Faculty /  Program Web Pages

Location: Feinstein Academic Center 316
Phone: 401-865-2233
Fax: 401-865-2057

The Liberal Arts Honors Program offers students of high academic ability and initiative a more in-depth and rigorous version of the Providence College core curriculum. Students are required to take a minimum of six Honors courses: including four courses in Honors Development of Western Civilization during the freshmen and sophomore years, one or two Honors electives in the junior year, and a capstone Colloquium in the senior year. Most Honors students opt to take two or three courses beyond the minimum of six.

Honors courses are offered in virtually all areas of the core curriculum, including Theology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Fine Arts. Honors courses require substantially more reading, more writing, and more seminar discussion—and thus provide students with greater breadth of knowledge, intellectual perception, and aptitude for creative thinking. Small, seminar-style classes of 12-15 students allow for extensive one-on-one contact among students and professors.

Invitations to the Honors Program are extended from the Office of Admission based on the student’s application to Providence College . There is no separate application process. Qualifying students are invited into the program on the basis of the rigor of their high school courses, class standing, SAT scores, recommendations, and sample essays. Students who are not invited as freshmen, however, can apply for admission into the Honors Program after one or two semesters of outstanding academic performance at the College.

For course listings and descriptions, please see the  on-line undergraduate catalog.  

The Faculty
Stephen J. Lynch, Ph.D., [sabbatical Spring 2008]
Suzanne J. Fournier, Ph.D., Acting Director

The Liberal Arts Honors faculty is comprised of professors and Dominican Friars from virtually all departments on campus. Faculty members are selected by the director of the program on the basis of outstanding teaching and scholarship. Honors courses are also offered by the Randall Distinguished Professor in Christian Culture. No courses in the Honors Program or at Providence College are taught by teaching assistants or graduate students.

Visit the Web pages maintained by the Liberal Arts Honors Program:
http://www.providence.edu/lah/