The Miami Plan:

• supports student-centered, transdisciplinary classes and experiences - like our amazing new Signature Inquiry courses; 
• develops transferable skills across the curriculum that facilitate leadership, innovation, and lifelong learning; 
• fulfills requirements of various professional accreditation organizations and employers’ desired skill sets; and 
• is designed to support you in creating your story.

So what does this mean for you?  As you look through your course options and register for classes - whether it’s for this semester or in the next 4 years, remember this:

Be curious.  You can begin with basic requirements you need or the Signature Inquiry topic areas.  What interests you?  What topics would be beneficial to a future career?  What problems and issues in the world do you want to investigate and solve?  In your first year, you may not get all of your 1st choice classes.  Is there something else you want to explore?  Within each Miami Plan category there are options. And all Miami Plan courses include transferable skills - the “Four Pillars” -  applicable to any career path or graduate or professional school.

Live your story.  Each Miami Plan class you take should become part of your story, even if it wasn’t choice #1.  How would you explain to a recruiter at P&G or Starbucks, a financial institution, or medical or law school how “MJF 105 Media, Culture, and You“ or “ATH 155 What does it mean to be human?“ impacted your thinking, creativity, and global perspectives?  Make yourself distinct and show others you can learn from a variety of experiences. This will make you stand out as a leader.

Learn for a lifetime. The new CEO of Starbucks and Miami Alum Brian Niccol (‘96) said the Miami Plan got him where he is today. He echoes scores of executives and job recruiters that one of the most important qualities in new leaders (that means you!) is the capacity for lifelong learning.  Take it from Brian Niccol: The Miami Plan allows you to explore (he went from engineering to marketing), promotes lifelong learning, and gives you complex career, leadership, and life enhancement skills so you can craft your story for meaningful success!