About PATHWAYS
PATHWAYS is the home for various College of Arts & Sciences resources united by their commitment to fostering a culture of achievement and growth. With a mission to empower students to excel in their academic pursuits and beyond, PATHWAYS offers a wide array of resources and opportunities tailored both to meet individual interests and goals, and to encourage the development of a community of scholars. PATHWAYS aims to inspire students to reach their full potential and to establish themselves as lifelong learners.
Student Interest Groups
Build community in one of our Student Interest Groups:- Economics Interest Group (Faculty Advisor: Audra Sherwood)
- Aviation Fiction Reading Group (Faculty Advisor: David Higgins)
Honor Societies
Celebrate your accomplishments and build your network in one of our Honor Societies:- Order of Sword and Shield (Omicron Sigma Sigma): The Academic and Professional Honor Society for all Homeland Security Disciplines (Coordinator: Cihan Aydiner)
- More to come
Undergraduate Minors
Minor courses of study are academic programs designed to satisfy students’ personal interests and meet their professional needs. Students explore, in some depth, the offerings in a field of study. A minor course of study provides the student with significant experience in a discipline organized around skills, methodology and subject matter. To gain the greatest value from their academic experience, students are encouraged to select minors that complement their degree program and/or other minors that they are pursuing.
Explore a new academic discipline with one of the undergraduate minors offered by the College of Arts & Sciences:
- Airport Baggage Handling Systems Implementation
- Applied Data Science
- Communication
- Crisis, Risk and Resilience Communication
- Economics
- Emergency Services
- Environmental Science
- Homeland Security
- Humanistic STEM
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- International Relations
- Mathematics
- Military Science
- Military Studies
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Psychology
- Security and Intelligence
Combined Program Pathways: 4+1 Degree Programs
Earn a Bachelor's and Master's in Just Five Years
Exceptional students who are committed to continuing their education through a master's degree can reduce the time it takes to complete their bachelor's and master's by entering one of Embry‑Riddle Worldwide's 4+1 Programs.
A 4+1 Program — also referred to as Combined Program Pathway — allows qualified students in selected bachelor's degrees to begin a select master's program while still completing a bachelor's. By doing so, these students can earn both degrees in just five academic years. Students may also choose a longer time frame for one or both degrees while still saving time overall based on their pace.
Thus, the 4+1 Program helps students enter their chosen field with a graduate degree in shorter time, saving them tuition costs and allowing them to begin flexing their earning potential that much quicker.
All five of our undergraduate degrees have Combined Program (4+1) Pathways:
- B.S. in Emergency Services to M.S. in Emergency Services
- B.S. in Communication to M.S. in Human Security and Resilience
- B.S. in Homeland Security to M.S. in Human Security and Resilience
- B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies to M.S. in Human Security and Resilience
- B.S in Safety Management to M.S. in Occupational Safety Management
Additionally, we have a 4+1 Program with Prescott Campus:
- B.S. in Human Factors Psychology (Prescott) to M.S. in Human Factors (Worldwide)
For more information and to enroll, contact Sabrina Zahnen, MBAA, senior director of academic advising, at 386-226-4813 or sabrina.falletta@erau.edu.
Honors Summer Seminars
Accept an academic challenge in one of our Honors Summer Seminars. Taught by senior faculty, honors seminars offer a deeper and more detailed exploration of course topics, and a more engaged and interactive format than other similar classes, providing early student research opportunities. Honors seminars can be used to satisfy general education requirements.
- May 2024: HONR 150, Monster Culture: Exploration of the cultural meanings of monsters based on a chosen monster from film, TV or literature to reveal cultural fears, including technology fears
- May 2025: To be announced
Study Abroad Summer Program
Have an immersive global experience in one of our Study Abroad Programs:
- Summer 2024: A Humanistic STEM Experience: Math, Art and Culture in Greece and Italy
- Summer 2025: To be announced
Pathway to Student Research
Take your skills to the next level with one of our Research Experiences:
- Enroll in one of our Research Undergraduate Minor programs (under consideration)
- Apply as a Student Research Assistant at our college (remote paid position)
Our research assistants work closely with faculty members on their projects and are able to assist with mission-critical activities such as comprehensive literature reviews; implication and broader impact statements; research synthesis; data analysis; interview transcription and coding; executive idea summaries; website building; and other foundational tasks in the pursuit of dissemination activities and/or external sponsorship. These are paid positions that often result in student involvement in conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications and grant proposals.
Digital Credentials
Go above and beyond to earn a Digital Credential:
- Earn a Study Ready digital badge after successfully completing our New Student Orientation (coming soon)
- More information to follow