Explore Majors

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." - Aristotle

The key to making a MAJOR decision is awareness! To make the best decision, this involves both self-awareness and external-awareness. You must be aware of your own interests, strengths, abilities, preferences and more. Additionally, you must be aware of careers, employers, trends and more related to potential professions. Use these tools to help you gain the awareness you need to make the best MAJOR decision for you!

Focus 2: An online, interactive, self-guided career and education planning system designed to help you make decisions about your future career goals and education plans.

What Can I Do With This Major?: View common career areas that students enter based on major! View typical employers that hire students in this field and strategies to maximize career opportunities.

O*NET Online - Main Search: Research occupations of interest with significant detail! Learn about work related tasks, activities, values, education required, average wages, related fields and much more!

O*NET Online - My Next Move: Get a quick overview of occupations of interest! Learn about work related tasks, technology used, knowledge, skills and abilities required, education required, average wages, job outlook and more!

BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: Discover detailed information about different occupations! This site is searchable by: Median Pay, Number of New Jobs (Projected), Growth Rate (Projected), and Education Levels. Additionally, once you choose an occupation, you can use the "How to Become One" tab to learn about required education, training, licensing and more!

LinkedIn: Use the Advanced Search feature to search for people in positions you might be interested in! You will be able to see how they got to where they are, including previous jobs and their major in college. You may even find a job that you didn't know existed!

Your Network: Your network includes everyone you know! This means classmates, professors, friends, parents, family members, local businesses and more. Talking to people you know could lead to a referral or connection that you may not be currently aware of!

Students will transition to College Advising once they have met the specific criteria and milestones based on their intended major. More information on the advising transition process is available here: Transition Process 

Student will be able to declare any minor once they have transitioned from Exploratory Advising to their college advisor. 

Students who fail to meet the academic milestones for their program of study may be required to select another major. Students who are required to select a different major must meet with an advisor to complete a Change of Major Form.

If a student knows the major they would like to select, they can contact the appropriate college to schedule an advising appointment.

If a student does not know the major they would like to select, they can contact Exploratory Advising to schedule an advising appointment.

If the student chooses a major that they do not meet the milestones for yet, they will be advised by Exploratory Advising until they can be transitioned over to their college advisor. 

Students can check the transition criteria for the major they want to change to to see if they meet the milestones.