Pathways are designed to help you complete your general education requirements through thematically related academic subjects. We offer five distinctive Pathways, each of which approaches general education through a different theme. Like a FIG, a Pathway offers students a small class experience with a faculty member and a coherent academic program. In the 2001-2002 academic year, students in fifteen of the FIGs will have the option of continuing to take some of their courses together as part of one of the five Pathways. If you are interested in joining a Pathway, be sure to enroll in a Fig that connects to the related Pathway in winter term.
Pathways vary in duration.
Some continue throughout the freshman and sophomore years, and some end sooner. Students may leave the Pathway at any time, but most choose to remain. No matter how long you elect to stay in the Pathway, you will benefit from the progress you have made towards satisfying general education requirements and from the experience of exploring new areas of interest.