This presentation is used by more than 1,000 Church-service missionaries as they present Pathway to prospective students in their local areas.

2. What Keeps People from College?

3. Laying the Foundation
“We must also find ways for this college to
serve young people whose needs are
shaped by a great variety of cultures and
situations, and who may not be able to
come to this campus…. We will find direct
ways to move the blessing of education
… from this campus out into the lives of
men and women everywhere.”
PRESIDENT HENRY B. EYRING
Ricks College Inaugural Response, December 1971.

4. “It will be necessary for us ... to serve ever
better the thousands of students we have
on campus while simultaneously reaching
out to bless the lives of tens of thousands
of young Latter-day Saints throughout the
world.... We must learn how to assist and
bless institute students and other LDS
youth in Rhode Island and Rome while
effectively serving our students on campus
in Rexburg.”
Laying the Foundation
PRESIDENT DAVID A. BEDNAR
Inaugural Response, February 1998

5. LocationsLocations
2009: 3 SITES, 50 STUDENTS

6. Locations
TODAY: LOCATIONS AND STUDENTS DOT THE GLOBE
Locations

7. What is Pathway?

8. Pathway’s Structure
(3 semesters)
FALL
(Sept.–Dec.)
WINTER
(Jan.–April)
SPRING
(April–July)
ATTEND FOR ONE YEAR

9. Pathway Structure: Courses
PATHWAY
COURSES
Take 1 Academic Course + 1 Religion Course
EACH SEMESTER
1
2
3

10. Pathway’s Structure: Gatherings
WEEKLY
GATHERINGS
Every Thursday night for 1 year
Student-led discussions & activities
Attendance is part of the grade

11. • Need Affordable Education
• Seek to Finish a Degree
• Want a Spiritual Boost
• Working Parent
• Returned Missionary
• Stay-at-home Mom
• Seeking a Career Change
• Recent High School Grad
Examples of Pathway Students

12. What’s Required?
Member of the Church
Daily computer/Internet access
Weekly gatherings each Thursday
Finances to cover tuition
Strive to live Honor Code
English proficiency assessment
(for non-native English speakers)
NO application fee
NO ACT/SAT scores
NO admissions essays
NO ecclesiastical endorsement
What’s NOT Required?
Admission Requirements

13. After Pathway
BYU-Idaho OnlineLocal EducationEmployment

14. BYU-Idaho Certificates & Degrees
BYU-Idaho Online

15. BYU-Idaho Certificates & Degrees
BYU-Idaho Online
ASSOCIATE DEGREES
BACHELOR’S
ASSOCIATE
CERTIFICATE

16. BYU-Idaho Certificates & Degrees
ASSOCIATE DEGREES
BACHELOR’S
ASSOCIATE
CERTIFICATE

17. BYU-Idaho Certificates & Degrees
BACHELOR’S
ASSOCIATE
CERTIFICATE
Applied Management
Business Management
Computer Info. Tech.
Healthcare Administration
Interdisciplinary Studies
Marriage & Family
Nursing (RN to BSN)
Public Health
Software Engineering
University Studies
Web Design & Dev.
BACHELOR’S DEGREES
Administrative Assistant
Business Management
Computer Programming
Family History
General Studies
Web Design & Dev.
ASSOCIATE DEGREES
Administrative Assistant
Agribusiness
Basic Accounting
Business Fundamentals
Commercial Fundamentals
Computer Info. Tech.
Entrepreneurship
Family History
Home & Family
Professional Sales
Programming
TESOL
Web Media
CERTIFICATES

18. Pathway is About Hope

19. Pathway Breaks Down Barriers
LOW COST
SIMPLE
ADMISSIONS
LOCAL
SUPPORT
FLEXIBILITY

20. Application Process
Standard Version • Cost: $68/credit
Students who are proficient in English
COURSE
VERSIONS
Age 18–30 or Age 31+GROUPS
APPLY at pathway.lds.org
1
3
2
L Version • Cost: $45/credit
Students with intermediate-low English proficiency
• Courses contain English learning and
speaking activities and assignments

21. pathway.lds.org

22. Optional Slides
The following slides are
intended for use
during Q&A if needed.

23. $68 per credit (Standard Version); $45/credit (L Version)
Financial aid not available during Pathway
Semester Standard
Age 18–30
Standard
Age 31+
L
Age 18–30
L
Age 31+
FALL
(Sept–Dec)
$204
3 BYU-I Credits
2 Institute Credits*
$340
5 BYU-I Credits
$225
5 BYU-I Credits
$225
5 BYU-I Credits
WINTER
(Jan–April)
$204
3 BYU-I Credits
2 Institute Credits*
$340
5 BYU-I Credits
$225
5 BYU-I Credits
$225
5 BYU-I Credits
SPRING
(April–July)
$204
3 BYU-I Credits
2 Institute Credits*
$340
5 BYU-I Credits
$225
5 BYU-I Credits
$225
5 BYU-I Credits
Pathway Tuition
*Institute credits are offered at no cost

24. Pathway’s Structure: Gatherings
WEEKLY
GATHERINGS
Age 18–30 Students
• Institute Gathering: 90 minutes
• Time: 7–8:30 p.m.
• Academic Gathering: 60 minutes
• Time: 8:30–9:30 p.m.
PATHWAY GATHERINGS
Age 31+ Students
• Religion Gathering: 60 minutes
• Time: 7–8 p.m.
• Academic Gathering: 60 minutes
• Time: 8–9 p.m.

25. Transfer Students
PREVIOUS
CREDITS
• Pathway courses must be completed regardless of
previous course credit
• Transfer evaluation occurs after Pathway
• Some degree options are still in development
• Find out more at www.byui.edu/admissions/transfer