a superior education (more reading, more writing, and more seminar discussion—and thus greater breadth of knowledge, intellectual perception, and aptitude for creative thinking)

small seminar-style classes of 12-15 students

classes taught by selected outstanding faculty and Dominican Friars (no courses in the Honors Program or at Providence College are taught by teaching assistants or graduate students)

expert academic advising by the director and associate director of the Honors Program

classes offered by the Randall Distinguished Professor in Christian Culture

special social and cultural events (dinners, lectures, trips to museums, concerts, plays) and opportunities for travel abroad (in recent years groups of Honors students and faculty have traveled to France, Italy, Ireland, and Spain)

Honors students enjoy select classes but are otherwise fully integrated into the life of the college, including extracurricular opportunities such as varsity sports teams, theater, music programs, the College newspaper, poetry magazine, radio station, ROTC, and Friar’s Club.

all Honors courses are weighted (students earn an additional .17 grade points, so that an Honors B+ earns 3.50 while a regular B+ earns 3.33, though an Honors A is the exception and does not earn more than 4.0)

recognition on final transcript of all Honors courses and of completion of Honors Certificate

enhanced applications for professional careers and graduate schools (Honors students have routinely earned admission into the most competitive medical, law, and graduate programs, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Penn, Oxford, Dartmouth, John Hopkins, Chicago, Notre Dame, Toronto, and too many more to fit this space.)