courses we offer each semester.