Helen P. Denit Program Requirements (Effective fall of 2011)
Grade Point Average Requirement: To graduate a student must maintain a GPA of 3.3 overall.
Curriculum Requirements: All students must complete 12-15 credits of honors coursework.
Options for Earning Honors Credits:
- Honors sections of required courses
- Honors contracts within regular courses
- An honors capstone experience (often the honors project) *REQUIRED
- Approved graduate courses taken as an undergraduate
- Transfer students may have previous experiences count toward this requirement
For more information on these options, visit the Honors website.
Business Honors Requirements
- 12 hours of business honors courses
- 3-6 hours of experiential learning:
- Internship (495)
- Global Field Study (MGMT 498)
- MGMT 475 Strategic Management (required capstone)
- General honors courses, honors contracts, and graduate-level courses may serve as alternatives to fulfill requirements.
- 3-6 hours of experiential learning:
Course-level Learning Outcomes:
Students in honors courses at the University of Baltimore will achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Applied learning: through ways appropriate for the subject matter and discipline, students will effectively apply what they learn to new contexts, problems, or questions.
- Communication: through ways appropriate for the subject matter and discipline, students will express their ideas, solutions, strategies in a relevant and persuasive manner.
- Peer-review/teamwork: through ways appropriate for the subject matter and discipline, students will offer constructive feedback in a collaborative and collegial style.
Additionally, honors courses at the University of Baltimore may ask students to achieve one or more of the following outcomes:
- Service learning: through ways appropriate for the subject matter and discipline, students will synthesize course instruction with relevant service to the community.
- Global positioning: through ways appropriate for the subject matter and discipline, students will learn attitudes, skills, and knowledge necessary to work across cultures.