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 five Honors courses, three offered each semester. In their entering semester, Honors students will enroll in an Honors Thinking and Writing section. In the spring of 2010 and each semester of their sophomore year, they enroll in Honors courses in the Humanities and the Natural and Social Sciences. In spring semester sophomore year, Honors students participate in a travel-study course, going abroad for about two weeks when the semester ends in May.

In spring 2010, Honors students are exploring Belize. During their junior year, students focus on completing requirements in their various majors, and as seniors they come back together to share a capstone seminar. Residential students may choose to be housed together in a living/learning community for their first year; in 2009-2010 they'll be housed in Holloway Hall. Sophomores and Juniors organize their own Living & Learning Community in Pondside 3.

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