Undecided Majors
Exploring Majors & Minors
Freshmen Undecided Major Advising Our mission is to provide students the opportunity and guidance to actively, holistically, and responsibly engage in the Major exploration process. Through active involvement, students will explore, discover and define their interests, while seeking and connecting their God-given abilities and strengths that will lead to a successful college experience and selection of major or minor.
Fact or Fiction
Most freshmen enter college knowing their major.
Fiction: 50% of incoming freshmen have no clue about a major but select one because they feel external pressure from others.
Once a student decides upon a major rarely does he/she change the major.
Fiction: 80% of change majors at least once, the average is at least 3 times.
A student should always select major that directly relates to a chosen career/job path.
Fiction: 50% of college graduates pursue jobs that do not relate to their majors.
Personality/Career Assessments can give you the answers to all your questions finding the right major and career path.
Fiction: An assessment might help you understand your personal strengths and weaknesses, but this type of test compares you to other people groups. Assessments do not look at God given strengths and talents. Engaging with academic departments and learning communities provide tangible resources for exploring what can be the right major for you!
Picking a major early guarantees college and career success.
Fiction: Unfortunately there are no guarantees for success! However, a college degree does increase your chances of becoming employed and unemployed college graduates spend less time searching for a job.
You should select a major based on current job/career trends.
Fiction: Job markets are constantly changing and what is "HOT" today, in four years may be obsolete. Estimates vary, but sources state that 40% to 60% of jobs of the future have not be created — much less the major.
A major will dictate your career path; therefore, pick your major early.
Fiction: Not in the least! A math major can have a business related career just as a business major can be a psychologist or a lawyer. The truth is you can do any job with almost any major. Employers usually don't hire based on your major.
Fact: There are several specialized areas that require licensure; therefore, the major is directly related to the career path.
Opportunities during the First Year
- Personal academic advising and registration assistance
- Parent Workshop and Sessions
- Help in navigating in and out of the classroom.
- Encouragement during the college transition
- Building of community
- Individual Monthly advising meetings
- Monitoring of academic progress reports and semester grades
- Majors and Minors Workshops and Special sessions