Satisfy an honors requirement with an Honors Experiential Learning Opportunity (HELO). HELOs provide students with hands-on experience outside of the classroom. These credit and non-credit opportunities allow students to learn through experience and help to connect what they learned in the classroom to real-world situations. These experiences will aid in developing new skills and provide professional and personal growth opportunities.
HELOs are guided by either a faculty mentor, a director, or coordinator/liaison. With the exception of the Honors Symposium, students are required to present for 15 minutes on their Honors Experiential Learning Opportunity. This should be a visual presentation (e.g. PowerPoint) which includes one slide that addresses how this HELO satisfied/met at least one SLO.
Categories of HELOs include but are not limited to:
Students may use an Honors Experiential Learning Opportunity (HELO) to satisfy the H4, H5 or H6 Honors Curriculum requirements. However, students may only use up to two total HELOs for their H1-H8 requirements.
Julian Zabalbeascoa, Associate Director of Honors Experiential Learning Opportunities and Communication, approves all HELO opportunities with the exception of Honors College City-ships which are coordinated by Erin Maitland. Students must be successfully approved for a HELO prior to starting the activity for Honors credit.
Obtain a unique permission number for your City-ship HELO via email: Erin_Maitland@uml.edu, and for all other HELOs email: Julian_Zabalbeascoa@uml.edu for your permission number to register the HELO in SiS to receive the appropriate credit.
Upon completion of a HELO, students will sign up via the HELO Presentation Request form.
If you would like to learn more please email: Julian_Zabalbeascoa@uml.edu.