Pathways for Academic Year 2022–23

Pathways provides a set of General Education Requirements that every student must complete to earn a baccalaureate degree.

Required Common Core (four courses for a total of 12 credits)

English Composition (two courses)

Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning (one course)

Life and Physical Sciences (one course)

Flexible Common Core (six courses for a total of 18 credits)

Students must complete a minimum of two courses in the Creative Expression category and a minimum of one course in each of the four other categories. No more than two courses with the same four-letter department code may be used to fulfill Flexible Common Core requirements.

World Cultures & Global Issues (one course)

U.S. Experience in Its Diversity (one course)

Creative Expression (two courses)

Individual & Society (one course)

Scientific World (one course)

College Option (four courses for a total of 12 credits)

The college option requirement is dependent on whether a student is deemed proficient, or not proficient, in a language other than English.

For students deemed “Proficient” in a language other than English

Choose one course from each of the areas listed below (for a total of 12 credits):

1. A course from a “Language Other Than English” (LOTE), or an Inter-Cultural Competency (ICC) course

2. An additional course from one of the following Pathways Flexible Core sections:

  • World Cultures and Global Issues
  • U.S. Experience in Its Diversity
  • Creative Expression
  • Individual and Society

3. An additional course from one of the following Pathways Flexible Core sections:

  • World Cultures and Global Issues courses
  • U.S. Experience in Its Diversity courses

4. An additional course from the following Pathways Required Core section:

  • Life and Physical Sciences courses

For students deemed “Not Proficient” in a language other than English

Choose one course from each of the areas listed below (for a total of 12 credits):

1. LOTE

2. LOTE

3. An additional course from one of the following Pathways Flexible Core sections:

  • World Cultures and Global Issues
  • U.S. Experience in Its Diversity

4. An additional course from the following Pathways Required Core section:

  • Life and Physical Sciences

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