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General Education + Baccalaureate Pathways

General Education Pathways help you connect courses around themes that match your interests, goals, or future career plans. Each pathway highlights courses that carry General Education and Baccalaureate Degree requirement designations related to a particular topic, making it easier to find courses that align with your interests while fulfilling requirements. 

Think of pathways as a way to explore topics you care about, not as a required sequence of coures. You can complete an entire pathway or simply use it to discover courses that fit your interests.

Important: Plan with your Academic Advisor

General Education Pathways are designed to help you explore your interests, but they may not fit every major's recommended course sequence. Before selecting pathway courses, meet with your major advisor to identify options that fit your degree requirements and keep you on track for graduation.

Requirement areas

Each course below carries one or more of these designations.

Core General Education

WR1 Writing 1

WR2 Writing 2

QL Quantitative Literacy

AI American Institutions

Breadth

FF Fine Arts

HF Humanities

LS Life Sciences

PS Physical Sciences

BF Social & Behavioral Science

Baccalaureate Degree

DV Diversity

IR International

CW Comm/Writing

QI Quantitative Intensive

DI Data Intensive

LR BA Language Requirement

Explore the eight pathways

Pick a theme to see its full two-year course plan.

Pathway 1

Freedom, Law, and American Governance

Themes from American Institutions, political economy, and law/public order.

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Pathway 2

Western Intellectual Traditions

Combines philosophy, religion, and intellectual history.

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Pathway 3

Liberal Arts + Human Experiences

Broad exposure to humanities, arts, and social sciences.

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Pathway 4

STEM + Quantitative Reasoning

Scientific inquiry, quantitative reasoning, and analytical methods.

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Pathway 5

Global + International Perspectives

Global systems, international relationships, and cross-cultural understanding.

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Pathway 6

Career + Professional Perspectives

Professional skills, communication, teamwork, and ethical contexts.

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Pathway 7

Health + Society

Human health, behavior, social systems, and social determinants.

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Pathway 8

Civic Life + Public Service

Civic engagement, public institutions, and community leadership.

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Last Updated: 9/18/26