Hello this video will assist University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences students pick their UB Curriculum pathway courses.
First, the final class for both Thematic and Global pathways should be specific to your
major.
These are classes you’d be taking anyway as part of your engineering major, in this
example, Civil Engineering.
You'd also want at least one of your selections to be a Diversity class.
Computer Science majors are the exception with the List 3 selection on the Global side,
where they'd have to choose a liberal arts class.
Here's an engineering example with transfer credits applied.
So let's get started.
First, go to the ub pathfinder tool.
And i'll just Google it.
Make sure you sign in so you can save your results.
Let's start with the Thematic side.
Pick a Topic.
First thing we do is scroll down to the List 3 class options, as that is where we'll find
our Engineering classes.
Let's say I'm a mechanical engineering student, so I'll choose the appropriate option here.
Now let's scroll back to the top and choose a class of interest from List 1.
I choose this one, which notice is a Diversity class.
We want at least one Diversity class.
Now a List 2 class.
Then scroll down and click on "Select These Courses".
And we can see them listed here.
Now let's head over to the Global Side,
pick a topic,
and scroll down to List 3 first, and find that Mechanical Engineering class.
Then, scroll back up, and choose a List 1 class.
Ok, now observe that for list 2 we have some exclamation points, meaning the tool recognizes
you still have certain areas still to cover.
You need 4 unique letters, which I'll briefly explain in the next section.
So I'll pick one without exclamation points.
Ok great now select those courses, and let's have a look.
Ok fantastic.
You're done.
Just save it to HUB, which I can't do as I'm not signed in here.
Alright, now let's assume we have some relevant transfer classes.
Let's go to say the Thematic Pathway again, and scroll to a bottom of a list and notice
there is a drop-down with your transfer credits listed here.
See that they are different letters, S and C/AH.
If they were the same letter, you can really one use one of them.
So let's choose one here, and oh look there's the second one right in the middle of the
next list since it's a class that's in that list anyway.
So I applied those two courses, and finished the tool up with other relevant options.
Notice by the way that if you did things correctly, it will give a green checkmark here.
There is also something called a Course Filter tool.
Clicking that will show you what transfer courses you can apply.
You can also search for specific classes and what pathways they fall under.
Now before you get started, there are 5 unique areas, or letters.
The tool needs 4 unique letters, two for thematic, and two for global.
One of these should cover a diversity requirement.
The engineering courses don't cover any area.
If you choose classes assigned lots of letters it gives you more options choosing the other
classes.
Some students opt to take two foreign language courses for the Global Side, but bear in mind
that they can be 5 credits each, which can be somewhat daunting to incorporate into
your already busy engineering class schedules.
Last, google UB Engineering Pathways to find a website devoted to picking engineering and
computer science-friendly pathways.
Have a look at this very helpful website.
For now, I'll show the table of UB Areas and Diversity Learning by Major, which shows all
the pathways that have a List 3 relevant Engineering class for your major.
This is a helpful way to plan out your pathways that include your School of Engineering and
Applied Sciences major.
Ok, thanks for watching and now dive in and choose your pathways and have fun.