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:

OpportunitiesCourse Number
Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)HONR 2002-304
Army ROTCHONR 2002-304
UMass Lowell DifferenceMakerHONR 2002-306
Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences (FAHSS) Emerging ScholarsHONR 2002-305
Honors College City-shipsHONR 2001-302
Honors College FellowshipsHONR 2001-301
Honors College SymposiumHONR 2003-301
UMass Lowell Immersive ScholarHONR 2002-307
The Washington Center ExperienceHONR 2002-303
UMass Lowell Professional Co-opHONR 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_Maitland@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.