Gateway Seminar (HNUH 100) is a one-credit course required of all first-semester University Honors students.
This course is designed to orient students to the University Honors curriculum and to equip them to embark on their personal, academic, and pre-professional journeys at Maryland. While the tracks and clusters of courses are designed to foster intellectual courage in students and to enable them to thrive amidst uncertainty and complexity, the Gateway Seminar provides students with the compass they will need along the way.
Each class of approximately 20 students is led by a UH faculty member, who guides students as they learn about themselves, forge social bonds, and grow intellectually. In that effort, each section has a dedicated Peer Academic Leader (PAL), whom students meet over the summer, and who supports their first-year transition into campus life and learning in University Honors.
In the Gateway Seminar, students produce an online portfolio (Portfolium) that they will use throughout their coursework in UH to curate their insights and critically reflect on their scholarly work. In the Vantage Point Seminar, students will learn to use these portfolios as a professional networking platform to showcase their past accomplishments, present concerns, and future potential.
Gateway Seminar prepares UH students to …
their intellectual passions and life goals
with their peers and with student leaders in the program
campus and community resources needed to chart their individualized paths
methods of critical inquiry and self-reflection
in inclusive collaboration and leadership