Choosing a Major Based on Field or Interest

This method starts broad and then provides more options within each field or sector. Fields or sectors are groupings of majors based on related approaches or subjects. These fields or clusters cross over colleges, so majors within a single field or cluster.

Priority steps to choose a major based on field or interest:

• Start with our current information on interest areas
  • Need more or different interest areas?
• Using the Major Checksheets website, look at courses required for that major
• What Can I Do With a Major?
  • This website does not include all majors at Tech, but does include similar subjects and a list of career resources to help you research career fields

Optional steps to choose a major based on field or interest:

• Meet with Offices/Resources to align careers and majors
  
• Schedule an appointment with your academic advisor
• Need to change your major? Meet with Transitional Advising
• Meet with Career & Professional Development
  • Ask Career & Professional Development about Typefocus and Tratify
• Meet with faculty in the discipline
  • This might require emailing or meeting with current faculty or emailing someone for the first time
• Consider an informational interview with someone in the field in which you want to pursue