Honors Program

The Honors Program is an intellectual and creative community that provides a four-year, interdisciplinary, collaborative learning experience for incoming students of exceptional ability. The Honors Program supplements major study with a challenging liberal arts curriculum composed of interdisciplinary seminars, collaborative research projects, and faculty-directed independent study.

Applying to the Honors Program

To apply, print out and submit the Honors Application. As described in the application, you must also complete a 400–600 word essay and submit a graded writing sample. Please submit your completed Honors Application by mail to:

Emerson College Undergraduate Admission Processing Center
P O Box 880
Randolph, MA 02368-0880

Admission to the Honors Program is competitive and only first-year students applying for September Admission are eligible. Each fall, approximately 50 outstanding first-year applicants enroll in the Honors Program. First-year students should first submit their application for admission, then complete the Honors Application.

All first-year students, regardless of major, are invited to apply to the Honors Program. Your Honors Program application decision has no bearing, however, on your admission decision to the College. Students can be accepted to the College without being invited to the Honors Program.

Deadlines

Early Action: November 15, selected outstanding applicants notified in January
Regular Admission: February 1, notification by April 1

Benefits

Our Honors Program allows you to take advantage of individual advising, special lectures, interdisciplinary fulfillment of Emerson’s general education requirements, priority course registration determined by credit standing, collaborative research projects, and special extracurricular activities. You will also receive mentoring and interact with upper-class colleagues. Through social events and community service projects you become an integral part of the Honors Program’s “community of learners.”

Students enrolled in the program also receive our top merit award, a half-tuition Trustees scholarship that is renewable each academic year. Trustees Scholars are ineligible for the Dean’s Scholarship or our other merit awards.

More Information

You can find more information about requirements and eligibility at the Honors Program website.