UBalt Professional Pathways:
An Educational Experience Like No Other
At UBalt, your college years are focused on preparing you for a job in a high-demand industry. So we've created a groundbreaking program for first-time undergraduate and transfer students to make that happen.
From the start, you'll be grouped with other students who share your broad area of interest. Programming begins with your career interests and is designed to keep you on track to graduate in four years. If you're a first-time undergraduate and haven't yet declared a major, it's OK. You'll still enter one of five UBalt Professional Pathways that provide the opportunity to explore majors within these career clusters:
Professional Pathways
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Your journey to success begins on the first day of class. You'll partner with leaders in your chosen field, knowledgeable faculty, career coaches and more to thrive in a hands-on learning environment.
In the first two years, you will fulfill general education requirements and explore your career interests while staying on course to either graduate in four years or continue on an accelerated path to your master's or law degree.
Save time and money with accelerated options.
Qualified students can take up to 9 graduate credits that apply to both your bachelor’s degree and your master’s or law degree. Explore accelerated degree options.
Experiential Learning
Participating in the wide variety of available experiential-learning opportunities will keep you actively engaged and give you a competitive advantage in your career. Examples include:
- civic and community learning projects
- internships and practica
- global field experiences
- undergraduate research
- UBalt's Helen P. Denit Honors Program.
Professional Pathway benefits:
- learning in small classrooms, not auditoriums
- personal career coaching
- dedicated academic advising
- professional development workshops
- internships and global field experiences
- alumni mentoring and networking
- community-engaged learning
… and on your path to success, you’ll be accompanied by students and professors who share your career interests.
DESIGNED for YOU
For first-time undergraduates, your first year focuses on learning communities, connections, support and career preparation. As the foundation of your first year at UBalt, learning communities offer a series of thematically linked classes that enable you to apply principles to real-world scenarios.
Getting Started
Just select a UBalt Professional Pathway. You'll then be paired with a personal academic counselor and will explore career options with a career coach. You will participate in professional speaker series, networking opportunities, community-focused projects and workshops—all aligned with career fields.
A typical Journey to Success
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