The Public Service Pathways program is comprised of seven subject-focused pathways. Through the bi-weekly newsletter and other digital platforms, participants in the program have access to a comprehensive, always changing list of curricular and co-curricular opportunities to engage with the subject matter of their chosen pathway. The pathways will provide intentional communities to deepen topical knowledge.
You select up to two to explore in your second-year and identify one pathway to complete in 3rd and 4th year.
Diplomacy & Security
Diplomacy and Security is an interdisciplinary community that prepares students for careers in diplomacy, defense, intelligence, development, human rights, humanitarian affairs, and international trade and investment. Students in this pathway will gain skills to promote U.S. and international security, economic development, and multilateral cooperation.
Education
The Education Pathway examines the myriad of ways that learning inside and outside of schools promotes the public good, including preparing people to participate in democracy, equitable access to enriching learning environments, and expanded possibilities for individual and collective flourishing. This pursuit of an effective education system seeks to ensure that all individuals, regardless of background, have equal opportunities in society, including shaping what that society looks like and how it functions. In the pursuit of this ideal education system as well as other opportunities for enrichment, the education pathway brings a wide range of expertise from across the University to bear on these fundamental challenges, including experts in social and behavioral sciences and the humanities.
Global Sustainability
The Global Sustainability Pathway invites students to explore the interdependencies between societies and the planet. Students, faculty, staff, and community partners will share the goal of developing ways of living that support the health and persistence of natural systems, the built environment, and human communities. Equipped with interdisciplinary skills and focused on solutions, students in this pathway will help build a sustainable and equitable future.
Public Arts
Students in the Public Arts Pathway are united by their love for arts and culture and by their appreciation for those things as means to illuminate shared challenges, inspire discussion, and effect change. Students will gain an understanding of how cross-sector partnerships and community engagement can amplify the work of artists and culture bearers to strengthen society.
Justice
The Justice Pathway invites students to explore the meaning of fairness and equity. Students, faculty, staff, and community partners will share the goal of developing courage to listen well to those harmed by society or individuals, illuminate shared challenges, inspire discussion, and engage in the iterative work that arises from the pursuit of right relationships. Equipped with interdisciplinary skills, an understanding of our past, and focused on solutions, students in this pathway will help build a more just society now and in the future.
Public Health
The Public Health Pathway is an interdisciplinary community in which students explore the complex social determinants of health and the varied approaches undertaken by healthcare professionals, policymakers, community organizations, and individuals to improve health outcomes. Practices like community engagement and population-based intervention are critical, as is engagement on issues ranging from food access to housing security. The health of current and future generations, both locally and globally, relies on expansive and integrative thinkers from all fields.
Public Interest Technology (PIT)
Public Interest Technology designs, develops, and deploys equitable and ethical technology for the public good. Among its many goals are facilitating public conversations, promoting engagement with stakeholders, and fostering partnerships with communities that center using technology in the best interests of the public. Solutions driven, PIT focuses equally on delivery of new services and systems and an investigation of policy and governance that ensures equitable impact.