Exceptional Minds. Extraordinary Futures.
The Towson University Honors College is committed to the intellectual and character development of highly engaged undergraduate students. With an emphasis on interdisciplinary study, research and co-curricular experiences, we seek to cultivate inquisitive minds and foster broad knowledge that strengthens students’ scholarly interests, nurtures their talents, develops their sense of ethical responsibility, and enables them to navigate an increasingly complex globalized world.
Opportunities for advanced research projects and theses, study abroad, internships, and service-learning courses offer direct experiential learning shaped by a student’s interests. The experiences and the products resulting from these courses better position students for career opportunities or graduate school.
Seminars are the core of the Honors curriculum, and each one is designed to explore topics from multiple scholarly points of view. Our discussion-based, collaborative classes examine creative topics that you’ll only find here, in small settings of 10 to 20 students.
Honors faculty represent a range of disciplines and scholarly outlooks. What they share is a passion for teaching and for advancing student learning. Faculty work with students in the Honors College by choice, and they bring to the program examples of intellectual curiosity and professional accomplishment. Most importantly, they are eager to support students who seek opportunities for growth.
Honors courses not only reflect the different disciplines that faculty draw upon in creating the courses but also the different academic perspectives of students within the courses. 97% of Honors seminars contain students from at least four of the six degree-granting colleges at Towson University, offering a rich mix of student ideas seldom found in American higher education.
We are a small community of highly motivated individuals within a large university setting. Honors students are athletes, leaders, and dedicated members of their campus, local, and international communities. Douglass House, the Honors residential learning community, is where you can live, work, and learn with other Honors students in pursuit of your passions with the guidance of faculty and staff.
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Marella Schammel, a chemistry major who has already won national recognition for her undergraduate research, won a grant that will support her as she works toward a Ph.D.
An Honors College course is studying the history of disease during the spring 2020 term
Katie Cowan, a 2019 Honors graduate, was selected to serve as a Fulbright U.S. Student Program English Teaching Assistant in the Czech Republic
TU is closed from Wednesday, November 25 through Sunday, November 29 for the Thanksgiving holiday break. Stay safe and healthy this year for Thanksgiving!
All day, Online
The fall term is quickly coming to a close. Be sure to close out strong!
7:15 - 8:00 p.m./8:00 - 9:00 p.m., Online
Join the Honors College Leadership Council for the final meeting of the term and play some game to destress before finals! Honors swag will be given to winners! HCLC will be followed by HOC at 8pm. Login details are provided in the Honors Weekly.
All day, Online
Good luck on your final exams!
