Pathfinder
"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way."
-- Booker T. Washington
Academic Information
Initial Program of Emphasis (IN-POE)/Program of Emphasis (POE)
During the spring semester, freshmen meet individually with both their advisors to plan the IN-POE. In the absence of traditional majors, the IN-POE and later, the POE, serve to guide students in planning their academic programs of focus. The process of drafting the IN-POE is intended to provide a student with the opportunity to consider his or her academic and career goals, and to carefully identify those courses that will provide the background, skills, and perspective needed to achieve those goals.
The IN-POE is valid only through the end of the spring semester of the sophomore year. At this time students are asked to complete a more detailed academic plan, the regular POE, using the IN-POE as a guide. (See Catalog for more information)