Advising Pathways

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PSU has seven Advising Pathways that group similar majors together based on common major-changing patterns. Pathways give students the opportunity to stay with the same advisor and advising team as often as possible if they change their major. You will be assigned an advisor from the Pathway that advises your major; if you are undecided about your major, you will select any Pathway that interests you and work with your assigned Pathway advisor as you explore majors.

Note about changing majors: If you change majors, your assigned advisor may or may not change. If you change to Arts & Letters, Liberal Studies, Science or Social Science, you may continue to meet with your original advisor.

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Business

This Pathway includes:

Accounting; Advertising Management; Business Technology Analytics; Finance; Human Resource Management; Management & Leadership; Marketing; Global Supply Chain Management

Design, Creativity & Performance

This Pathway includes:

Architecture; Art and Design; Art Practice; Art History; Cultural History of the Arts; Graphic Design; Film; Music; Sonic Arts & Music Production; Theater Arts

Engineering, Computer Science, Math & Physics

This Pathway includes:

Biomedical Informatics, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics

Health, Science & the Earth (non-pre-health)

This Pathway includes:

Applied Health & Fitness; Biology; Biochemistry; Chemistry; Earth Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Geography; Geology; Public Health Studies; Science

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Health, Science & the Earth (Pre-Health)

Health, Science & Earth also includes the following Pre-Health options:

Chiropractic Medicine, Dental Hygiene, Dentistry, Medical Lab Science, Medicine, Naturopathic Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Radiation Therapy, Veterinary Medicine

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Language, Culture & Meaning

This Pathway includes:

Anthropology; Applied Linguistics; Arts & Letters; Communication; Creative Writing; English; History; Judaic Studies; Liberal Studies; Philosophy; Speech & Hearing Sciences; World Languages (Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish)

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Society & Identity

This Pathway includes:

Black Studies; Chicano/Latino Studies; Child, Youth & Family Studies; Indigenous Nations & Native American Studies; Pre-Education; Psychology; Sexuality, Gender & Queer Studies; Social Science; Social Work; Sociology; Special Education; Women's Studies

Urban, Public & Global Affairs

This Pathway includes:

Business Economics; Community Development; Conflict Resolution; Criminology & Criminal Justice; Economics; International & Global Studies; Political Science; Pre-Law; Quantitative Economics; Urban & Public Affairs

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Advising for Exploratory Students

If you aren't ready to declare a major, select one of the seven pathways to explore. Review descriptions of each pathway on this link and choose one that best fits your interests.

You must declare a major by the time you reach 90 credits, or within the first term if you transferred to PSU with 90 or more credits.