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 Student Learning Outcomes (SLO).
Categories of HELOs include but are not limited to:
| Opportunities | Course Number |
|---|---|
| Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) | HONR 2002-304 |
| Army ROTC | HONR 2002-304 |
| Business & Entrepreneur Scholars in Training (BEST) | HONR 2002-308 |
| DifferenceMaker | HONR 2002-306 |
| Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (FAHSS) Emerging Scholars | HONR 2002-305 |
| Honors College City-ships | HONR 2001-302 |
| Honors College Fellowships | HONR 2001-301 |
| Honors College Symposium | HONR 2003-301 |
| Immersive Scholar | HONR 2002-307 |
| Specialized Experience | HONR 2002-309 |
| The Washington Center Experience | HONR 2002-303 |
| UMass Lowell Professional Co-op | HONR 2002-302 |
| UMass Lowell-sponsored study abroad (non-Honors programs) | HONR 2002-301 |
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.
Use the HELO Approval Request Form to obtain your unique permission number to register the HELO in SiS to receive the appropriate credit.
To register for the City-ship HELO, email: Erin_Jenkins@uml.edu
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.