Humanities Honours Programme (BA)

In March, students who qualify for the Honours programme will receive a personal invitation for the HHP information meetings. Did you not receive an email, but do you meet the criteria? Then sign up for the information via humanitieshonours@uu.nl

Criteria for participation in the Honours Programme:

• Good academic qualifications (this is evident from your study results and your study commitment).
• A broad academic interest (this is evident from the books and/or newspapers you read, the films you visit, reports you write, etc.).
• Initiative and creativity in deepening and broadening academic insight and skills.
• Willingness to look beyond the boundaries of your field of study.

We also expect you to cooperate in the development of (the community of) Humanities Honours Programme and the organisation of joint activities.

Sign-up before 1 May 

Are you interested in honours education and do you meet the criteria? Send an email to humanitieshonours@uu.nl with the following documents:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Motivation letter of max 750 words
• Representative piece of work (e.g. a paper you wrote as part of a first year course)
• Osiris printout of your transcript

Make sure you send in your application by 1 May. The interviews with the selection committee will be in May.

The Humanities Honours Programme starts in the 2nd academic year and consists of a total of 45 credits (EC). These credits are partly on top of your regular programme. As an Honours student you graduate with (at least) 195 EC instead of 180 EC. The Humanities Honours Programme is multilingual. For students who do not have a sufficient command of Dutch, an English-language route is possible. Would you like more information about this? Please contact humanitieshonours@uu.nl

Year 2:

• Honours Explorations course (7.5, as a supplement to your regular programme)
• Good at Humanities course (7.5 EC, replaces a course in your bachelor's programme in year 2)
• Honours Research Seminar (15 EC as part of your electives)
• Humanities Honours Portfolio

Jaar 3:

• Humanities Honours Thesis (15 EC, of which 7.5 EC are a supplement to your regular programme. For students in the History bachelor's programme, as of cohort 2021 the 15 EC thesis is part of the major)
• Humanities Honours Portfolio

You will be automatically enrolled in the Honours courses. To register for the thesis, please contact humanitieshonours@uu.nl.

Study results at the end of year 2

At the end of the second year we will evaluate your progress, based on your study results in the Honours programme as well as your regular programme. You can terminate your participation in the Humanities Honours Programme at any time. If you wish to do so, contact your Honours coordinator and unsubscribe in time at humanitieshonours@uu.nl

> Supplementary Requirements Honours Thesis

The Humanities Honours programme concludes with an Honours Thesis (15 EC): a thesis with both quantitative and qualitative additional requirements. 

Based on the progress in the Honours programme, you will be registered by the programme in the Honours Thesis code. For the assignment of a supervisor and division into thesis seminars, it is important that you also register in Osiris for the regular BA thesis code (preferably the 15 EC variant).

Contact your Honours coordinator to obtain additional advice on who can supervise you for the honours specific aspects of your thesis. He or she can also explain the additional requirements for an Honours thesis for you if you still have questions.

Make sure that your thesis supervisor is aware of the additional requirements for the Honours Thesis.

Several times a year an information meeting is organised for HHP participants working on their thesis. You have to participate to this meeting at least once. At the end of the academic year, you will present your findings in a meeting on location, which is organised by the graduates themselves.

Dates of meetings:

• Monday 3 October 2022 17.30-18.30  
• Tuesday 22 November 2022 17.30-18.30
• Tuesday 17 January 2023 17.30-18.30

The number of students per meeting is limited, so please sign up in time via humanitieshonours@uu.nl. After you have signed up, you will receive more information about the meeting.

> Instructions for completing your portfolio

You keep a portfolio from the start of the Honours Programme, which you submit to your Honours coordinator at the end of each year. In this portfolio, you report on contributions to at least two activities (extracurricular, one per honours year) and reflect on your own learning process. Your Honours coordinator will make an appointment with you to discuss the portfolio.

Organisation Honours Activity

If you are planning to set up an Honours activity, please contact SV Eureka to help you on your way. To submit a budget, please use this form.

Are you doubting whether the Honours Programme is for you? Or are you unable or not willing to complete the entire programme? There is an option to follow only the first course or the first 2 courses:
 

• Honours Explorations HHP1V17001 (7,5 EC - block 1 & 2)
• Being Good at Humanities HHP2V17001 (7,5 EC - block 2)

The course(s) will count as electives. If you want to make use of this option, the participation criteria for the Honours Programme will also apply to you.

How to register

You can apply up until 1 May. You will be following the same selection procedure as students who wish to participate in the entire Honours Programme. Read on under the section 'Participation criteria & selection procedure' and indicate on your application that you only want to participate in one or both of the first 2 courses.

Do you decide at the end of block 1 that you want to follow the entire honours programme?

Then apply during the late enrolment of block 2. You do so by sending an email to humanitieshonours@uu.nl.

Please note:

• Students who are enrolled in the full Honours Programme from the start will have priority for enrolment. If the size of the group is exceeded, a draw will take place.
• Are you enrolled as a full Honours student? Then the first two courses no longer count as electives but are part of the regular Honours Programme. Read more about this under the heading 'Programme'.