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Honors Learning Communities

Some honors students live in the Honors Residence Learning Community, where they build close friendships with other top students.
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Some honors students live in the Honors Residence Learning Community, where they build close friendships with other top students.

As an honors student, you may choose to live in the Honors Learning Community (HLC). Coed floors reserved for Honors Residence students in two residence halls provide you with specials areas and encourage you to participate broadly in life at Mizzou.

The Honors Residence draws students from the entire campus. Its many features-small library and lounge, contact with faculty and special events-foster a socially stimulating and academically enriching environment. For more information please visit the Office of Residential Life.

Honors Freshman Interest Group (FIG)

A FIG is a Freshman Interest Group, a living-learning community involving about 20 students who live together in the same residence hall and take three classes together in their first semester. FIG students also meet once a week for the 1-credit Freshman Proseminar, a course taught by the peer advisor for each FIG. Peer advisors are usually juniors or seniors in a major related to the subject matter of a FIG.

Each FIG also has a faculty mentor. Honors Freshman Interest Groups (FIGs) are available in a number of interest areas including pre-med, journalism, engineering, business, humanities, and pre-law. In most honors Figs, two of the three courses in the FIG are honors courses or honors sections of regularly offered courses. For more information about FIGs, please visit the Freshman Interest Group Web site.

Last Modified: November 07 2007 .  Copyright © 2003 The Curators of the University of Missouri