Match Majors with Pathways Minors
The Pathways General Education curriculum is a central component of the undergraduate experience at Virginia Tech. Alongside coursework required for their majors, students must also complete credits from nine Pathways concepts (seven core concepts and two integrative concepts).
Pathways minors provide an opportunity for students to complete their Pathways general education requirements while also:
- exploring their passions and interests;
- complementing their major with a cross-disciplinary minor; and
- enhancing their future career prospects.
Wondering which Pathways minor is right for you? The following suggestions can help you choose!
- Consult your major’s checksheet or your advisor to determine which Pathways concepts you need to fulfill outside of your major.
- Use the table at the bottom of this page to identify minors that offer courses for the concepts you need to fulfill. For example, if you will satisfy your requirements for Pathways concepts 1, 4, 5, and 6 in your major, you may choose to explore minors that satisfy concepts 2, 3, and 7.
- Check out the minor showcase page to learn more about each minor.
- Review our student-created flyer for information on how Pathways minors can complement your specific major (click on your college below, then select your major). If a flyer for your major is not posted, please check back or email jennigal@vt.edu. Outdated flyers may be temporarily unavailable as we update them to reflect changes to the major's checksheet.
- Agribusiness (AGRB)
- Agricultural and Extension Education (AEE)
- Animal and Poultry Sciences (APSC)
- Biochemistry Major (BCHM)
- Community Economic Development (CED)
- Community Leadership and Development (CLD)
- Crop and Soil Sciences (CSSC)
- Dairy Science (DASC)
- Ecological Restoration (ER)
- Environmental Economics, Management, and Policy (EEMP)
- Environmental Horticulture (EVHT)
- Environmental Science (ENSC)
- Exercise and Health Sciences (EAHS)
- Food and Health Systems Economics (FHSE)
- Food Science and Technology (FST)
- Integrated Agricultural Technologies (IAT)
- International Trade and Development (ITD)
- Landscape Design and Turfgrass (LTS)
- Nutrition and Diatetics (NAD)
- Plant Science (PLSC)
Pathways Scenarios: Business
(1:39) In this video, you will hear from a student majoring in Business who discovers the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Minor as a way to complete her Pathways requirements in an engaging way.
Major & Minors Flyers: See below for information specific to your major. We are currently working on adding new flyers, so if you don't see your major, please check back! In the meantime, you can work with your advisor to explore which Pathways minor is right for you.
- Accounting and Business Analysis (ABA)
- Accounting and Information Systems (ACIS)
- Business Information Technology (BIT)
- Cybersecurity Management and Analytics (CMA)
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology Management (EIT)
- Event and Experience Management (EEMG)
- Finance (FIN)
- Finance and Real Estate (FREL)
- Financial Planning and Wealth Management (CFPF)
- FinTech and Big Data Analytics (FBDA)
- Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM)
- Human Resource Management (HRM)
- Management (MGT)
- Management Consulting and Analytics (MCA)
- Marketing Management (MKTG)
- Real Estate for Commercial Properties (RELC)
- Real Estate for Residential Properties (RELR)
- Advertising (ADV)
- Arabic (ARBC)
- Career and Technical Education (CTED)
- Career and Technical Education - Agricultural Education (AGIE)
- Classical Studies (CLA)
- Communication (COMM)
- Consumer Studies (CONS)
- Creative Writing (CW)
- Criminology (CRI)
- Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE)
- Elementary Education (ELE)
- English (ENGL)
- English Language Arts Education (ELAE)
- Environment, Development, and Global Economy (EDGE)
- Environmental Policy and Planning (EPP)
- European and Transatlantic Studies (EUTS)
- Fashion Merchandising and Design (FMD)
- French (FR)
- German (GER)
- History (HIST) and Minors for HIST Career Paths
- History and Social Sciences Education (HSSE)
- Human Development (HD) and Minors for Career Paths in Healthcare
- Humanities for Public Service (HPS)
- International Relations (IREL)
- International Studies (IS)
- Mathematics Education (MTHE)
- Multimedia Journalism (MJ)
- National Security and Foreign Affairs (NSFA)
- Philosophy (PHIL)
- Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) and Minors for PPE Career Paths
- Political Science (PSCI)
- Property Management Major (PM)
- Public Relations (PR)
- Religion and Culture (RLCL)
- Residential Environments and Design (RED)
- Russian (RUS)
- Sociology (SOC)
- Smart and Sustainable Cities (SSC)
- Spanish (SPAN)
- Sports Media and Analytics (SMA)
- Technical and Scientific Communication (TASC)
- Technology Education (TCHE)
- Environmental Data Science (EDS)
- Environmental Conservation and Society (ECS)
- Environmental Resources Management (ERM)
- Fish Conservation (FISC)
- Forestry (FORS)
- Geography (GEOG)
- Meteorology (MTRG)
- Packaging Systems and Design (PSD)
- Sustainable Biomaterials (SBIO)
- Water Resources, Policy, and Management (WRPM)
- Wildlife Conservation (WLC)
- Biochemistry (BIOC) and Minors for BIOC Career Paths
- Biological Sciences (BIOL) and Minors for Career Paths in Healthcare
- Chemistry (CHEM)
- Clinical Neuroscience (CNEU) and Minors for Career Paths in Healthcare
- Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience (CBNU) and Minors for Career Paths in Healthcare
- Computational and Systems Neuroscience (CSNU)
- Computational Modeling and Data Analytics (CMDA)
- Economics (ECAS)
- Experimental Neuroscience (EXPN)
- Geosciences (GEOS)
- Mathematics (MATH)
- Medicinal Chemistry (MDCH) and Minors for Career Paths in Healthcare
- Microbiology (MIC) and Minors for Career Paths in Healthcare
- Nanomedicine (NMED) and Minors for Career Paths in Healthcare
- Nanoscience (NANO)
- Physics (PHYS)
- Polymer Chemistry (POLY)
- Psychology (PSYC) and Minors for Career Paths in Healthcare
- Statistics (STAT)
- Systems Biology (SYSB)
