UMass Amherst

Commonwealth College Departmental Honors
(HN-CCDEPT)

If you wish to focus your honors work in your major, consider undertaking your major’s HN-CCDEPT track. Departmental Honors tracks are designed to complement and extend the experience of an academic major. HN-CCDEPT requirements are similar to, but more specific than, those of HN-COMMWLT and vary by major. To view a department’s HN-CCDEPT track, click on its link below.

Departmental Honors Advising

Each department has a departmental honors coordinator who approves, advises, and assists students pursuing an HN-CCDEPT track.

If you are interested in joining the HN-CCDEPT track, make an appointment with your departmental honors coordinator. Click here for a list of the honors coordinators.

Departmental Honors Tracks 

Accounting
Afro-American Studies
Animal Science
Anthropology

Architectural Design
Art
Art History
Astronomy
BDIC
Biochem & Molecular Biology
Biology
Building Materials & Wood Tech
Chem Engineering
Chemistry
Chinese Lang & Lit
Civil & Environmental Engin
Classics
Communication
Communication Disorders
Comparative Literature
Computer Science
Computer Systems Engin
Dance
Earth Systems
Economics
Electrical Engineering
English
Environmental Design
Environmental Sciences
Finance & Operations Mgt
Food Science
Forestry
French & Francophone Studies
Geography
Geology
German & Scandanavian    Studies


History
Hospitality & Tourism Mgt
Industrial Engineering
Italian Studies
Japanese Lang and Lit
Journalism
Judaic Studies
Kinesiology
Landscape Architecture
Legal Studies
Linguistics
Management
Marketing
Mathematics and Statistics
Mechanical Engineering
Microbiology
Music
Natural Resources Studies
Nursing
Nutrition
Philosophy
Physics
Plant and Soil Sciences
Political Science
Portuguese
Psychology
Resource Economics
Russian & East European Studies
Sociology
Spanish
Sport Management
STPEC
Theater
University Without Walls
Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation
Womens Studies