Mission and Goals
The McBride Honors Program provides a select community of CSM students the enhanced opportunity to explore the interfaces between their areas of technical expertise and the humanities and social sciences; to gain the sensitivity to project and test the moral and social implications of their future professional judgments and activities; and to foster their leadership abilities in preparation for managing change and promoting the general welfare in an evolving technological and global context.
In preparing to become leaders, students completing the McBride Honors Program should possess the following skills, knowledge, and values:
Skills
- They should be able to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, to a variety of audiences.
- They should be competent in the art of civil discourse.
- They should be able to work effectively both alone and in teams.
- They should have the ability to analyze and critically evaluate both their own ideas and those of others.
Knowledge
- They should possess the knowledge necessary to explore the relationships among economic, political, social and cultural systems, an ability central to the mission of the Program.
- Whenever possible, they should have first-hand experience of the concepts discussed in their seminars through internships, overseas experiences, in-depth research, and community service.
Values
- They should be persons of high principle and character.
- They should develop reflective minds.
- They should accept personal responsibility for their actions as leaders, as professionals, and as citizens.
- They should be aware of and sensitive to diverse languages, cultures, and beliefs, both in this country and abroad, through direct experience wherever possible.
- They should exhibit a love of learning and the promise of continuing it throughout their lives.
- They should appreciate interconnectedness in the changing world.
