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荣誉的好奇心

我们看到了你的求知欲, 你对学习的热情, and your willingness to actively participate in and outside of the classroom. 让我们深入了解一下.

The Clark Honors Experience is not some conventional honors program. It is co-designed by students and faculty to bring positive change, and each student contributes ideas to shape the experience for future cohorts. Through this experience and accomplishments in and out of the classroom, students who graduate with the honors accolade are stand-out candidates for potential employers and graduate schools.

经验基础

Honors Experience students are immersed in activities that center around four primary themes in the context of “挑战传统. 改变我们的世界.”

社区

学生建立联系, 学习, and collaborate with others from a diversity of backgrounds, 生活经验, and academic perspectives to develop deeper knowledge of themselves and others.

包容性学术卓越

Committed to learning beyond what is simply required, Honors Experience students nurture a culture that values the talents and passions of each individual.

跨学科性

The experience is purpose-built for inquisitive, independent thinkers who challenge assumptions, 从多个角度看问题, and aren’t afraid to take on the complex problems facing our world.

聪明才智

Inspired by their own unique perspectives, students co-create and co-curate engaged learning opportunities, from community service to cultural events.

亲身体验

Honors Experience students engage in additional course work and experiential learning activities outside of the classroom.

a student presents research during ClarkFest

在教室里

荣誉课程

You’ll complete four multi-disciplinary courses designed for the experience. These courses highlight the importance of exploring multiple approaches to address the big issues of the day. Up this year: Education, Equity and Possibility.

students work to clean up Beaver Brook in Worcester

在社区里

课余活动

课余活动 are student-developed and student-led projects that take place outside of the classroom. You’ll participate in three activities that are centered around leadership development, 与公民身份, 以及职业准备.

Clark students participate in peer mentor training

在你的队列中

学习型社区

Immerse yourself in a community of curious, like-minded students who love learning for learning’s sake and seek to answer big questions through interdisciplinary study.

常见问题

No. While the Honors Experience has an interdisciplinary academic focus, the experience goes beyond the classroom and is intended to foster personal growth and empower cohorts to create communities of like-minded scholars.

是的,只有一次,在大四的时候. The other honors courses each fulfill core Program of Liberal Studies requirements.

We will select first year intensives (FYIs) from each current year’s offerings, 针对不同的主题. Selection criteria is based on the four foundations: inclusive academic excellence, 跨学科性, 聪明才智, 和社区.

No. You can leave at any time, and that will not change your progress toward completing your degree.

Some of the other benefits to enrolling in the Honors Experience are:

  • 提前注册课程;
  • Each cohort participates in a cultural enrichment event. Fall 2023 students traveled to Boston to attend a performance by sitarist Anoushka Shankar; spring 2024 students shared a Vietnamese meal.
  • Special funding is available for co-curricular activities.

荣誉经历 has been designed such that Department Honors are not affected. All Honors students must complete a culminating experience in their senior year. Many will want to do this through existing Departmental Honors programs, and are encouraged to do so. Departmental honors will show on the student’s record at graduation, 以及荣誉经历. Departmental Honors will remain open to all eligible students, at the discretion of the department faculty. Participation in the Honors Experience does not guarantee acceptance into Departmental Honors.

是的, an anonymous gift allows for a Student Honors Fund and cohort-based enrichment activities each semester.

我们的目标是10%的学生.

No. Students participating in the experience are not housed in the same residence hall. Students living anywhere can participate.

通过专门的设计课程, a cohort of sophomores examined other programs and came up with something new. 阅读起源故事: Sparking curiosity: Students help faculty build Clark’s new honors experience.

入学

The first cohort of Honors Experience students will be selected through the admission process and begin as first-year students in the fall 2024 semester. Students who are not selected for the fall cohort may apply to join in the spring.