JMHP Classes

The John H. Martinson Honors Program specially arranges a menu of 30 - 40 JMHP classes offered each fall and spring semester (approximately 80 per year).  Several JMHP classes are offered each summer in the Georgia Tech Oxford Summer Study Abroad Program. 

Classes are typically small, with high levels of student and faculty engagement, and incorporate one or more active-learning elements: seminar-style class discussions, class presentations, team problem-solving, team projects, or service-learning opportunities on the Georgia Tech campus or in the Atlanta community. 

Many JMHP classes, including some “core” classes (English, lab science), are interdisciplinary in scope. JMHP classes are designed for students who are highly motivated to pursue their curiosity, creativity, and connection with communities, often crossing disciplinary boundaries and proceeding from theory to practical application.

Learning Beyond the Classroom

Students extend their learning in after-class conversations, study groups, and extra-curricular activities, and at JMHP luncheons, activities, and events with fellow JMHP students, staff, and faculty. Often, JMHP students network to pursue research or business start-up projects growing out of their shared learning experiences. Opportunities for learning beyond the classroom are enhanced by:

• Shared living space for first-year, transfer, and upper-year JMHP students, with available study lounges in Eighth Street East and South, as well as the JMHP Office Suite in Eighth Street West, complete with study area, digital screen, and a practice piano.
• Honors Leadership Council (HLC) events and activities, funded by the JMHP program fee and planned, coordinated, and led by upper-level JMHP students who have been selected (by current HLC members) for HLC membership.
• JMHP Challenge Fund Awards, funded by the JMHP program fee and awarded by JMHP staff to students who submit proposals for service-oriented experiences, attendance at academic or leadership conferences, and or innovative projects of the students’ own design.  Five projects are funded for up to $500 each fall and spring semester.
• The JMHP Outstanding Student Award is given to one graduating senior who best exemplifies excellence in academic achievement, leadership, creative endeavors (of any kind), and personal integrity.