Program Mission and Overview

The Keene State College Honors Program provides exceptional students with intellectual stimulation and academically rich experiences for personal and professional growth. Students work closely with fellow students and professors and engage in creative and critical inquiry. They integrate and expand on what they are learning in Honors courses by attending enrichment activities and events both on and off campus.

The Honors Program includes six Honors courses, with different course selections each semester. In their first semester, Honors students will enroll in an Honors Thinking and Writing section. Students who join the Honors Program as sophomores will complete all requirements with the exception of the Honors Thinking and Writing course. Elective Honors courses in the Humanities and the Natural and Social Sciences are generally completed in the first two years. In spring of the sophomore year, Honors students participate in a travel-study course, going abroad for about two weeks when the semester ends in May.

"The rest of the world becomes real only once you step into it"
- Honors Students in South Africa

Global Engagement courses have included trips to Peru, Belize, and South Africa, and courses are in development focusing on Nicaragua and Bosnia for Spring 2012.

KSC Honors Students Experience in South Africa and Peru (Video 20:42)

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Professor Anne-Marie Mallon's Distinguished Teacher Award acceptance speech during opening convocation. She spoke about the importance of global perspectives. See the video here.

Professors Jo Beth Mullens and Pru Cuper taught a 17-day field course to the Sacred Valley in the high Andes of Peru, where students in KSC's Honors Program engaged in service learning projects and research related to their academic interests.

For more information, please email Honors Program Director Dr. Margaret Walsh or fill out our online form.