Huntsman Scholar Program Sample Roadmap

Below is a sample 4-year plan that most students will follow.  A personalized 4-year plan will be developed with your academic advisor.

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First Year

The first year leadership lab is a formative leadership development experience for students in the Huntsman Scholar Program. During this lab, students will be introduced to the culture of the Huntsman School of Business and the vision for what the Huntsman Family wants all Huntsman Scholars aspiring to. Students will also be introduced to the resources that will be available to them as Huntsman Scholars throughout their time at the School. This lab will instill the Dare Mighty Things attitude and help students know how we as a Program are here for their success.

Scholar Classes

  • ECN 1500 Econ Institutions
  • MGT 3050 Foundations of Business

Leadership, 1 Credit

The Leadership Lab is focused on introducing the culture and resources of the Huntsman Scholar Program to new Huntsman Scholars. Through a series of guest speakers from the faculty and staff involved with our Program and the Huntsman School in general, the Leadership Lab will begin preparing students to do as our school motto states and ‘dare mighty things’. When visiting some of our Huntsman Scholar students, David Huntsman, President of the Huntsman Foundation, stated, “True leaders are practical, resilient, and ambitious.” We have adopted these three leadership attributes as the outcomes of our Leadership Lab.

 
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Second Year

The second year lab provides students ways to take in and understand vast amounts of information, analyze risks and opportunities, and arrive at reasoned decisions through critical thinking and the ability to see problems through multiple lenses.

Scholar Classes

  • ACCT 2010 Financial Accounting
  • ECN 2010 Intro to Microeconomics
  • DATA 2100 Data of Information Business

Analytical Rigor, 1 Credit

The Analytical Rigor Lab will illustrate analytical rigor by exposing students to pioneering experiments that fundamentally transformed how we understand human decision making. Our goal is to understand how and why these experiments had such a large impact on social science, and to illustrate the numerous ways in which questioning the prevailing conventional wisdom has led to great progress. In addition, these experiments will be used to build a firm understanding of causal inference and to promote critical thinking skills. Each session will begin with an experiment, followed by a discussion of what drove behavior in the experiment.

 
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Third Year

An idea developed in Utah turns into a product made in Asia that is promoted through a website hosted in Europe, for customers around the world. Students in the 3rd year global lab will learn about the global business environment through classroom discussions and an international trip. While the lab may include up to 50 students, the trips will comprise approximately 20 students plus faculty. Trips will be offered during Spring Semester and during Spring Break. A majority of trip expenses will be covered by the program. 

Scholar Classes

  • FIN 3200 Financial Management
  • FIN 3300 Fundamentals of Finance II
  • MSLE 3500 Fundaments of Marketing
  • MGT 3700 Operations Management
  • MSLE 3800 Leadership

Global Vision, 1 Credit

The Global Vision Lab examines a dimension of the global economy in the context of an international location with which it is associated or which offers a unique perspective. Students will learn how and why different centers of economic and business activity have emerged, and how these are shaped by cultural, political, and historic contexts. They will look at the global economy through the lens of, for example, capital markets or technology, and should develop insights that will influence their career and professional development irrespective of major or career aspirations. Students will also gain an appreciation for how the global economy continues to change the nature of work, organizations, and innovation, and what this means for their career development. 

 
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Fourth Year

Whether you want to work in a large organization, found your own business, or you haven't yet found what you're looking for, the one constant in life is change. The culminating innovation lab promotes an entrepreneurial spirit and being open to opportunity, so that you can create the life you have always dreamed of living. Through classroom discussion, team activities, and strengthen behaviors and skills that promote personal and professional adaptability and innovation.

Scholar Classes

  • Complete Scholar classes that may have been missed in years 1-3.

Entrepreneurial Spirit, 1 Credit

An entrepreneurial spirit is not unique to individuals who start new businesses. Every organization needs entrepreneurial people to create new value. In this lab, students will be tasked with using the skills and resources that they have gained throughout their Huntsman School education to develop innovative solutions to a meaningful problem that will benefit a company, a community, or the world. Students will have access to skills workshops and mentorship to assist them in achieving their project goals. Prior to participating in Lab 4, students should be thinking about a project in which they will tackle a pain that they wish to eliminate, an unmet need that they will meet, or a problem that they will solve.