Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo founded its University Honors Program in 1999. Our mission...
Cal Poly’s University Honors Program empowers students as scholars, leaders, and innovators, through intentional interdisciplinary experiences, faculty mentorship, and opportunities both in and beyond the classroom.
The Honors Program has identified six Program Learning Objectives that support the program mission and define what Honors students will know and be able to do by the time they graduate from Cal Poly and the Honors Program. These objectives are:
- Make reasoned decisions based on an understanding of diversity, sustainability, global perspectives, technology, power, and ethics.
- Integrate knowledge from different disciplines to innovatively approach problems on a local and global scale.
- Communicate effectively as a collaborative member of an interdisciplinary group or team.
- Proactively seek leadership opportunities in unexpected places, while applying transformational leadership principles.
- Engage in high-impact practices that foster critical thinking, stewardship, community, and civic responsibility.
- Purposefully engage in introspection and self-reflection to iteratively improve one’s community impact.
In support of these learning objectives, the Honors Program provides curricular and extracurricular programming designed to foster intellectual engagement, knowledge discovery, and the mutual exchange of ideas. Honors faculty are partners in this journey and contribute greatly to the success of the program. Having the opportunity to work closely with interesting, engaged, motivated, and caring faculty members is often cited as a program strength by Honors students.
