Find Your People, Your Place & Your Passions
L&S First-Year Pathways is designed for first-year undergraduate students in the College of Letters & Science. Students get to choose a cluster of three courses and learn alongside the same small group of peers throughout the first semester. Dive into interesting topics, jumpstart your academic journey, and build meaningful connections with L&S First-Year Pathways!
Early Class Enrollment
Pathways provides priority enrollment into 3-4 courses for incoming first-year students
New Friendships
A chance to make friends with other new students through shared personal interests
Small Cohort Experience
Learn alongside a cohort of 20-25 students, forming relationships with peers and faculty
Degree Progress
Each cluster satisfies major prerequisites and/or L&S breadth requirements
Clusters for Fall 2025
American Cultures requirement
To Be Human: Anthropology, Writing & Humanities (12 Units)
May satisfy breadth requirements for Arts & Literature, Philosophy & Values, Historical Studies, and Social & Behavioral Science. Also fulfills the first or second half of R&C.
Physical Sciences breadth
Measuring the Universe: Astronomy, Chemistry & Math (13 Units)
May fulfill Physical Sciences breadth requirement.
Reading & Composition
Evaluating and Presenting Evidence: Rhetoric, Sociology & Writing (12 Units)
May satisfy: Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth requirement; Either first or second half of Reading and Composition (R&C)