Rubric and Template for Pace Path
Four Year Plan in UNV 101
Pace Path Four Year Plan: In this assignment you will create a Pace Path Four Year Plan for your personal,
academic, and professional goals for the time you spend at Pace University. The plan should be uploaded to
ePortfolio in order to have your plan available through your four years at Pace. Your plan should be flexible and will
evolve over time.
Your individual plan should explain why you chose your major or explain why you are interested in the possible
majors you wish to explore. Your plan should also include the courses you plan to take, the co-curricular
activities/goals in which you plan to engage, and identify possible sources of coaching/mentoring both within Pace
and outside (e.g., professionals in your possible chosen field). You will use the template provided to record your
Four Year Plan. Please note that co-curricular activities/goals should have duration, supervision, and work product
associated with them. However, one-time events, such as workshops and lectures, can often be highly valuable for
students and are highly encouraged. These events can serve to help you find long term activities/goals for your
Pace Path. Duration means that activities are ongoing across a semester, summer, or year. Supervision could come
from faculty, staff, advisors, and coaches/mentors. Work product should provide evidence of success.
At the end of your plan you will write a 450 to 500 word reflection on how you will accomplish your personal,
academic, and professional goals in your four years at Pace. Your reflection should consider your own background
(e.g., experiences, family, education, culture, etc.). The following should guide your reflection:
1. What did you expect from creating the Pace Path Four Year Plan before you did it?
2. What resulted after creating your plan? Discuss how you approached your plan. Highlight how you will
accomplish your personal, academic, and professional goals while at Pace University. How will making the
most of your experience at Pace help to differentiate you when you graduate?
3. What did you learn from this experience? What did you like the most from this experience? How do you think
this experience will benefit you? What action could be taken to make this experience more meaningful for
you?
This plan will serve as a guide for your personal Pace Path in order to make the most of your Pace experience.
Each semester as you will grow, learn, and reflect, you will modify your plan. Making the most of your time at Pace
University will help you differentiate yourself as you pursue your interests and goals. NOTE: For many freshman it
may not be possible to plan completely to senior year. Your plan should start in UNV 101, but should become fuller
as you grow throughout your time at Pace.
The Pace Path is an innovative four-year program unique to Pace University that helps each student become
successful in college, career, and life. Each student develops strengths in managing oneself, interpersonal relations,
and organizational awareness through co-curricular activities within an academic program. This is accomplished
through collaboration with Pace faculty, advisers, staff, coaches, and mentors.
The following is a rubric on what is expected for your Pace Path Four Year Plan. The rubric is intended to assist
both the student and instructor in planning and evaluating the plan. However, the plan should be flexible enough to
meet your unique needs and goals. Following the plan’s template there is space for the reflection and faculty
feedback and/or student notes. This should be used as a guide for your Pace Path Four Year Plan. Remember to
type your plan directly into the template so you can upload the plan to ePortfolio, which will allow you to edit the plan
during your four years at Pace University.
Rubric for Pace Path Four Year Plan: The following rubric will be used to guide your Pace Path Four Year Plan.
Exemplary
Satisfactory
Needs Improvement
Personal Goals and Action
Steps
Plan fully articulates at least
one personal goal, along with
needed action steps, for each
semester during the four years.
Academic Goals and Action
Steps
Plan fully articulates at least
one academic goal, along with
needed action steps, for each
semester during the four years.
Professional Goals and Action
Steps
Plan fully articulates at least
one professional goal, along
with needed action steps, for
each semester during the four
years.
Co-Curricular Activities/Goals
Note: Long term Co-Curricular
Activities/Goals must have
duration, supervision, and
produce a work product.
However, one-time events, such
as workshops, lectures, etc., can
often be highly valuable for
students and are highly
encouraged.
Plan lists at least three cocurricular activities/goals to
explore in the first semester
(from the approved list of
activities), along with at least
one long term activity/goal for
each of the three remaining
years. Long term
activities/goals must have
duration, supervision, and work
product.
Plan fully articulates the
student’s major and the reason
the student choose the major.
Or, the plan fully articulates the
possible majors to explore and
the reason for exploration.
Academic Major
Courses
Coaching/Mentoring
Template
Narrative Reflection
Writing Quality
Plan fully lists possible courses
to take over all eight semesters
based upon major or possible
major.
Plan fully articulates a
coaching/mentoring plan for the
student’s major or majors in
which the student is interested
for each of the eight semesters
(inside and outside of Pace).
Plan fully uses the template
provided.
Plan contains a 450 to 500
word reflection on how the
student will accomplish the
personal, academic, and
professional goals over the four
years at Pace.
Plan is well written with no
grammatical/spelling mistakes.
Plan partially articulates at
least one personal goal,
along with needed action
steps, for most of the
semesters during the four
years.
Plan partially articulates at
least one academic goal,
along with needed action
steps, for most of the
semesters during the four
years.
Plan partially articulates at
least one professional goal,
along with needed action
steps, for most of the
semesters during the four
years.
Plan lists at least three cocurricular activities/goals to
explore in the first semester
(from the approved list of
activities), along with at least
one long term activity/goal for
most of the three remaining
years. Long term
activities/goals must have
duration, supervision, and
work product.
Plan partially articulates the
student’s major and the
reason the student choose
the major. Or, the plan
partially articulates the
possible majors to explore
and the reason for
exploration.
Plan partially lists courses to
take over most of the eight
semesters based upon major
or possible major.
Plan partially articulates a
coaching/mentoring plan for
the student’s major or majors
in which the student is
interested for most of the
eight semesters (inside and
outside of Pace).
Plan partially uses the
template provided.
Plan contains a 250 to 449
word reflection on how the
student will accomplish the
personal, academic, and
professional goals over the
four years at Pace.
Plan is somewhat well written
with few grammatical/spelling
mistakes.
Plan does not articulate at
least one personal goal,
along with needed action
steps, for the semesters
during the four years.
Plan does not articulate at
least one academic goal,
along with needed action
steps, for the semesters
during the four years.
Plan does not articulate at
least one professional goal,
along with needed action
steps, for the semesters
during the four years.
Plan does not list at least
three co-curricular
activities/goals to explore in
the first semester (from the
approved list of activities),
along with at least one long
term activity/goal for most of
the three other years. Long
term activities/goals must
have duration, supervision,
and work product.
Plan does not articulate the
student’s major and the
reason the student choose
the major. Or, the plan does
not articulate the possible
majors to explore and the
reason for exploration.
Plan does not list courses to
take over the eight
semesters.
Plan does not articulate a
coaching/mentoring plan for
the student’s major or majors
in which the student is
interested for most of the
eight semesters (inside and
outside of Pace).
Plan does not use the
template provided.
Plan contains fewer than 250
words for the reflection on
how the student will
accomplish the personal,
academic, and professional
goals over the four years at
Pace.
Plan is not well written with
grammatical/spelling
mistakes.
Pace Path Four Year Plan Template: Please use this template to articulate your Pace Path Four Year Plan.
Freshman Year
Personal Goals and Action
Steps
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Junior Year
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Senior Year
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Narrative Reflection
Faculty Feedback (could be
written by faculty member or
could be a place for student
notes based upon
faculty/student in-person
meeting)
If additional space is needed for goals, you may use this sheet.
Personal Goals and Action
Steps
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