The Honors Program at the University of Maine at Fort Kent is designed to challenge the student with an intensive and rigorous course of study, whose goal is to enhance research skills. The Honors Program is intended to complement existing academic programs. It was approved in 1978 as part of the baccalaureate curriculum.

Each semester the Honors Program offers a topical Honors course, Honors 400. Students enrolled in the seminar earn 3 hours of upper level credit. Seminars are to be formally cross-listed as a 400-level course under at least one existing academic discipline.

The Honors seminar may also be taken for 400-level elective cross-listed credit in any other appropriate academic program, such as Business, with approval of the Director and the appropriate program faculty.

Students who successfully complete a minimum of four upper-level Honors courses graduate with the designation "Honors Scholar" recorded on their degree and transcripts.

Each semester, a different professor or team of professors leads the seminar. The instructor and students share in the excitement of scholarly exploration, utilizing a variety of information resources, including primary data. Usually, each student presents a research paper at the end of the seminar in a conference-like setting.

Other activities of the Honors Program include organization and sponsorship of various Honors forums or colloquia and participation in events of the UMS Honors Association.

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