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Here are some ways you can explore majors:
- Spend the first three semesters at SUNY New Paltz taking General Education and exploratory courses. Many introductory courses fulfill GE as well as major requirements. Meet with an advisor in the Advising Center for suggestions.
- Read the course requirements and course descriptions for potential majors. You should feel excited by the courses and understand the math, science, or writing skills needed to be successful.
- Visit the department webpages of all majors of interest. Are there entrance requirements, such as GPA, grade restrictions, portfolio or application requirements? Understand the major, the department, and school it is housed in. Learn about concentrations within majors.
- Talk to everyone! Ask friends and faculty about the course work for majors of interest. Help your parents understand your interest in a major. Talk to professors of your favorite courses or seek out professors doing research in an interest area. Talk to professionals in fields you might be interested in. Ask them what they studied in college.
- Make connections between careers paths and major. Visit the Career Resource Center, attend the annual Majors Fair, sign up for workshops on major decision making offered each semester by the Academic Advising Center, and research majors and careers online.
- Try a simple Google search "Careers for _______ Majors." Fill in the blank with majors of interest. You will get many ideas to help you begin to think about how majors and careers are connected. Professional track majors (like Accounting or Communication Disorders) lead to very specific careers. More general liberal arts majors (like Philosophy or History) do not lead to specific careers, but rather focus on building skill sets, such as research, writing, and critical thinking.
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