A Clark Honors College education makes students workplace ready.
Career Skills
The CHC helps students develop durable career skills that prepare them for their future careers and to enable them to flourish in all domains of life. Beyond technical, field-specific training, durable skills are relevant across career fields and are often what retention and promotion decisions are based on.
What CHC courses offer
- Critical Thinking: Analyze issues to solve complex problems
- Communication: Listen actively, ask questions, write and present complex information clearly
- Adaptability: Integrate new ideas
- Collaboration: Build relationships to work across differences and be accountable
What the Thesis Project offers
- Project Management: Identify objectives, manage logistics, and deliver on schedule
- Coachability: Accept and apply feedback to focus and improve performance
- Professionalism: Take initiative, assume responsibility, and enable others
- Perseverance: Adapt, identify resources, and meet challenges
More opportunities for CHC students to become career-ready
Career Exploration Coursework
All CHC classes help students build durable career skills like critical thinking, communication, adaptability, and collaboration, but our minicourses are especially focused on helping students hone their professional skills and explore career possibilities.
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Experiential Learning
The CHC recognizes the value of experiential learning. It supports students in securing internships, funding for research opportunities, and offering courses that emphasize engagement beyond the classroom.
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The Network
Powered by PeopleGrove, the CHC’s global network of alums helps CHC students step into the professional and postgraduate worlds. For upcoming alumni events, connecting with alumni in professions of interest, and seeing career pathways that different majors provide, log in to The Network.
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CHC Career Advising
Honors college advisors help CHC students develop graduation plans—including summer plans—that lead to career success.
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Campus Career Connections
In addition to the UO Career Center, all CHC students have access to specialized career advising in their majors: