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? See below for information on how Pathways minors can complement your specific major (click on your college below, then select your major). You can check out the minors showcase page to learn more about each minor.
If information for your major is not posted, please email jennigal@vt.edu.
- Agribusiness — Agribusiness Management
- Agribusiness — Veterinary Business Management
- Agricultural and Extension Education
- Animal and Poultry Sciences
- Animal and Poultry Sciences — Behavior and Welfare Option
- Animal and Poultry Sciences — Pre-Veterinary Option
- Biochemistry
- Community Economic Development
- Community Leadership & Development
- Crop & Soil Sciences
- Dairy Science — Dairy Business Management Option
- Dairy Science — Dual Emphasis Option
- Dairy Science — Science/Pre-Veterinary Option
- Ecological Restoration
- Environmental Economics, Management & Policy
- Environmental Horticulture
- Environmental Science
- Exercise & Health Sciences
- Food & Health Systems Economics
- Food Science and Technology — Food and Health Option
- Food Science and Technology — Food Business Option
- Food Science and Technology — Science Option
- Integrated Agriculture Technologies
- International Trade & Development
- Landscape Design & Turfgrass Science
- Life Sciences Communication Major
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Plant Science
- Architecture
- Art — Art History Option
- Cinema
- Consumer Studies
- Creative Technologies
- Fashion Merchandising and Design
- Graphic Design
- Industrial Design
- Interior Design
- Landscape Architecture
- Music — Composition Liberal Arts Option
- Music — Music Engineering Technology (EE Emphasis) Option
- Music — Music Industry Option
- Music — Music Production Option
- Music — Music Teacher Preparation Option
- Music — Performance Liberal Arts Option
- Music — Performance Professional Instrumental Option
- Music — Performance Professional Vocal Option
- Music — Technology Professional Option
- Property Management
- Residential Environments and Design
- Studio Art
- Theatre Arts — Design Option
- Theatre Arts — General Theatre Option
- Theatre Arts — Performance Option
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
- Accounting and Information Systems
- Business Information Technology — Decision Support Systems Option
- Business Information Technology — Operations and Supply Chain Management Option
- Cybersecurity Management and Analytics
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Management
- Event and Experience Management
- Finance — Corporate Financial Management Option
- Finance — Financial Accounting Option
- Finance — Investment Management and Chartered Financial Analyst Option
- Finance — Private Credit and Commercial Banking Option
- Financial Planning and Wealth Management
- FinTech and Big Data Analytics
- Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Human Resource Management
- Management Consulting and Analytics
- Management
- Marketing Management
- Professional Sales in Marketing
- Real Estate
- Aerospace Engineering
- Applied Electromagnetics
- Biological Systems Engineering (BSE)
- Biological Systems Engineering—Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering Option
- Biomedical Engineering
- Building Construction
- Chemical Engineering
- Chip-Scale Integration
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Construction Engineering and Management
- Construction Safety Leadership
- Controls, Robotics & Autonomy (CE)
- Controls, Robotics & Autonomy (EE)
- Ecological Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Energy & Power Electronic Systems
- Environmental Engineering
- Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Machine Learning
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Micro/Nanosystems
- Mining Engineering
- Networking & Cybersecurity
- Ocean Engineering
- Robotics and Mechatronics
- Software Systems
- Wireless Communications & Signal Processing
- Advertising
- Arabic
- Career and Technical Education — Agricultural Education
- Career and Technical Education — Business and Information Technologies Education
- Career and Technical Education — Family and Consumer Sciences Education
- Career and Technical Education — Marketing Education
- Classical Studies
- Communication
- Creative Writing
- Criminology
- Early Childhood Development and Education
- Elementary Education (PK-6)
- English Language Arts Education
- English — Literature Option
- English — Pre-Education Option
- English — Pre-Law Option
- Environment, Development and Global Economy
- Environmental Policy and Planning
- French
- German
- History and Social Sciences Education
- History
- History — Undergraduate Research/Thesis Option
- Human Development
- International Relations
- International Studies
- Mathematics Education
- Multimedia Journalism
- National Security and Foreign Affairs
- Philosophy
- Philosophy — Pre-Medical Professions Option
- Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)
- Political Science
- Political Science — Applied Public Policy Studies Option
- Political Science — Legal Studies Option
- Political Science — National Security Studies Option
- Political Science — Social and Political Justice Option
- Public Relations
- Russian
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Sports Media and Analytics
- Technical and Scientific Communication
- Technology Education
- Urban Planning
- Environmental Conservation and Society
- Environmental Data Science
- Environmental Resources Management
- Fish Conservation — Freshwater Fisheries Conservation Option
- Fish Conservation — Human Dimensions Option
- Fish Conservation — Marine Fisheries Conservation Option
- Forestry Major - Forestry Operations and Business Option
- Forestry Major - Forest Resources Management Option
- Forestry Major - Urban and Community Forestry Option
- Geography
- Geography — Applied Climate Science Option
- Geography — Environmental Geography Option
- Geography — Geographic Information Science and Technology Option
- Meteorology
- Packaging Systems and Design
- Sustainable Biomaterials — Science Option
- Water: Resources, Policy, and Management
- Wildlife Conservation
- Wildlife Conservation — Human Dimensions Option
- Biological Sciences
- Biological Sciences –Bioinformatics Option
- Biological Sciences — Biomedical Option
- Biological Sciences — Ecology, Evolution & Behavior Option
- Biological Sciences — Science Education Option
- Chemistry (B.A.)
- Chemistry (B.S.)
- Computational Modeling and Data Analytics (CMDA)
- CMDA — Biological Sciences Option
- CMDA — Cryptography & Cybersecurity Option
- CMDA — Economics Option
- CMDA — Geosciences Option
- CMDA — Physics Option
- Economics
- Economics — Business Option
- Economics — Managerial Economics & Data Science Option
- Economics — Policy and Regulation Option
- Geosciences — Earth Sciences and Society Option
- Geosciences — Environmental & Engineering Geoscience Option
- Geosciences — Geobiology & Paleobiology Option
- Geosciences — Geochemistry Option
- Geosciences — Geology Option
- Geosciences — Geophysics Option
- Mathematics
- Mathematics — Applied Computational Mathematics Option
- Mathematics — Applied Discrete Mathematics Option
- Mathematics — Mathematics Education Option
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Microbiology
- Microbiology — Biomedical Option
- Neuroscience
- Neuroscience — Clinical Neuroscience
- Neuroscience — Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience
- Neuroscience — Computational & Systems Neuroscience
- Nanomedicine
- Nanoscience
- Physics (B.A.)
- Physics (B.S.)
- Physics — Physics Education Option
- Physics — Pre-Health Option
- Physics — Pre-Law Option
- Polymer Chemistry
- Psychology
- Statistics — Statistical Data Science Option
- Statistics — Statistical Methods & Theory Option