Choosing a Major Based on Elimination

Sometimes the best way to find your major is to eliminate majors you do not like and see what is remaining.

Priority steps to choose a major based on elimination:

• This is a listing of all majors
• Mark off majors that are not interesting or attractive to you
  • Think solely about the major, not the future career potential, but whether the major and majority of its courses are intriguing.
• With the remaining majors, look at the Major Checksheets to get more data and potentially eliminate more options. Major checksheets include all courses required for the major at Virginia Tech.
• This is a list of questions you could ask when researching majors (Page 1) and a list of all majors to make notes (Page 2)

Optional steps to choose a major based on elimination:

• 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
• Meet with Offices/Resources to align careers and major
• Schedule an appointment with your academic advisor
• Need to change your major? Meet with Transitional Advising
• Meet with Career & Professional Development 
• Meet with faculty in the discipline