Our Scholars Programs
College Park Scholars (Scholars) programs are two-year living-learning programs for first- and second-year students. Students who are invited to Scholars choose to be in one of the 12 thematic programs.
Each Program:
- Has its own academic focus, through which it explores a variety of related topics.
- Offers at least one unique course exclusive to its students each semester.
- Is housed in the Scholars residential community.
- Is led by faculty from a related academic department.
- Limits its first-year enrollment to a class of 70-90 students.
- Challenges students both inside and outside the classroom.
Our Twelve Programs:
- Advocates for Children
- Arts
- Business, Society, and the Economy
- Cultures of the Americas
- Earth, Life, and Time
- Environmental Studies
- International Studies
- Life Sciences
- Media, Self, and Society
- Public Leadership
- Science, Discovery, and the Universe
- Science, Technology, and Society
