The Honors College at the University of Maryland, College Park is a living and learning program that provides 4,000 students with an academic and residential experience. The program promotes interdisciplinary learning and functions as an “intellectual community within the larger university” by providing a small university experience in a large, research university environment. Anne Arundel Hall and LaPlata Hall house the administrative offices of the Honors College. Anne Arundel Hall and the Ellicott Community are the center of Honors College student life.