Humboldt sits on the North Coast, a unique and pristine stretch of coastal California where you can find marine ecosystems not easily found elsewhere in the state.

The program is grounded heavily in field-based learning. As a student, you’ll collect living marine organisms from aboard the Coral Sea, our 90-foot ocean-going research vessel, and analyze them back at Humboldt’s Marine Lab near campus.

Undergraduate students have access to facilities and conduct research directly with faculty—experiences normally reserved for graduate students.

The North Coast provides a unique learning lab for students—connecting their education to practical experiences that can’t be found elsewhere including client-based projects, unique field trips, and partnerships with community and tribal partners.

Mechanical engineering means hands-on learning—our students learn how to build electric vehicles, complex machines, and robots, among other projects.

Humboldt has long had a focus on environment and sustainability, and these topics are infused in every part of our program.

The Renewable Energy Student Union is a campus club that has done hands-on energy projects together since 2004. One project is operating a solar radiation monitoring station on the library roof that is part of a national network.

Students have been involved with the research related to wind energy, including internships with Native American tribes, the Redwood Coast Energy Authority, the Schatz Energy Research Center, and more.

Freshman are automatically enrolled in Baduwa’t to Bay, a Place-Based Learning Communities at Humboldt. This year-long program focuses on engineering design within the Baduwa’t (Mad River) Watershed and supports success.

The North Coast provides a unique learning lab for students—connecting their education to practical experiences that can’t be found elsewhere.

Use what you know out in the field, undertaking important research topics that interest you - like global warming, deforestation, ethnic conflict, urban planning and much more - in places that inspire you.

We strive for societal and economic improvement, demonstrated in our personal passions and the professions that we pursue.

Our faculty stay abreast of the most recent research related to the field of Child Development. Research projects, which involve students, are conducted by individual faculty members, as well as by the department as a whole.

Child Development majors work side by side with faculty, as peer mentors and Assistant Head Teachers at the Child Development Lab, by providing feedback and supporting students in specific classes. Students have opportunities to work in the community, gaining valuable professional experience that integrates theory into practice.

This major provides a pathway to teaching and provides at least 24 units of Child Development to meet the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) subject matter requirements for the PK-3 Early Child Education Specialist Instruction Credential.
 

Explore implementing software engineering for good by examining case studies and working on projects that tackle real-world problems. 

Learn to identify and solve complex modern problems through software systems with a focus on sustainability, equity, and justice.

As a freshman majoring, you, along with Software Engineering, Math, Data Science, and Geospatial Analysis majors, will automatically be part of our Place-Based Learning Community called Representing Realities.

The program is grounded in a stigma-free, ethnobotanical approach to cannabis policy and markets, for which the main purpose of legalization is to address social justice problems related to the prohibition of the plant.

Students will explore intersectional social issues that include environmental stewardship, drug policy reform, protecting traditional cannabis communities, sustainable economic development, equitable legalization, and more.

While graduates will be qualified to specialize in cannabis jobs in the public and private sectors, they will develop applied skills that will apply to careers associated with community and environmental stewardship.

Students take their learning beyond the classroom to conduct timely and relevant monitoring and research, which local partners then use to inform fire management.

The campus Fire Lab is among the most well-equipped fire research facilities of any university in the country. Students have access to the Arcata Community Forest behind campus, the Schatz Demonstration Tree Farm, as well as public and private forest lands.

Surrounded by ancient redwoods, and home of the state’s largest Tribal Nations and largest land-based tribes, Cal Poly Humboldt is the perfect place to live and learn. 

Where You’ll Learn

Surrounded by a wide range of habitats, including coastal tide pools, mountain wilderness, rivers, and the ocean, we’re in the perfect environment for field research. 

What You'll Learn

The Zoology curriculum offers a strong foundation in the study of zoology including the study of the evolution, physiology, ecology and conservation of animals.  

Hands-on Learning

Gaining real-world experience is a defining feature of our Zoology program. You’ll get hands-on experience with dissection, experiments, and observation.

Where You Learn

With access to nearly five million acres of forests, parks, and public wilderness lands, the opportunities to study wildlife, ecology, and management are endless.

Future Careers

Our graduates are well-trained and in high demand—more than 80% are employed after graduation.

Personal Attention

Whether you’re in the classroom, the lab, or in the field, you’ll work closely with faculty who are committed to your success.