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The Prodesse Scholars Program offers energetic and gifted incoming first-year Miami students an intensive and intimate one-year, cohort-based experience that is led by an outstanding faculty member, focused on a cross-cutting and relevant theme or problem, and supported by one of Miami's renowned interdisciplinary centers or institutes.

Highly motivated peers who come from a range of majors and share a passion for the given theme take a first-year course together and participate in at least one significant co-curricular project, activity or event. Students also have the option of residing in a Living Learning Community focused on the program theme in the first year.

The goals of the Prodesse Scholars Program are to:

Forge a community of peers who share common interests around a relevant, cutting-edge theme
Build a lasting relationship with an outstanding faculty member with expertise in the theme
Gain valued support in career exploration and development
Develop a deeper understanding of an interdisciplinary problem, question or theme through integrated in and out-of-class learning experiences

Program Requirements

To remain in the Prodesse Scholars Program, Prodesse Scholars are required to complete in their first year of study:

One approved interdisciplinary theme-related course or seminar in the fall semester of your first year;
One approved integrative co-curricular activity or project which relate to one of the program themes in the fall or spring semester of your first year;
Completion of reflection essay on these experiences and submission via the Prodesse Scholars Canvas site.

Program themes are typically aligned with the mission, goals and resources provided by Miami's interdisciplinary centers, institutes and museums, and themes are selected for their capacity to advance liberal education outcomes, skills and knowledge relevant to students of all majors. Prodesse seminars are typically capped at 19 students to encourage lively interaction and engagement and to promote lasting friendships among our fellow Prodesse Scholar students.

To complete their program requirements, Prodesse Scholars may indicate a first, second, and third choice preference from the list of themes below. Efforts will be made to enroll students in one of the student's preferred seminars at the time of registration. Prodesse Scholars then may select one or more of the approved co-curricular activities or projects and complete one or more by the end of the spring semester of their first year. Finally, students are automatically enrolled in the Prodesse Scholars Canvas site and must submit a reflective essay on their program experiences by May 1 of their first year via the Prodesse Scholars Canvas site.

Efforts are made to offer a diversity of seminar topics and co-curricular opportunities so that students may make choices that suit their interests and schedules.

Scholarships and Programming

Prodesse Scholars earn an annual $1,000-$2,000 scholarship (renewable for up to four years) and must complete a first-year seminar or course and an approved co-curricular activity or project, to retain the award.

Through Prodesse Scholars programming and activities, you will recognize the value of learning and working with individuals from multiple disciplines and how this integrated approach to education provides an excellent foundation for all career paths.

Interdisciplinary Themes

As a Prodesse Scholar, you will join high-achieving peers who bring multiple perspectives from multiple majors to one of the themes below. Scholars within each theme take a first-year course together, receive customized career counseling, participate in at least one co-curricular activity, and have the option to reside together in a Living Learning Community.