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While choosing a major may feel important for your future, keep in mind that your major doesn’t always equal your career. Your major will provide you with specific skills and knowledge which can be applied to many different career paths.

The following statements may describe how you’re feeling right now with exploring options and making a decision. Choose the statement that best describes how you feel. Then, choose one suggestion below the statement to complete in the next week.

  • Complete the Majors Card Sort to see what majors might align with your interests.
  • Take the free YouScience assessment to help identify your aptitudes and interests.
  • Connect with a career development advisor to explore possible majors through a small group or individual appointment.

  • Review the requirements and applications for each major. Look at specific classes and see if those look interesting to you. Read through the department website to see what opportunities are available to students in that major.
  • Check out the “What Can I Do with This Major?” resource to see if some of the careers associated with that major look interesting to you.
  • Search the CU Boulder Catalog for each major to learn more about what it’s like. Read the course descriptions to see if the individual courses look interesting. Consider how much flexibility you have in the required courses and if that aligns with your interests.
  • Connect with students in the majors you’re considering to hear what their experience has been like.

  • Know that you’re not the only one who has experienced this!
  • Complete the Majors Card Sort to see what other majors might align with your interests.
  • Connect with a career development advisor to explore possible majors through a small group or individual appointment.

  • Review the requirements and applications for each major you’re considering. Look at specific classes and see if those look interesting to you. Read through the department website to see what opportunities are available to students in that major.
  • Try a class or two from that major if you aren’t in a rush to declare a major. Meet with an academic advisor from that area to get recommendations on which classes provide you with a good idea of what that major will be like.
  • Connect with students in the majors you’re considering to hear what their experience has been like.
  • Make a list of topics that interest you and consider how you like to learn (through reading and writing or more hands-on?). Focus on topics you can see yourself studying for several years.

  • These decisions can go together, but they don’t have to! What do you enjoy learning about? What could you see yourself studying for several years?
  • Check out the “What Can I Do with This Major?” resource to see if some of the careers associated with that major look interesting to you.
  • Take the free YouScience assessment to help you explore both your career interests and the majors that align with them.