If you have a GPA of 3.3 or higher, you are encouraged to apply here. Contact the Honors Program for further information. Current UBalt students should submit their UBalt transcript, whereas transfer students preparing to start their first semester at UBalt should include the transcript from their previous institution. Application deadlines are mid-August for the fall semester and mid-January for the spring semester.
To graduate with distinction from the Honors Program, see the Graduation Requirements. This is not to be confused with Latin Honors or Honor Societies
It’s up to each Honors student whether they want to complete the requirements for graduating with distinction. If they do, they will receive an Honors Cord on the spring commencement stage after receiving their diploma. Their name will also appear in the spring commencement program under the Honors gradates, but this is optional and many honors students in good standing earn their bachelor's degree with distinction.
Many of our students attend graduate school directly after, while others enter the workforce. We have an extensive network of alums in the Baltimore area.
No, but there is a reason that we call our classes enhanced courses. The courses that provide honors credit are called enhanced because each professor has pledged to “enhance” their course, meaning they have made a conscious effort to make it more engaging. These classes are more likely to have trips, guest speakers, and other interactive activities. Because of these teaching methods there's a good chance you will get their professors and fellow students, you will learn more from each other than you would in a non-enhanced course. Most honors students report that they had a positive experience in enhanced courses and they try to take any many as they can.
No. If you meet the entrance requirements to join the honors program, you are qualified to do well in an honors class. But it’s like anything else in life; you get out of it what you put into it”. with “No. If you meet the entrance requirements to join the Honors Program you've already demonstrated that you're qualified to succeed in an honors class. Again, Enhanced courses aren't typically harder than non-enhanced courses, but their learning methods they use are more engaging.
No. Although enhanced courses provide credit to honors students these classes are open to all students. Every student is encouraged to take enhanced courses. By contrast Honors Only courses are open exclusively to honors students. Our program offers only one or so per semester, such as a section of WRITT 300 that is for honors students only.
The Honors Program organizes multiple guest speaker events and off campus trips each year. Recent activities include visits to the Baltimore Museum or Art and the Edgar Allen Poe Burial site at Westminster Hall; Campus talks by authors and veterans of the civil rights movement, as well as author talks at the Enoch Pratt Free Library and Red Emma’s; And a new student overnight outdoor retreat to Harpers Ferry in West Virginia.
We also host Honors signature events such as BEE The Difference Alternative Spring Break or Back Stage Theater Pass.
Honors Students have access to the Honors Loungel ocated in Academic Center 242 which is open only to current honors students. The lounge includes an area with sofas, chairs, tables, and computers, as well as a refrigerator and microwave, free coffee and snacks available for honors students at the lounge.
No, there is no cost to join the Honors Program or to graduate with distinction. We also pay for off-campus activities so that students can attend them for free. In addition we provide competitive financial grants to honors students up to $1,000 for complete global field studies, independent research, attending conferences.
The Helen P. Denit Honors Program creates a community of faculty and scholars who strive for academic excellence through diverse, high-impact educational practices that include Honors and Enhanced courses, financial grants and co-curricular activities.
Helen P. Denit was a former teacher and Montgomery County civic leader. She served on the Woman's Board of Montgomery General Hospital as well as numerous other civic, patriotic and charitable organizations. Under the provisions of her will, she created the Helen Pumphrey Denit Trust for Charitable and Educational Purposes.
Since her death in 1988, the trustees have assisted numerous nonprofit organizations with one-time and multiyear grants. In particular, the trustees have been pleased to support the University of Baltimore Helen P. Denit Honors Program.
"As an alumnus of The University of Baltimore, it is especially gratifying for me to be in a position to play a small part in encouraging and sustaining academic excellence."
—Richard Adams, former chairman, The Helen P. Denit Charitable Trust
Where can I get more information? Please email Honors Program Director Joshua Davis at jdavis@ubalt.edu with further questions.