Academic Advising and Career Exploration Center
Career Exploration
Typically, your college major does not train you for a single, specific job. Instead, it seeks to develop your aptitude and abilities so that you can use them in the broadest variety of careers. That is why it is important to choose a major that allows your individual talents to flourish.
Find a major that fits you, rather than trying to fit yourself into a major. Undergraduate education is not so much a determinant of what you want to be, as much as what you are preparing to become.
Deciding what to major in and what to be when you leave the university is often one of the most difficult decisions a college student faces. What makes this decision even more difficult are the unlimited possibilities available. Every option opens up an alternate route. Academic Advising and Career Exploration (AACE) advisors are experienced map makers, who help students take the first step toward discovering themselves, exploring their options and choosing their path.
Most students will make satisfactory progress towards a degree and choose a major by the completion of 45 credit hours. Students who select a major by this time usually graduate within four years. However, some “pre-professional” majors that are very structured, such as nursing or education, should be decided on as early as possible. If students wait to decide on one of these majors, they may extend the time it takes them to complete their bachelors degree.
Click on the links below to further explore your options: