The Oregon Inquiry Pilot Project builds on the success of Portland State University’s Senior Inquiry dual-credit program at Portland area high schools. Oregon Inquiry is designed for high school seniors. Taught by college professors, this 15-credit College course is an opportunity for students to develop competency and confidence with academic identity and successfully launch into college and lifelong learning.
Oregon Inquiry is a remote/hybrid integrated liberal arts curriculum that takes place mostly online with a community of students, supplemented with in-person instruction through field trips to Portland State University and downtown Portland.
Through an interdisciplinary, theme-based course,
Oregon Inquiry offers:
The nurturing and development of academic and civic identity, including the opportunity for project-based learning and local civic engagement.
15 college credits, including up to half of the anticipated Oregon Core Transfer Map
Field trips providing a personalized orientation to campus spaces and systems, including introduction to the Library, administrative offices such as ID services, Admissions, Financial Aid and Financial Wellness Center, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Campus Health Services and Recreation Center, Student Housing, Multicultural Centers, including community spaces, academic supports; retention programs serving historically underrepresented students, and the Learning Center, featuring academic coaching and tutoring, and Student unions, including culturally specific student unions as well as Summer Bridge programming.