An Integrative Pathway at 91³ΙΘΛ is a structured set of interdisciplinary courses and experiences organized around a central theme. A cornerstone of Connections, Integrative Pathways are modeled on the College’s centers for interdisciplinary scholarship and help you explore complex issues you care about from multiple perspectives.
Each Pathway connects your coursework with an off-campus learning experience, such as study away or a summer internship. With support from faculty and academic advisers, you’ll develop an “animating question”—a personally meaningful question that gives focus to your courses, off-campus experience and Pathway as a whole.
In the fall of your senior year, you’ll bring together what you’ve learned and present the results of your integrative studies alongside your classmates at an all-College symposium.
Each Integrative Pathway includes four core components:
Every student must take a designated course that presents the theme and provides an overview of the Pathway. In this course, you will develop an animating question, begin to select courses that connect to the question and begin to consider an off-campus experience.
These three courses, taken in a variety of departments and disciplines, allow you to explore the theme of the Pathway in light of your animating questions. (See the links below to specific Pathways for a list of possible courses.)
Each Pathway requires you to pursue purposeful engagement in a local or international context, such as study away, an internship or community-based learning.
Each Pathway provides an opportunity during the fall of the senior year for you to reflect on the different elements of your Pathway, in the context of your overall undergraduate experience. This component is connected to an All-College Symposium, at which you will share your response to your animating questions with the wider College community.
