The Honors Program is grounded in the perspectives of the liberal arts and sciences, and is designed both to encourage advanced research skills in students and to offer topical research seminars as complements to academic programs at UMFK. Regardless of specific topic, the goals of the topical seminars are to develop:

1. critical evaluation of primary source materials
2. critical thinking and discussion
3. research and writing skills
4. oral presentation skills through student presentations of projects at campus and regional symposia