Combinations of class work and experiential learning—through individual and group projects, practicum, work experience, and individualized study—culminate in a senior project for all B.A. graduates. Each degree requires work in a major, coursework rooted in the liberal arts tradition, and electives chosen to broaden the student’s areas of interest.

The Campus Undergraduate Program features milestones that help you reach your potential. We take you through a process that promotes project-based, experiential, student-initiated, and student-centered learning.

The course is designed to introduce you to collegiate learning through project-based education and other dimensions of active learning. You learn how to conceptualize, plan, carry out, evaluate, and present both individual and group projects. In this course you will begin to assemble your portfolio.

In this course, students learn and put into practice the basic thought processes, questions, and problem solving styles of the various academic disciplines. Each department has a different seminar. You will interact creatively with faculty and peers, plan and carry out a basic but professional team project, and critique projects of other student teams.

You are encouraged to design a study of your own, to explore in greater depth areas of particular interest. Under the mentorship of a faculty member, you pursue learning objectives that you develop with your mentor.

You will compile and present to the faculty a portfolio that demonstrates integrative knowledge across the core and major curriculums. Beginning when you enter APU, you will collect materials to be included in the documentation for review prior to beginning the senior project. Through narration and examples of your work, you will demonstrate your competency in the skills and understandings that constitute the General University Competencies. This may form the basis of an evolving portfolio that you may continue to maintain as you enter a professional field after graduation.

Each major offers practicum or internship experience that adds more refined and technical problem-solving skills to your professional repertoire. A significant part of the junior practicum is the planning and execution of an individual project with greater complexity and sophistication than projects attempted at earlier levels. The practicum gives you experience involving real world issues.

Your program culminates in the senior project, undertaken in your major and related to your post-graduation plans. The senior project builds upon, and further personalizes, your education. It combines knowledge gained with the ability to apply that knowledge to real situations. Whatever the project, it will be an excellent stepping stone to graduate school or immediate entry into the workplace. You present your senior projects to the campus community at the end of your last semester.