Seeig is Believig To truly get a sese of Humboldt State Uiversity, you eed to come to campus ad see it for yourself. Not util you have take a campus tour, checked out our residece halls, spoke with a Admissios Couselor, sat i o a class, ad met with a faculty member ca you fully appreciate what sets us apart from other uiversities ad why so may studets choose to come to HSU every year! Where are we located? What s the area like? Would we be biased if we told you that this part of Califoria is oe of the most amazig places o earth? Sure. The agai, whe you visit you will see where we re comig from spectacular beaches, vibrat cities, ad oe-of-a-kid atural woders. Welcome to Humboldt Couty, home to the world s tallest trees old-growth coastal Redwoods that ca grow to 300 feet tall ad live to be 2,000 years. Redwood Natioal Park is just oe of Humboldt Couty s favorite attractios. The park boasts 37 miles of pristie coastlie, a mosaic of diverse habitats, a herd of Roosevelt elk, ad ulimited opportuities for hikig, campig, ad recoectig with ature. The best time to visit the campus is whe school is i sessio. Campus visits ca usually be arraged for ay weekday or Saturday throughout the year. Sice campus visits are tailored to meet the studets iterests, whe possible, please cotact us a week i advace to allow eough time for us to make appropriate arragemets. To schedule a campus visit, please cotact the Office of Admissios: Telephoe: 866-850-9556 (toll-free) or 707-826-6270 (local) Moday Friday, 8:00 A.M. 5:00 P.M. Email: welcome@humboldt.edu Website: humboldt.edu The Admissios staff looks forward to seeig you at Humboldt State Uiversity! 4 Welcome to Humboldt 2017 18 Humboldt State Uiversity Catalog
The Humboldt State Commuity Welcome to the Humboldt State Commuity As a studet at Humboldt State, you ll probably hear refereces to the HSU commuity a phrase used to describe the strog sese of coectio amog our studets, faculty, staff, ad alumi. Together, they make HSU what it is today: a uiversity that offers high-quality educatio, fosters diversity, ad ispires studets to better uderstad themselves ad the world. This commuity is focused o helpig studets to be successful ad achieve their academic goals. Our faculty ad staff are kow for providig studets with the persoal attetio, metorig, ad support they eed to thrive ad grow. We have developed world-class academic programs that challege studets to thik critically ad deeply. Like ay group, we are the sum of may parts. HSU is ideed fortuate to iclude people with differet backgrouds ad uique perspectives. This diversity eriches our commuity ad stregthes the educatioal experiece here. It helps us uderstad the value to be foud i differeces, while offerig us opportuities to reflect more deeply o our ow cultures ad values. HSU s commuity is also strogly iflueced by our locatio i oe of the world s most beautiful ad ispirig atural eviromets. We live ad lear amog aciet redwood forests, rivers, ad pristie coastlie. Each day serves as a remider of the importace of protectig this eviromet ad ecosystems aroud the world; i this cotext, our commuity has a log-stadig commitmet to both evirometal resposibility ad social justice. This is reiforced each year at commecemet, whe may of our graduates take the Humboldt Graduatio Pledge of Social ad Evirometal Resposibility. Presidet Lisa A. Rossbacher Ultimately, you play a importat role i makig Humboldt a vibrat place to live ad lear. Durig your time as a studet, ad the as a alumus or aluma, you will play a ogoig role i shapig a learig commuity that reaches aroud the world ad stretches back more tha a cetury. O behalf of the Uiversity, thak you for beig part of this commuity. 2017 18 Humboldt State Uiversity Catalog Welcome to Humboldt 5
Our Visio Humboldt State Uiversity will be the campus of choice for idividuals who seek above all else to improve the huma coditio ad our eviromet. We will be the premier ceter for the iterdiscipliary study of the eviromet ad its atural resources. We will be a regioal ceter for the arts. We will be reowed for social ad evirometal resposibility ad actio. We believe the key to our commo future will be the idividual citize who acts i good cosciece ad egages i iformed actio. We will commit to icreasig our diversity of people ad perspectives. We will be exemplary parters with our commuities, icludig tribal atios. We will be stewards of learig to make a positive differece. Our Missio Humboldt State Uiversity (HSU) is a comprehesive, residetial campus of the Califoria State Uiversity (CSU). We welcome studets from Califoria ad the world to our campus. We offer them access to affordable, high-quality educatio that is resposive to the eeds of a fast-chagig world. We serve them by providig a wide array of programs ad activities that promote uderstadig of social, ecoomic, ad evirometal issues. We help idividuals prepare to be resposible members of diverse societies. These programs ad the experiece of a Humboldt State educatio serve as a catalyst for life-log learig ad persoal developmet. We strive to create a iclusive eviromet of free iquiry i which learig is the highest priority. I this eviromet, discovery through research, creative edeavors, ad experiece eergize the educatioal process. 6 Welcome to Humboldt 2017 18 Humboldt State Uiversity Catalog
Welcome To Humboldt Professors Who Kow You by Name At Humboldt State, you wo t sped four years watchig your professor from the back of a massive lecture hall. You ll kow your professors. You ll kow your classmates. You ll be ivolved. Our studets graduate with a uique mix of critical thikig skills ad real world experiece, ad it all starts with how we teach. We dedicate ourselves to metorig studets i small classes taught by professors who really get to kow them. Studets also do more tha sped time i a lecture hall ad take otes they get plety of chaces to step outside the classroom, laboratory, or studio, ad put what they are learig to use. HSU studets graduate with more tha a degree. They leave HSU with the experiece that takes them where them wat to go i life. Hads-O Learig Not Just for Graduate Studets Imagie usig state-of-the-art techology to peer ito the world of quatum physics, lookig for clues about the ature of gravity. That s just oe of the research projects that ivolve udergraduate studets i HSU s Departmet of Physics & Astroomy. Gettig udergraduates ivolved i research ca make a big differece i their educatio. Ad most uiversities typically reserve this work for graduate studets. At HSU, studets take part i meaigful research i all academic fields, workig closely with dedicated ad taleted professors. 2017 18 Humboldt State Uiversity Catalog Welcome to Humboldt 7
Learig to Create Greeer Commuities Just how efficiet ca you make a hydroge fuel cell? Ad what are the implicatios for trasportatio, home eergy eeds ad more? For decades, Humboldt State has bee a leader i aswerig questios like these. Our focus o alterative eergy empowers studets to create sustaiable commuities. Uder the guidace of expert faculty, Humboldt State studets are egaged i research o solar, biomass, ad other alterative eergy sources. HSU s iteratioally reowed Schatz Eergy Research Ceter has developed hydroge fuel techology, ad the Ceter s studet researchers operate a hydroge fuelig statio o campus. the Waste- Reductio & Resource Awareess Program promotes clea eergy techologies, ad the Humboldt Eergy Idepedece Fud creates studet-drive reewable eergy projects o campus. I fact, literally hudreds of classes, clubs, ad iitiatives at Humboldt State focus o creatig a greeer, more sustaiable future. Humboldt State s dedicatio to the commuity goes beyod evirometal sustaiability. HSU studets are committed to creatig a fair ad just society for everyoe. That s oe of the reasos why studets at HSU created the Graduatio Pledge i 1987. The pledge has sice bee adopted by schools all over the world. I pledge to explore ad take ito accout the social ad evirometal cosequeces of ay job I cosider ad will try to improve these aspects of ay orgaizatios for which I work. HSU Graduatio Pledge 8 Welcome to Humboldt 2017 18 Humboldt State Uiversity Catalog
Learig That Goes Way Beyod the Classroom Your educatio here will iclude a mix of creative thikig ad commuicatio skills, alog with hads-o experiece ad career preparatio. You ll be challeged by ew perspectives ad will get to kow diverse idividuals. Ad whatever your specific area of study, you ll lear the value of workig for positive chage i society. Hads-o experiece i cuttig edge facilities helps prepare our studets for success i careers or acceptace ito top graduate schools upo graduatio. There are may great facilities available for use by udergraduate studets. Here are some highlights: Schatz Eergy Research Ceter Home of the coutry s first hydroge powered electric vehicle Biomechaics Lab Research ad learig facility for aalyzig mechaical ad euromuscular characteristics of huma motio Humboldt State Herbarium The largest i the CSU system with early 100,000 specimes Child Developmet Lab A special eviromet for observig ad workig directly with childre Coral Sea Research Vessel The atio s oly research vessel used primarily for udergraduate research Arcata Commuity Forest A livig 2,134-acre classroom adjacet to campus Gravitatioal Research Lab Where studets explore the boudaries of physics Our wide rage of academic offerigs will give you the flexibility to explore your optios ad fid the major that best fits your iterests. We also have more tha 170 studet clubs focused o academics, careers, culture, sports, ad lifestyle. Explore this catalog ad take the opportuity to lear more about all that HSU has to offer. Do t forget to visit The Campus Commuity, Admissio Iformatio, ad Academic Regulatios sectios to get a head start o a successful academic career at Humboldt State. 2017 18 Humboldt State Uiversity Catalog Welcome to Humboldt 9
Accreditatio Humboldt State Uiversity is accredited by the orgaizatios listed below. Iformatio regardig accreditatio of these programs ca be foud at the associated departmetal offices. Wester Associatio of Schools & Colleges Egieerig Accreditatio Commissio of ABET America Chemical Society (ACS) Califoria Commissio o Teacher Credetialig Coucil o Social Work Educatio Natioal Academy of Early Childhood Programs reportig to the Natioal Associatio for the Educatio of Youg Childre (NAEYC) Natioal Associatio of Schools of Art & Desig (NASAD) Natioal Associatio of Schools of Music (NASM) Society of America Foresters Humboldt State has bee approved or desigated by: Califoria Board of Behavioral Scieces Califoria State Board of Educatio Departmet of Veteras Affairs State Board of Forestry (BOF) Studet & Exchage Visitor Iformatio System (SEVIS) US Office of Persoel Maagemet (OPM) 10 Welcome to Humboldt 2017 18 Humboldt State Uiversity Catalog
What HSU graduates should kow ad be able to do as a result of their HSU experiece HSU graduates will be prepared to: succeed i their chose careers take resposibility for idetifyig persoal goals ad practicig lifelog learig pursue social justice, promote evirometal resposibility, ad improve ecoomic coditios i their workplaces ad commuities HSU graduates at the baccalaureate level will have demostrated: effective commuicatio through writte ad oral modes critical ad creative thikig skills i acquirig a broad base of kowledge ad applyig it to complex issues competece i a major area of study appreciatio for ad uderstadig of a expaded world perspective by egagig respectfully with a diverse rage of idividuals, commuities, ad viewpoits. HSU graduates at the masters level will be able to: elucidate the major theories, research methods ad approaches to iquiry ad/or schools of practice i the studet s field of study; articulate their sources ad illustrate both their applicatio ad their relatioships to allied fields disaggregate, adapt, reformulate ad employ pricipal ideas, techiques or methods at the forefrot of their field of study i the cotext of a writte product or project provide adequate evidece (through papers, projects, otebooks, computer files or catalogues) of cotributig to, expadig, assessig, ad/or refiig kowledge withi their field of study create sustaied, coheret argumets or explaatios ad reflectios o their work or that of collaborators (if applicable), to both geeral ad specialized audieces apply the ethical framework(s) appropriate to their field of study employ the tools, cocepts, ad methods appropriate to their iquiry i a project, paper or performace 2017 18 Humboldt State Uiversity Catalog Welcome to Humboldt 11