BYUH: About BYUH: Educational Commitments

Educational Commitments

1. Enlighten their minds and spirits by helping them:
  - Learn the truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
  - Gain an abiding, life-directing testimony of Jesus Christ, His Church, and His leaders on earth.
  - Live a chaste, righteous life and develop Christ-like character traits.
  - Practice self-initiated service to others.
  - Encourage the pursuit of all truth.
2. Enlarge their intellect by helping them:
  - Obtain a broad university educations based on the world's arts, letters, and sciences.
  - Obtain in-depth knowledge in a major leading to job competence and/or graduate school.
  - Develop and use the ability to think clearly, learn independently, and solve problems effectively.
  - Communicate in English effectively with others.
  - Increase capacity to enjoy beauty, both artistic and natural.
  - Encourage scholarly research and creative endeavor in partnership with faculty.
3. Provide an intercultural learning environment where harmony prevails amidst diversity by helping them:
  - Acquire knowledge and appreciation of one's own and others' cultures.
  - Have experiences in student life and in the curriculum that builds intercultural understanding.
  - Gain a profound sense of the fatherhood of God and the kinship of the human family.
  - Acquire a devout love of God.
  - Develop genuine concern for the welfare of all members of the human family.
4. Train individuals with productive work skills and sense of stewardship accountability by helping them:
  - Develop a strong work ethic and high work standard.
  - Assume greater responsibility for the successful pursuit of education.
  - Accept greater responsibility for managing time, money, and employment obligations.
  - Obey, honor, and sustain the honor code of the University and the law of the land.
  - Experience the principles of institutional stewardship, accountability, and productivity through the examples of all University employees.