{"id":1786,"date":"2018-08-13T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T14:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/?page_id=1786"},"modified":"2025-06-23T18:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T22:11:40","slug":"about-the-hub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/about-the-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"> <\/span>General Education for an Interconnected World<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">The BU Hub is Boston University\u2019s innovative general education program for all undergraduate students that emphasizes working across disciplines to prepare for a complex and diverse world. Students can explore a variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/hub-courses\/\"><span class=\"s2\">courses <\/span><\/a><span class=\"s3\">and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/specialty-courses\/\"><span class=\"s2\">innovative learning experiences <\/span><\/a><span class=\"s3\">while developing <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/about-the-hub\/hub-capacities\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>six essential capacities <\/i><\/span><\/a>and fulfilling <span class=\"s2\">Hub requirements<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p3\">Boston University\u2019s founding president William Fairfield Warren was dedicated to global engagement, lifelong learning, and uniting the liberal arts and sciences to professional training\u2014commitments that still animate undergraduate education at BU today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The BU Hub builds on these commitments by giving students the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind that will enable them to be lifelong learners and leaders in a rapidly evolving global community. It reflects Boston University\u2019s mission to<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">educate students who are \u201creflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In the BU Hub, all undergraduate students, regardless of the academic program in which they are enrolled, develop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/about-the-hub\/hub-capacities\/\"><span class=\"s2\">six essential capacities <\/span><\/a>that:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\">expose students to a broad range of knowledge and disciplines<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">cultivate a set of widely applicable habits of mind<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">equip students to engage with complexity, diversity, and change<\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\">develop the ability to apply knowledge in diverse settings<\/li>\n<li class=\"li5\">encourage a sense of social responsibility and engaged citizenship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">In addition to developing these capacities, the BU Hub creates a distinctive educational experience that:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li7\">fosters <b>intellectual exploration <\/b>by encouraging students to take courses in schools and colleges across the University<\/li>\n<li class=\"li7\">promotes <b>cross-disciplinary <\/b>and <b>interdisciplinary thinking <\/b>by allowing students to work across\u2013and bring together\u2013multiple fields of knowledge<\/li>\n<li class=\"li7\">allows students to create their own <b>pathways <\/b>while pursuing their interests<\/li>\n<li class=\"li7\">is <b>interwoven <\/b>throughout a student\u2019s undergraduate education<\/li>\n<li class=\"li7\">allows students to create <b>stronger personal and intellectual connections <\/b>with other students and faculty across the University<\/li>\n<li class=\"li7\">provides <b>innovative educational opportunities <\/b>for students, including the Cross-College Challenge (XCC) and cocurricular learning experiences<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">draws upon the rich array of opportunities afforded by <b>the city of Boston<\/b>, a major international center, in such fields as technology, the arts, health sciences, communication, finance, and education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">By offering students the opportunity to develop essential capacities, the BU Hub prepares Boston University graduates to thrive in their professional, civic, and personal lives\u2013and to create and lead in a fast-changing, interconnected world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Education for an Interconnected World The BU Hub is Boston University\u2019s innovative general education program for all undergraduate students that emphasizes working across disciplines to prepare for a complex&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14430,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/landing.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1786"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10304,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1786\/revisions\/10304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}