Brigham Young University-Idaho is starting to utilize Pathway—a program that essentially will make it easier for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to start or finish their college degree.
The Pathway program, which has a simple admissions process, charges students $65 per credit and has no application fee. The program combines online academic classes with local meetings and takes about one year to complete. Students enrolled in Pathway complete three academic courses along with three religion courses over the span of three semesters.
Upon completion of the program’s 15 credits, students earn college credit that is eligible for transfer to BYU-Idaho and other universities. Students who choose to enroll in BYU-Idaho’s online degree program will keep the lowered tuition rate.
Service missionary, Steve Broadbent, is overseeing the program in Ogden and told Standard Examiner that Pathway helps people to accomplish something they can be proud of:
It gives people confidence and skills and the chance to say, ‘Life hasn’t passed me by.’
The Standard Examiner reports that by this fall, there will be 107 international sites and 136 in the United States and Canada.
Those interested can apply to the Pathway program at pathway.churchofjesuschrist.org.
