The Honors College at UMass Lowell

The Honors College at UMass Lowell UMass Lowell Commonwealth Honors is an academic enrichment program whose mission is to nurture creat

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Apply today to study abroad this winter in Taiwan with the Honors College! Two weeks. One rural classroom in Pingtung. A...
09/01/2026

Apply today to study abroad this winter in Taiwan with the Honors College! Two weeks. One rural classroom in Pingtung. A lifetime of impact.

Design STEM lessons for elementary kids, team up with Taiwanese teachers, and explore everything from Taipei's night markets to Kenting's coastline. No teaching experience needed, just a willingness to show up and make a difference.

UMass Lowell Study Abroad: Taiwan | January 3-15, 2027

Apply here: https://viaumasslowell.via-trm.com/program_brochure/38153

Link also in our Linktree in bio.

Welcome (back), River Hawks! Whether you're stepping onto campus for the very first time or coming back for another year...
08/31/2026

Welcome (back), River Hawks!

Whether you're stepping onto campus for the very first time or coming back for another year, you're officially part of the Honors College family. From day one, the Allen House is your home base. Drop in, ask questions, grab a study spot or cup of tea, and let us help you navigate everything UMass Lowell's Honors College has to offer. Here's to a school year full of big ideas, new friendships, and even bigger growth. We're so glad you're here!

Families & friends, let’s connect! 🎓 Join us this fall for the Honors Family & Friends Forum - free Zoom series supporti...
08/19/2026

Families & friends, let’s connect! 🎓 Join us this fall for the Honors Family & Friends Forum - free Zoom series supporting your first-year student. 📚

Don't take our word for it. Here is recent honors graduate Elliot Johnson encouraging you to register for PHYS 3160.201 ...
08/10/2026

Don't take our word for it. Here is recent honors graduate Elliot Johnson encouraging you to register for PHYS 3160.201 this fall semester!

The course is your chance to explore how tech & innovation are changing the game in under-resourced communities around the world!

No prereqs. No experience needed. Just bring curiosity and an open mind.

Plus...this course is your first step toward studying abroad in Ghana in 2027 with the Honors College!

T/Th 11:00–12:15 PM | North Campus, taught by Dr. Robert H. Giles.

PHYS 3160.201 is your chance to explore how tech & innovation are changing the game in under-resourced communities aroun...
08/07/2026

PHYS 3160.201 is your chance to explore how tech & innovation are changing the game in under-resourced communities around the world!
No prereqs. No experience needed. Just bring curiosity and an open mind.
Plus... this course is your first step toward studying abroad in Ghana in 2027 with the Honors College!

T/Th 11:00–12:15 PM | North Campus, taught by Dr. Robert H. Giles.

Consider registering for FAHS 4600: Graduate School Preparation Seminar, a one-credit Honors Ready course taught by Dr....
07/27/2026

Consider registering for FAHS 4600: Graduate School Preparation Seminar, a one-credit Honors Ready course taught by Dr. Alison McConwell.

Fall 2026, Thursdays 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

Thinking of next steps after your undergraduate degree?

This one-credit seminar helps students in FAHSS prepare to apply to graduate school. Students will learn how to put together graduate school applications along with effective strategies to support successful outcomes. If you need a permission number, please email [email protected]

This course is a Career Connected Experience for the CCE Requirement & satisfies an honors requirement as an Honors Ready course.

Consider registering for the honors ready course: WLSP 3120: Cultural Representations of the Spanish Civil War! This co...
07/20/2026

Consider registering for the honors ready course: WLSP 3120: Cultural Representations of the Spanish Civil War!

This course will examine the Spanish Civil war as the foundational trauma on which Spain's modernity and its cultural production are based. We will study the events through the lens of different ideological representations of the war in conjunction with a variety of aesthetic perspectives, completing the study of literature with the representation of this event through film and photography produced during and after the civil war.

Taught by Oscar Ruiz Hernandez.

Pre-req: WLSP.2120 Spanish 4 and Culture Conducted in Spanish

Communicating professionally is a superpower, one you can learn this fall!Introducing HONR 3200.301: Communicating Profe...
07/16/2026

Communicating professionally is a superpower, one you can learn this fall!

Introducing HONR 3200.301: Communicating Professionally, a 3-credit Honors Seminar built to level up how you write and speak in every part of your life. You'll craft standout papers, résumés, and cover letters, sharpen your oral presentation skills, learn how to ace an interview, and build the everyday communication confidence that sets you apart.

Satisfies an Honors requirement. Taught by John Feudo.

Wednesdays, 3:30–6:20 PM

Seats are limited. Be sure to register now.

Register today for the upper-level honors seminar Contemporary African American Literature. Every major is welcome in th...
07/15/2026

Register today for the upper-level honors seminar Contemporary African American Literature. Every major is welcome in this discussion-driven seminar on the Black writers redefining American letters: Colson Whitehead, Percival Everett, Edwidge Danticat, Toni Morrison, and more.

Satisfies your Honors requirement and an Arts & Humanities. Seats are limited. Register for this fall course today!

Register today for Game Gambit (HONR 3300.309) taught by Karen Roehr. All majors are welcome! Satisfies an honors and Ar...
07/15/2026

Register today for Game Gambit (HONR 3300.309) taught by Karen Roehr. All majors are welcome! Satisfies an honors and Arts & Humanities requirement!

Learn about the history of games, elements, and principles of what makes an engaging game as one learns to create their own games. Games engage our brains, hands, and hearts. Games encourage and support learning, growth, imagination, and healthy brain development. The games in this course will be real, 3D tangible tabletop games. Join us to create n’ play.

Monopoly, Chess, Jenga, Scrabble, Sneaky-Snacky-Squirrel, Uno, D&D, Yatzee are 3D games requiring concentration, skill, and connection with others. Games engage our brains, hands and hearts. Games encourage and support learning, growth, imagination and healthy brain development. In this course, students will learn about the history of games, elements, and principles of what makes an engaging game as they learn to create their own games (both individually and in teams). The pandemic showed many the need for, and power of, games to both distract us from pain and engage us in connection with others. The games in this Honors seminar, will be real, 3D tangible games, (this course will not work with computer nor video games).

Permission numbers for non-honors from [email protected]

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