Honors College Orientation - Parent Info

Presenter: Dean Hebert (standard disclaimer: “Dean is just my first name”),
Assistant Director & Honors Advising Coordinator

301-405-6775; dhebert@umd.edu

Liza Lebrun: Academic Advisor and Assistant to the Director
Advisor for Letters and Sciences (major undeclared) students

301-405-3049; llebrun@umd.edu

Honors College Main Number: 301-405-6771

Important Web Sites:
Honors College: www.honors.umd.edu
AP Credit Chart: www.tce.umd.edu/apchart.html
Testudo: www.testudo.umd.edu/Registrar.html
“Parent Access” page: http://www.testudo.umd.edu/apps/paccess/(info. & form is in your folder)
Parent & Family Affairs Office: http://www.terpparent.umd.edu/(Their mission is to “provide parents and family members an opportunity to play an active, supporting role in the education of their student; to provide a forum for fellowship and networking with other families; and to further the educational goals of the University of Maryland by improving communication between parents and the University community..”)
Parent Helpline: 301.314.8429 email: parents@umd.edu

Honors Requirements:
To be in good standing in Honors, students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA. (To earn the Citation, the GPA requirement is 3.2 cumulative.)

Earning the Honors Citation in the University Honors Program requires 16 credits of Honors work, distributed as follows:
- HONR 100 (1 credit colloquium)
- 3 HONR seminars (9 credits)
- 6 credits (2 courses) that can be either H-versions or HONR seminars (or 1 of each)

Students enrolled in Gemstone, Honors Humanities, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Integrated Life Sciences, and Digital Cultures & Creativity have more specific Citation requirements.