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.
Freedom, Law, and American Governance
Themes from American Institutions, political economy, and law/public order.
View PathwayWestern Intellectual Traditions
Combines philosophy, religion, and intellectual history.
View PathwayLiberal Arts + Human Experiences
Broad exposure to humanities, arts, and social sciences.
View PathwaySTEM + Quantitative Reasoning
Scientific inquiry, quantitative reasoning, and analytical methods.
View PathwayGlobal + International Perspectives
Global systems, international relationships, and cross-cultural understanding.
View PathwayCareer + Professional Perspectives
Professional skills, communication, teamwork, and ethical contexts.
View PathwayHealth + Society
Human health, behavior, social systems, and social determinants.
View PathwayCivic Life + Public Service
Civic engagement, public institutions, and community leadership.
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