Choosing and using a major
FOCUS-2®. Think of it as "career test" but there's no way to fail. You will have the opportunity to explore your interests, skills, leisure activities, values, and personality through completing self-paced assessments.
O*Net. Incredible resource that provides career titles and descriptions, education requirements, potential salary, and related occupations.
Major Weblinks. Major resources from the Northern Illinois University career website
What can I do with a major in? Comprehensive link to University of North Carolina WilmingtonMajor resource kits. Links to University of Delaware and further explores majors and career alternatives
So. Be honest. How often are you asked "What's your major?" Then consider the question, "What are you going to do with your major?" Let us help you figure out the answers.
One of the first steps in choosing a major is understanding yourself. What do you value? What interests you? How do you spend your time? What skills do you have and what skills would you like to build? What gets you excited or motivated? How does your personality fit in?
Knowing the answers to these will help you answer for yourself, the ultimate question, “What do I want to do with my life?" Put another way, who do you want to be?
- American Medical Writers Association
- American Solar Energy Society Greenstart
- American Water Works Association (AWWA)
- BioSpace
- BioTechnology Industry Organization
- Drug Information Association (DIA)
- EcoJobs
- Environmental Programs.net
- National Association of Science Writers
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
- Renewable Energy Jobs
- Renewable Energy World
- Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- The Green Careers Guide
- The National Academies of Sciences
- Water Environment Federation (WEF)
- WEFtec (WEF Annual Conference)
- Working as a Medical Writer
- American Chemical Society
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Medical Writers Association
- American Solar Energy Society Greenstart
- American Water Works Association (AWWA)
- BioSpace
- BioTechnology Industry Organization
- Drug Information Association (DIA)
- EcoJobs
- Environmental Programs.net
- National Association of Science Writers
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
- Renewable Energy Jobs
- Renewable Energy World
- Summer Undergraduate Research Programs
- The Green Careers Guide
- The National Academies of Sciences
- Water Environment Federation (WEF)
- WEFtec (WEF Annual Conference)
- Working as a Medical Writer
- Allied Health Careers.com
- Consumer Sciences: Food and Nutrition at FSU
- Dietician Central
- Eat Right.org
- Eat Right MA.org
- Nutrition Jobs.com
Economics and Business Administration
- Free Publications from Serenus Press. They promote the study and use of history and the liberal arts and publish freely downloadable material.
