MCC’s Commonwealth Honors Program Encourages Challenge

Middlesex Community College’s Commonwealth Honors Program (CHP) offers unique learning opportunities for students who elect to study at a more challenging, advanced level.

The Commonwealth Honors Program at MCC is part of an integrated network of honors programs throughout the Massachusetts public college and university system. It offers a variety of honors course options, as well as opportunities for students to master research and presentation techniques, and engage in extra and co-curricular activities, including field trips and guest lectures.

Registration is now open for spring-semester courses at Middlesex. Classes begin Tuesday, Jan. 22, in Bedford, Lowell and online. Financial aid is available for those who qualify. A complete listing of spring course offerings can be found in MCC’s Spring Academic Advising Schedule: https://www.middlesex.mass.edu/registration/

“The Commonwealth Honors Program is a great place for students who want to be fully engaged in their intellectual enterprise to learn as much as possible about the world around them – and focus on the collegiate experience,” said MCC History Professor David Kalivas, CHP Director.

Students who complete their degrees through CHP are guaranteed transfer to other Commonwealth Honors Programs at any state college or university, or can enhance their applications for other four-year public or private institutions.

To graduate as Commonwealth Honors Scholars, Middlesex students are expected to complete a minimum of three honors courses, one of which must be an interdisciplinary team-taught seminar. Students must also participate in the annual Honors Conference, a public opportunity for students to display and explain their research.

Honors graduates transfer to top schools, including UMass Amherst, Boston University, Chapman University, Columbia University, UMass Lowell, Salem State University, Skidmore College, and University of Virginia, among others.

For more information about MCC’s Commonwealth Honors Program, visit https://www.middlesex.mass.edu/honors/ or call 781-280-3553.

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