@Aeg203 - The Honors College at UMD is made up of 7 different programs as listed in the following link
http://honors.umd.edu/livinglearning-prospstudents.html
Each program has an associated Dorm, where students in that program are housed. That is their Living Learning Community. (Freshmen do not pick their own dorm assignments)
The Honors Program selected or assigned does not necessarily have any connection to a studnt’s major. However students with certain majors may be inclined to pick a specific Honors Program (i.e. CS Majors may want to be in ACES). My D selected University Honors for its flexibility.
Each Honors Program requires a certain number of Honors Seminars or Honors Courses. These satisfy GenEd requirements that ALL students must meet to graduate, so in that sense they are not any additional work. My D satisfied her Honors Citation requirements by the end of her second year.
Honors College Seminars and Courses are limited to 20 students or less. Not all Courses have Honors version. That is done at the discretion of each Department. (i.e. The Math Department decides which math courses will have Honors versions)
The following link can show you courses offered at UMD. Not all courses are offered every semester.
https://app.testudo.umd.edu/soc/
Departmental Honors is handled through the Student’s Major Department (i.e. Engineering) and can be applied for by any student, as far as I know.
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