In their junior year, LEAPS students choose a specialization or pre-professional interest known as a pathway. Pathways are designed to prepare students for particular career paths and/or postgraduate study. Students may choose a pathway from among pre-set options, or define their own pathway (which other students may follow in the future) with faculty approval. LEAPS faculty will guide students toward professional learning opportunities and courses designed to prepare them for further study or work in their respective areas of interest.

Pathways are flexible. Potential pathways include the following:

• Public-service Entrepreneurship
  Work directly with entrepreneurs in an incubator on the Marygrove campus as you take courses in key areas of business. Graduate ready to contribute to (or found!) an innovative company.
• Education
  Engage with learning at all levels right on the Marygrove campus: Pre-K, elementary, middle, and high school. While LEAPS does not result in a teaching certification, it will prepare you for a range of education-related careers, including roles in education policy, summer camps, museum education, and other informal learning settings. 
• Public Health
  Join forces with nonprofits across Detroit serving a broad range of community health and wellness needs.
• Public Service/Government
  Learn about government from the inside out by working with members of the Detroit City Council, analyzing data and producing reports related to the needs of the city, and taking political science and government courses.
• Law
  Engage with all levels of the legal system in Detroit. Work with legal clinics run by the University of Michigan Law School. Take the courses that law schools really value.