As an undergraduate student at Bouvé College, many satisfying and challenging roads are open for you to explore. You already have a strong interest in the health sciences. Now is the time to acquire the knowledge and skills to help people live healthier and better lives and to explore the best way for you to use those skills.

Bouvé Pathways Program offers a flexible, interdisciplinary introduction to the health field. The foundational approach of the Pathways Program involves in-depth study in several areas of health and the general sciences. It provides you with a variety of options when you select your major and when you embark on a career in health care.

Pathways offers three semesters of essential courses like Biology and Chemistry, along with interdisciplinary health-related courses such as American Health Care Systems and Community and Public Health. Most of the content of the Pathways Program is common to Bouvé professional programs, so it is an effective entry point for your health sciences education.

The Pathways Program is designed to facilitate a smooth transition into a health sciences major at Bouvé College. The courses give you needed background during your first three semesters so that you can begin to focus on your professional major during your fourth semester at Northeastern. As a Pathways student, you typically declare a major after your second or third semester at Northeastern University.

Part of what makes the Bouvé College of Health Sciences such a strong player in heath careers is that it offers nursing, pharmacy, and health professions within one college. Pathways takes advantage of the proximity to these resources to introduce you to many areas of study. Pathways encourages you to explore.

General Curriculum Requirements
Pathways provides a foundation in the health sciences that prepares you for entry into many of Bouvé professional programs. Pathways is designed as a three-semester program, although some students may stay in Pathways for two or four semesters. The Pathways curriculum consists of:

• an introduction to the basic physical and social sciences
• introductory courses in general health science
• appropriate electives