Our students seek and identify connections with the community and world beyond the campus through outdoor experience, electives and internships. The campus is located within a historic district of the city, and proximity to downtown, the ocean and mountains provides a rich breadth of experiential learning that is unparalleled. We offer a distinctive elective and internship program, designed to enrich the educational experience and promote awareness of social and environmental concerns and solutions. Whether it is understanding oceanography through studying local watersheds and marine ecosystems at our local beaches, or promoting traffic solutions with a local bicycle coalition, our students are able to construct, plan and subsequently pursue their interests during these elective programs.