Choosing Your Major
We will do a couple of activities to get you moving and
thinking about your major and your next four years here at SU!
First we will start moving around with an exercise called:
"Stand
Up-Sit Down"
-Click
here
for the power point
-Next we will begin by giving you a pencil and notebook paper so
you can take a quiz. The quiz is called:
"Celebrity
Quiz"
Click
here to
start the quiz. Good luck!
Additional
Resources to Help You Choose Your Major
- Click
here for "What Can You Do With Your Major?"
-
Career Counseling
-
Webpage Resources
-
Focus
-
Mentor
Network
-
Make an
Appointment/Part-time Jobs, Text Messaging/Facebook/etc.
Here's a list of things you can do to explore possible majors. Some are
easier than others. Some may take an hour while others take a quarter.
Some will work for you and some won't.
- Set specific goals. For
example, "By the end of this quarter I'll attend information sessions
for my top five majors, try to narrow to three, then meet with the
department advisers for those majors."
- Work with advisers throughout the
process.
- Look at the list of undergraduate
majors.
- Attend some information sessions.
- Attend a "Choosing Your Major"
workshop.
- Take a few introductory courses.
- Talk with department or college
advisers.
- Talk with faculty in the major.
- Talk with students already declared in
the major.
- Talk with a premajor adviser.
- Talk with a career counselor.
- Talk with family and friends.
- Get a job or an internship.
- Take the personality/preference tests offered at the Counseling Center.
- Do undergraduate research.
- Peruse some academic journals in your areas
of interest.
- Go to an academic conference.
- Assess your academic strengths.
-What do you want to be when your grow up? Click
here to take a look. Write down your 3 digit code.
-From the "Cross Off" Handout, cross off all the majors you
KNOW you don't want.
-Below you can see what our majors are and the personality codes.
Look at your 3 digit code and your "Cross Off" Sheet and try to continue
to narrow your list from the "Cross Off" handout.
-Always remember you can do different careers with a
particular major. Click
here to see "Celebrity Majors." Take the quiz and see
how good you are when you try to determine a major.
SU Majors and Personality Codes:
ACCOUNTING-CRS
ANTHROPOLOGY-IRE
ART-ASI
-Art Education-ASE
-Art History-AES
-Graphic Design-AES
ATHLETIC TRAINING-SRE
BIOLOGY-IRE
-Biology Education-SAE
-Botany-IRS
-Microbiology-IRS
-Zoology-IRE
BUSINESS -ESC
-Business Education-ESR
CHEMISTRY-IRE
-Biochemistry-IRE
-Chemistry Education-SAI
COMMUNICATION ARTS-EAS
-Journalism-EAS
-Film Production-AIR
-Mass Media-AES
COMPUTER SCIENCE-EIS
CONFLICT ANALYSIS-SEI
ECONOMICS-IAS
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION-SEC
ENGLISH-AES
-English Education-ASE
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE-IRE
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES-SEI
EXERCISE SCIENCE-IRE
FINE ARTS-ASI
FINANCE-ESR
-Financial Planning-ESR
GEOGRAPHY AND GEOSCIENCES-IRE
HEALTH EDUCATION SAE
HISTORY-SEI
-History Education-SAE
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES-IAR
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES-ESI
LAB SCIENCE/MED TECH-ISA
MANAGEMENT-IES
MANAGEMENT INFO SYSTEMS-IRE
MARKETING MANAGEMENT-ESC
MATHEMATICS-IER
-Math Education-SAE
-Statistics-IRE
MUSIC-ASI
-Music Composition-ASI
-Music Education-AES
-Music Composition-AES
NURSING-SIA
-Post RN-ISA
PHILOSOPHY-SAI
PHYSICAL EDUCATION-SER
-Outdoor Education-SRE
-Physical Education Teaching-SER POLITICAL SCIENCE-SEI
-Applied Politics-SEI
-Environmental Policy-SIE
PSYCHOLOGY-SIE
RESPIRATORY THERAPY-IRS
SOCIAL WORK-SEC
SOCIOLOGY-IES
SPANISH-ASE
-Spanish Education-ASE
THEATRE ASE
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