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Representing Realities
Learn to Understand and Represent the World Around You
Join a year-long program to interact with the world of math and computation. You’ll also build connections with students who are as passionate about modeling the world around us as you.
This program is for students majoring in Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Geospatial Science & Technology, and Software Engineering.
Video: Representing Realities at Cal Poly Humboldt
At Humboldt, we learn in and from the environment around us
Immerse yourself in the North Coast
Begin your semester exploring connections to the local region, as well as the languages of problem solving and modeling, a few days before the semester starts.
Gain Instant Connections
Join a community of first-year students who are engaged and excited about studying math and computer science.
Get Hands-on Experience
You’ll gain practical experience through field trips, projects, and research.
The Specialized Experiences that Make up Representing Realities
Surrounded by Humboldt’s stunning natural beauty, you’ll connect representations of the world in local Native American art with ideas about patterns and structures in math and computer science.
You’ll 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.
Enroll in program-specific sections of major and general education courses. These courses will demonstrate the link between the participating majors as well as relate them to the place where you are choosing to live and study for the next four years.
Take a course that covers college basics (such as campus resources and study habits) and what it means to be a mathematician or computer scientist.
You also have the opportunity to live with other Representing Realities students. It’s a great way to meet people and make friends.
Guided Enrollment for Fall Semester
Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, and Software Engineering majors in Representing Realities will have the opportunity to enroll in:
- SCI 100 (Becoming a STEM Professional in the 21st Century)
- CS 111 (Computer Science Foundations 1)
- NAS 104 (Introduction to Native American Studies)
- MATH (dependent on preparedness)
- COMM 100, ENGL 102, or ENGL 104 (Fundamentals of Speech or Composition and Rhetoric)
These courses are selected in collaboration with the Representing Realities faculty team and are relevant to Representing Realities specific programming.
Geospatial Science & Technology majors in Representing Realities will have the opportunity to enroll in:
- SCI 100 (Becoming a STEM Professional in the 21st Century)
- GSP 101 (Geospatial Concepts)
- GEOG 106 (Physical Geography)
- MATH (dependent on preparedness)
- NAS 104, ENGL 102, or ENGL 104 (Introduction to Native American Studies or Composition and Rhetoric)
These courses are selected in collaboration with the Representing Realities faculty team and are relevant to Representing Realities specific programming.
Guided Enrollment for Spring Semester
The courses students enroll in for spring semester will depend on what students enrolled in for fall semester. Computer Science majors will have the opportunity to enroll in the following courses:
- CS 112 (Computer Science Foundations 2)
- CS 100 or GEOG 100 (Critical Thinking with Computers or Critical Thinking: Technology and the Digital World)
Students will work with their advisor to fill out the rest of their spring schedule.
The courses students enroll in for spring semester will depend on what students enrolled in for fall semester. Data Science and Mathematics majors will have the opportunity to enroll in the following courses:
- CS 100 or GEOG 100 (Critical Thinking with Computers or Critical Thinking: Technology and the Digital World)
Students will work with their advisor to fill out the rest of their spring schedule.
The courses students enroll in for spring semester will depend on what students enrolled in for fall semester. Software Engineering majors will have the opportunity to enroll in the following courses:
- CS 112 (Computer Science Foundations 2)
Students will work with their advisor to fill out the rest of their spring schedule.
The courses students enroll in for spring semester will depend on what students enrolled in for fall semester. Geospatial Science & Technology majors will have the opportunity to enroll in the following courses:
- CS 100 or GEOG 100 (Critical Thinking with Computers or Critical Thinking: Technology and the Digital World)
- COMM 100 or NAS 104 (Fundamentals of Speech or Introduction to Native American Studies)
Students will work with their advisor to fill out the rest of their spring schedule.
