Find Your People, Your Place & Your Passions
Early Class Enrollment
Pathways provides priority enrollment into 3-4 courses for incoming first-year students
New Friendships
Build lasting friendships with a dedicated cohort through shared interests and engaging extracurricular activities
Small Cohort Experience
Learn alongside a cohort of 20-25 students, forming relationships with peers and faculty
Degree Progress
Most clusters are aligned with specific majors, and each cluster satisfies major prerequisites and/or L&S breadth requirements
Clusters for Fall 2026

Body and Mind
With courses in Molecular & Cell Biology, Psychology, and Data Science, this cluster is ideal for intended majors in Psychology, with a biological sciences emphasis.

Physiology and Chemistry
This cluster is ideal for pre-med and pre-health careers, and intended majors in Neuroscience, Molecular and Cell Biology, Integrative Biology, and Psychology.

Ancient Worlds
With courses in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultures, and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, this cluster is ideal for intended majors in Arts & Humanities.
We know that the campus can sometimes feel a little intimidating…so we’ve tried to design the Pathways program to give students a home, both socially and intellectually.
Shannon Steen
Associate Dean, Letters & Science