Place-based Learning Communities
For one year, freshmen in specific science majors will live, eat and breathe science from beginning to end, together. The experience starts right away. A few days before the fall semester begins, you’ll participate in a summer program, which includes fieldwork and seminars.
And over the course of the year, you’ll not only be immersed in your major. With support from a built-in network of faculty and peers, you’ll learn how to navigate college life, all while making new friends. You’ll gain confidence and be more prepared for your future studies at Humboldt.
Among Giants
You live near the Pacific Ocean, ancient coast redwoods—the world’s tallest trees—mountains, dunes, and marshes. These landscapes are home to several Tribal Nations and an array of ecosystems. You venture into the forest to study animals, identify ferns, and examine the soil. In class, you learn broad scientific perspectives and approaches to studying topics ranging from ecosystems to gene expression underlying disease. This program is for Biology, Botany, and Zoology majors.
Klamath Connection
The Klamath flows from Southern Oregon into Northern California. It's big. It's breathtaking. And it’s a complex system affected by ecological, political, and economic factors. Home to diverse communities including Native American tribes, farmers, and fisherman, it's a place we can all learn from. This program brings together Environmental Resources Engineering, Environmental Science & Management, Fisheries Biology, Forestry, Rangeland Resource Science, and Wildlife majors.
Representing Realities
Surrounded by Humboldt’s stunning natural beauty, you connect representations of the world in local Native American art with ideas about patterns and structures in math and computer science. You immerse yourself in problem-solving, listen to renowned mathematicians at Kieval lectures, or gather a team of friends to compete in the LumberHacks Hackathon or the Mathematical Contest in Modeling. These are some of the things you'll experience with Representing Realities, a program for Mathematics and Computer Science majors.
Representing Realities Website
Rising Tides
Living minutes away from some of the most wild, pristine, and vibrant coastline in California, you can venture onto the open ocean to explore its depths aboard a 90-foot research vessel, or wade into rocky tidepools to study sea stars. Real-world experiences like these help you not only learn marine science, but also puts you on a path to becoming a marine scientist. This program is for Biology (Marine Biology concentration) and Oceanography majors.
Stars to Rocks
Imagine being on a hilltop observatory peering up at the stars, searching for clues about the nature of gravity, analyzing river water samples, or taking a field trip to study the Mendocino triple junction atop the Cascadia subduction zone and San Andreas fault. These are some of the activities offered in Stars to Rocks, a cross-disciplinary learning community for Chemistry, Geology, and Physics & Astronomy majors.