HONORS COLLEGE ORIENTATION - PARENT SESSION

 

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 & Coordinator

                  301-405-3049; llebrun@umd.edu

Honors College Main Number: 301-405-6771

Important Web Sites:

Honors College: www.honors.umd.edu
Parent/Family Contact Info for Honors: https://go.umd.edu/honorsparentform

AP Credit Chart: http://www.transfercredit.umd.edu/plc/APGenEd.pdf

IB Credit Chart: http://www.transfercredit.umd.edu/plc/IBGenEd.pdf
Registrar: http://www.registrar.umd.edu/

Schedule of Classes: https://ntst.umd.edu/soc/
“Parent Access” page: http://www.testudo.umd.edu/apps/paccess/
Office of Parent and Family Affairs: https://terpfamily.umd.edu/ (Their mission is "to provide resources, services, and programs for parents and family members of undergraduate students that promote a constructive partnership to support student success.”) 

Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act – https://terpfamily.umd.edu/educating-parents/rights-and-privacy

Education Abroad http://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/education-abroad
Federal Fellows & Global Fellows: http://federalsemester.umd.edu/ and http://globalsemesterdc.umd.edu//

Terp Family Helpline: 301.314.8429 email: terpfamily@umd.edu

Honors Requirements:

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

Honors Living-Learning Programs: Overview and Course Requirements

Earning the University Honors Citation requires 15-17 credits of Honors work, depending on which of our 7 programs your student is in.  Detailed information can be found at:

ACES - Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (Course Prefix: HACS):

https://aces.umd.edu/requirements-llp

Design | Cultures & Creativity (Course Prefix: HDCC):  http://dcc.umd.edu/learning/

Entrepreneurship & Innovation (Course Prefix: HEIP): http://www.eip.umd.edu/learn.html

Gemstone (Course Prefix: GEMS): http://www.gemstone.umd.edu/academics/curriculum.html

Honors Humanities (Course Prefix: HHUM): http://www.honorshumanities.umd.edu/curriculum.html

Integrated Life Sciences (Course Prefix: HLSC): http://www.ils.umd.edu/courses

University Honors (Course Prefix: HONR): http://www.universityhonors.umd.edu/uh-citation.html

Thank you for joining us today!!