Can someone PLEASE talk about Honors Humanities

Maximus001
Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:39:20 +0000

OK here’s what I know about the program. It’s sort of a quirky program with some really talented kids and is a community within itself. The kids are amazing, bright and talented and yes, fun to be around. They study first semester ARHU 101 the nature of knowledge and read some really interesting stuff including ancient texts from India etc.

The leader of the program is a brilliant scholar who encourages the kids to explore ideas deeply and passionately. Each kid is responsible for a major project that is called the keystone project in order to fulfill the requirements for the HH citation. Some of the kids are writing novels, others plays, and still others are devising projects in the sciences or in the arts that speak to the nature of knowledge and social awareness.

There are approximately 50 freshman each year that join the program and it’s by invitation only, I believe. Some of the kids decide early that the requirements of the program or the subject matter is not their cup of tea and resign from HH. Others find the subject matter and the community very special. They are indeed a very select group of hard working, bright, and talented students.

Our s is a second semester freshman and loves the program. He’s actually looking forward to his keystone project and feels that he has the time to devote serious thought and work to that while also exploring his majors in a serious way.

I would say that the program gives the kids the feeling of being in an elite small private college/university at a large state U. Our s was accepted to a number of highly competitive and elite institutions and chose UMCP’s HH with a great scholarship. He even shared with me a few months into his first semester that he’d feel like a fool had he gone to Duke or WashU or UNC knowing how much he loves his experience at Maryland.

Those of you that have been invited to the program owe it to yourself to find out as much as you can and actually meet some of the profs that run it.

Congrats and good luck to all!