The Commonwealth Honors Program encourages you to immerse yourself in your studies, think critically about your work, and take on advanced research opportunities. Take classes with other introspective students and have meaningful conversations in your honors-level classes. Reach your full potential with the our honors program.
About the Program
Students participating in the Honors Program:
- Complete selected courses on an Honors level
- Participate in an Honors Colloquium
- Participate in Cultural and Social events
- Receive personal guidance and peer support
- Increase their transfer and scholarship opportunities
- Have access to an Honors Lounge providing space for study, small gatherings and pursuit of research
- Receive College-wide recognition
All potential Honors Program students must meet with the Honors Program Coordinator.
To remain in good standing, and for QCC’s Honors Program to be recognized as a Commonwealth Honors Program, all students, once accepted into the Honors Program, must maintain a cumulative grade point average of no less than 3.3.
Requirements
To graduate as a Commonwealth Honors Scholar from Quinsigamond Community College, students need a minimum of:
- A 3.3 GPA;
- Three honors courses with a grade of B or better. The Program provides students an opportunity to substitute one honors class with independent research or an honors contract in a non-honors class of the student’s choosing;
- IDS 200: Honors Colloquium, an interdisciplinary team-taught capstone course.
To be admitted to Quinsigamond Community College’s Commonwealth Honors Program, a student must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Current QCC Students: 3.5 cumulative GPA with college level credits(progress or final grades)
- New QCC Students: High School GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale and placement into ENG 101.
- Transfer Students: in good standing from another Commonwealth Honors Program.
A student who does not meet one of the above automatic admissions criteria may apply to the Honors Coordinator, providing other evidence of academic success including recommendations from high school or college faculty.
Apply to the Program
The Honors Program at Quinsigamond Community College strives to motivate academically talented students to develop their fullest potential. In addition, the Program seeks to awaken and nurture a sense of humane citizenry and community responsibility within its members.The Honors Program at QCC is the ultimate college experience. Honors courses offer the students alternative learning opportunities to enhance critical thinking skills.
Honors courses “encourage student involvement. Although the course objectives are primarily the same as in the non-honors sections, the classes emphasize individual interpretation and analysis, creative thinking, oral communication, and writing . . . . The level of discussion is usually more intellectual and probing, and the student outcomes for the course may emphasize an improvement of critical thinking . . . . There is considerable agreement among honors professionals that an honors section is not formed by adding more work to the regular course.”
Fall 2024
In-Person
- ENG 101-06 Composition I HONORS | Professor Margaret Wong | MW 09:30-10:45AM; Honors Center, 352 A
- ENG 101-34 Composition I HONORS | Professor John Stazinski | TR 11:00AM-12:15PM; Honors Center, 352A
- ENG 102-12 Composition II HONORS | Stazinski, John / TR 09:30-10:45AM; MAIN Campus, Administration Building, Honors Classroom, 352 / Honors Lecture
- PSY 101-06 Introduction to Psychology HONORS | Professor Jennifer Arner Welsh| MW 11:00AM-12:15PM; Honors Center, 352A
- HST 105-01 World History II: 1500-WWI HONORS| Professor Ken Wong TR 12:30-01:45PM; Honors Center, 352A
- IDS 200-01 Honors Colloquium: Special Topics: (Hi)Stories of American Violence | Professors Michael J. Gormley and Benjamin D. Wendorf | MW 12:30-01:45PM; Honors Center, 352
Online
- ENG 102-B1 Composition II HONORS| Professor Susan McPherson | 00:00-00:00AM;, Online Courses / Honors Lecture
Remote Blended
- PHI 203-01 Philosophy of Technology HONORS | Professor Amy Beaudry | W 11:00AM-12:15PM; Remote Learning / Honors Lecture
Honors Community at Quinsigamond
The Commonwealth Honors Program at Quinsigamond offers more than inspiring academics; it offers a real sense of community for its participants. Honors students have the opportunity to work in small groups, receive individual attention from faculty, meet and discuss challenges and opportunities, participate in a library mentoring program; attend and present at the Undergraduate Research Conference at UMass Amherst; participate in a state-wide Honors Student Council; and attend events at public colleges and universities across the state, among other activities.
Transferring to a 4-year college or university
QCC Transfer Office — 272A, 508.854.4562, transfer@qcc.mass.edu.
Honors Communities at Massachusetts 4-year universities
For a complete listing of participating Commonwealth Honors Programs and Colleges please visit the Department of Higher Education website at http://www.mass.edu/system/honors.asp.
Honors News
QCC announces Spring 2024 semester dean and merit lists
The class of 2024 from Quinsigamond Community College includes 459 students on the Dean's List and 1,072 students on the Merit List
PTK Students Make All-Massachusetts Academic Team
Two Phi Theta Kappa students, Quint Kunar-Hallas and Jon Sawyer, were recently inducted into the All-Massachusetts Academic Team at the Massachusetts State House.
Phi Theta Kappa Gives Early College Students Insider Scoop
QCC’s Early College program and Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) teamed up to educate Early College students on the benefits of joining a program like PTK, an honor society specifically for community colleges
Learn More
For further information and an Honors Program Application, reach out to us!