UNIQUE PROGRAMS
Exceptional learning opportunities
THE HONORS PROGRAM
The Emerson College Honors Program is an intellectual and creative community that integrates a challenging liberal arts curriculum and specialized study in your chosen field. You will take a sequence of inspiring interdisciplinary courses that fulfill the College's general education requirements and are designed to encourage you to achieve at your highest capacity.
The curriculum culminates in an Honors thesis that relates critical and theoretical perspectives to your work. Through individual faculty advising, a low student-to-faculty ratio, upper-class peer mentorships, and dedicated social events, the Honors Program fosters strong bonds between students and faculty.
THE EMERSON PRISON INITIATIVE
The Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI) provides a Bachelor of Arts degree pathway to incarcerated people in Massachusetts. Its mission is to democratize access to education for those who have been historically marginalized or otherwise unable to attend college. EPI students work toward a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media, Literature, and Culture from Emerson College, with a minor in Economics.
If you are interested in engaging with EPI, you can enroll in the EPI Co-Curricular (IN347) where you will work with a faculty mentor to research topics related to mass incarceration and prison education, and apply that research to projects in support of EPI’s mission.