The Honors Program |
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The Commonwealth
College is the home of the honors experience on the UMass campus.
Honor students are enrolled in both the Commonwealth College and the
Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences and meet the requirements
of both for graduation. Students may be invited Our Department works closely with Commonwealth College to provide opportunities for personal enrichment through colloquia and research at the undergraduate level. The colloquia provide opportunities for discussion with faculty in small groups. Research is conducted in labs, and other venues, to introduce students to intellectual inquiry through faculty-guided thesis projects. Admission to the UMass Amherst Commonwealth College is through an application and interview process. The honors degree requires an honors research project and written thesis, as well as an oral defense of the thesis. Research is conducted in departmental or campus labs, as well as other venues, to introduce students to intellectual inquiry through faculty-guided thesis projects. For more detailed information on the Commonwealth College, please visit their web site. For more information about our departmental honors program, please consult the undergraduate handbook. |
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join the Commonwealth College when they are admitted to the University.
These students generally are in the top 10% of their graduating class,
have combined SAT scores of at least 1300 and have maintained a High
School GPA of at least 3.2. Students may also apply to the Commonwealth
College after completing one semester at the University if they have
a grade of B or better in honors designated courses, a positive evaluation
from the professor of that course and have a GPA of 3.2 or better.