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Course registration for continuing Honors students for the fall 2024 term begins April 9th, 2024.
Honors College
Exceptional Minds. Extraordinary Futures.
Are you up for the challenge?
Joining the Honors College
Apply to the Honors College
The Honors College application for incoming students is available through the Towson University application. Current TU students can apply through the Honors application for current students. Applicants seeking admission in spring 2025 must apply by November 15. Applicants seeking admission in fall 2025 observe the following deadlines: first-year Early Action November 15; first-year Regular Decision February 1; and transfer applicants March 1.
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.
Five reasons to choose the Towson University Honors College:
Enriched Seminar Classes
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.
Community Engagement
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 Living 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.
Perspectives from Multiple Disciplines
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. Almost all Honors seminars have 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.
Outstanding Faculty
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.
Emphasis on Experiential Learning
Opportunities for advanced research projects and theses, study abroad, internships, service-learning courses, and accelerated graduate 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.
Recent News
Sharing a culture through service-learning
Associate professor Tavia La Follette, Honors College senior Josie Stahl spent this summer with the Lakota tribe in South Dakota
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Forging her path to a Ph.D.
Sheer power of will and support from the TU research community pushed Victoria Akingbehin to pursue her Ph.D. in cancer research
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Undergraduate’s research examines link between human trafficking, terrorism
Jordan McConville used grant to expand Middle East research focus
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TU Events
NERD Night
SEPTEMBER 10
6:30 - 8 p.m., 10 West Room 165
Interested in pursuing challenging academic and experiential opportunities at TU, like research? Come to Nerd Night! Co-sponsored by the members of the Undergraduate Research Club, Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry, Honors College, and Office of Competitive Fellowships and Awards.
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Silence: Theatre and Democracy
SEPTEMBER 12
5 p.m., CLA 4310
This workshop introduces a nuanced dialogue between two renowned playwrights about the political dimensions of silence within theatrical dramaturgies. Co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts; Honors College; Department of Langauges, Literatures and Cultures; Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies; the Sandra R. Berman Center for Humanity, Tolerance, and Holocaust Education; Baltimore Hebrew Institute; and TU International Initiatives Office.
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First-Year Flapjacks
SEPTEMBER 25
6 - 8 p.m., Douglass MPR
Enjoy some pancakes made by Honors staff, find out about resources, and catch up with your friends from Honors Orientation. Prizes awarded for the best Orientation book discussion responses.
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Hours
Mon - Fri: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
