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Brigham Young University–Idaho 2009-2010
Brigham Young University–Idaho prepares students for lifelong
learning, for employment, and for their roles as citizens and parents.
Innovative educational concepts help prepare graduates to contrib-
ute signifi cantly to the Church, community, and workplace.
At BYU–Idaho
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A year-round track system allows more students to attend
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Internships enhance marketability
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The Student Activities Program provides students with
opportunities to lead and serve
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The Learning Model fosters faith-building learning
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The Foundations program offers a focused and complete
approach to learning
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Students are trained to be leaders
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Students develop a life of honor
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The “Spirit of Ricks” is preserved and enhanced
A year-round track system allows more students to attend.
BYU–Idaho operates on an expanded year-round basis to allow more
students the opportunity to attend. This creative academic calendar
revolves around a three-track system: Spring/Fall, Fall/Winter, and
Winter/Spring. Qualifi ed students are admitted to one of the three
tracks. They stay on the same track through graduation. Year-round
options are available as students enter their upper coursework.
Internships enhance marketability.
BYU–Idaho is one of the largest internship producing universi-
ties in the nation. An academic internship is a cooperative program
between the students, the university, and approved experience pro-
viders (employers). Internships enable students to obtain practical
and valuable work experience, to apply skills and knowledge learned
in school, and to gain exposure to various job opportunities. In
most cases, an internship is a required element of both associate and
bachelor degree-seeking students.
The Student Activities Program allows students to lead and
serve.
BYU–Idaho’s Student Activities Program meets the needs and
interests of a broad and diverse student body. An array of year-round
activities is offered in the areas of Outdoor, Social, Service, Talent,
Fitness, and Sports. Each area is structured to give students numer-
ous opportunities for active involvement at various levels of interest
and commitment. Our innovative programs help students develop
character and enhance leadership skills. Within Activities, students
are participants, not just spectators.
The Learning Model fosters faith-building learning.
At BYU–Idaho, everyone is a learner and a teacher. Designed to
deepen the learning experience of students, the Learning Model
helps create a greater responsibility for students to learn and teach
one another. It is an inspired learning process, and builds on the
understanding that all learners and teachers are at different levels
in their individual progress. It encourages learners and teachers to
prepare, teach one another, and ponder/prove.
The Learning Model teaches learners and teachers to 1) exercise
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as a principle of action and power; 2)
understand that true teaching is done by and with the Holy Ghost;
3) lay hold upon the word of God—as found in the holy scriptures
and in the words of the prophets—in all disciplines; 4) act for them-
selves and accept responsibility for learning and teaching; and 5)
love, serve, and teach one another.
Foundations courses provide a focused and complete approach to
learning.
BYU–Idaho is home to the unique Foundations program. Imple-
mented in 2008, it is a completely redesigned program replacing
traditional general education courses, aimed at raising the quality of
every student’s experience at BYU–Idaho.
In the previous general education program, students had a longer
and more diverse list of classes to choose from, which created a
signifi cantly different experience for each student. Foundations has
purposefully limited the number of class options, ensuring that all
students will have similar experiences and receive a more focused
educational experience.
Students are trained to be leaders.
While most universities are research-focused and faculty-centered,
BYU–Idaho is a teaching-focused, student-centered university.
Through hands-on student employment, thousands of students every
year are given practical opportunities to build skills that will help
them become disciples of Christ and leaders in the workforce.
President Kim B. Clark said, “We engage our students in active lead-
ership with meaningful responsibility across the university. They are
required to lead, direct, and move things forward in managing many
of our programs and activities.”
Students develop a life of honor.
The heart of BYU–Idaho is Student Honor. This means all stu-
dents live by the BYU–Idaho Code of Honor, dress and grooming
standards, and specifi c housing guidelines. Obedience and faith are
the core of Student Honor as each student strives to raise his or her
personal bar of righteousness.
BYU-Idaho holds a weekly devotional, which brings students to-
gether to be taught by the Spirit. Through unity, sacrifi ce, and love,
students become better leaders in their homes, in the Church, and in
the world around them.
The “Spirit of Ricks” is preserved and enhanced.
While looking to the future, we work to preserve and enhance the
“Spirit of Ricks.” Simply stated, this entails upholding a tradition of
service, hard work, friendliness, and compassion—the same conven-
tion that bonded the students, faculty, and administration for more
than 100 years as Ricks College.
President Kim B. Clark said, “Our mission, our very purpose, is to
educate, develop, and prepare disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. This
purpose is deeply rooted in this university. The Lord watches over
this university in a very powerful way. Our purpose is to help them
become His true followers, His true disciples, a light to the world.”
For more information contact BYU–Idaho at (208) 496-1150 or visit
www.byui.edu.
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