University of New England

Honors Program

The Department of Biological Sciences sponsors a Biology Honors program. The goal of the Biology Honors Program is to engage advanced students in high quality, independent research under the supervision of a faculty mentor.

Students with exemplary academic performance during the freshman year are invited to enroll in a series of honors seminars during the sophomore and junior years designed to help them learn about the research process. Students typically conduct their research projects during their junior and/or senior year, culminating in a written thesis and oral presentation, which, if approved by an honors examining committee, leads to the award of a bachelor’s degree "with Honors."

A list of faculty and their respective research interests can be found at www.une.edu/cas/biological/faculty.asp.

The official Honors Program guidelines are available here.

You can learn more about the Biology Honors Program by contacting Markus Frederich, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences (mfrederich@une.edu).