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"What major will you choose?"
"Why did you choose that major?"
That is the most frequently asked question when you meet a high school friend nowadays. Maybe some people are like Ata, who have made their choice and really know the reasons why they chose it. But it cannot be denied, there are still many people who don't have a goal of where they want to go next or some other people already have a choice but just feel FoMo and say "Yeah, a lot of my friends are going there." The consequence that can occur is you can feel like you are in the ‘wrong major’ phase. This phase will have a very bad impact on your college life. According to Yoursay.id, this phase can make you not optimal at studying, feeling depressed, making it difficult to get a career and suffering in the world of work.
May i explain it in easy way. If college were a video game, major would be like the main storyline. Of course what you choose will have a big impact on your life. Sure, there are plenty of side quests surprises and achievements to earn, but each major will give us an overall route, what classes we can take and what assignments we complete to reach significant checkpoints or save points. After a long journey, you will reach the final boss, Thesis. In the end, if you can 'defeat' it, you will get a big chest of gold containing degrees, knowledge, and the opportunity to continue to the career path you want, if only you choose the right storyline from the start, what really suits you. That’s why, nowadays for some people who are finalizing SNBP and when choosing a major in SNBT later, you will feel like "Submit, Done, I sign my life away”
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if College were a video game a major would be like the main storyline sure there are plenty of side quests surprises and achievements to earn but a major give us an overall route where we take classes to reach significant plot points and checkpoints and save points hopefully lots of save points it's a major choice and a pretty important one so students tend to put a lot of thought into it that can be a hard thing to figure out on your own spending too much time in a major that isn't the right fit for you can waste time and money luckily you have us hi I'm Erica brazovsky and this is Crash Course how to college a study hall series presented in partnership with Arizona State University today we're going to talk about how to decide what to dedicate your entire life to just kidding that would probably take a lot longer than 10 minutes but we are going to talk about how to decide what to spend your college life doing [Music] in college there are hundreds sometimes even thousands of different classes to choose from so with such a long list of possibilities colleges build in some structure to help us Wade through and create our own unique Journeys for instance most colleges require students to pick a major which is a student's intended area of study when we choose a major we take a set of classes that help us specialize our knowledge in a particular discipline field career or skill set our
major becomes a guide for what classes we take and where and how we spend our time in fact a major is really what we get a degree in so on our diplomas it might say Bachelors of linguistics or Associates in nursing like my major was Linguistics so I focused on English sociolinguistics and learn skills and knowledge that I could use in a future career and this is true for all different types of Majors Finance Majors learn to analyze budgets and investment strategies English Majors learn to write persuasively and interpret texts and computer science Majors learn to code and use software to solve problems ultimately a major is an investment of our time and that investment pays off and we level up our abilities by completing different segments that our college is set to guide our major Journey the biggest segment will be the series of courses a department or School lays out for a major so that every student meets more or less the same standards so students of the same major may take some of the same courses like an introductory course or a course on a special method used in their field business majors may be required to take accounting chemistry Majors may be required to take lab courses or philosophy Majors may be required to take ethics but there is still some Choice involved because many times there are several different paths through a major to reach the ultimate power-up graduating with your degree so some major courses may have prerequisites which is a course you must take before you're allowed to take a more advanced course it's just like how we usually have to take Algebra 1 before we take algebra 2. other major courses are electives which means students are free to choose from a list When selecting courses electives can help students dive deeper into a topic or hone a particular skill or just explore a new area for example our director Nick was a graph design major but took film courses to round out his education electives can also be helpful if a major has the opportunity to choose a concentration or an even more specialized area of study within a field one of our editors Shep majored in English but concentrated on creative writing Majors might also have the option of completing a thesis or Capstone project writing a thesis or completing a Capstone is kind of like a boss battle it's a challenging research project that serves as a culmination of the degree usually completed during your final year so even if they have the same major not every student will take exactly the same path it's best for students to talk through their plan for completing the Major's requirements with an academic advisor because advisors can explain when certain courses are offered and propose a game plan though you can usually also do your own research by reading about required courses for each major on the department's website some even have a major map to help college students see what courses they need to take and when at this point the password introductory classes to more advanced levels probably already sounds like a lot fortunately there are ways to plan and manage your time and course load to try and avoid being overwhelmed or burnt out as college students we generally get to decide what exactly our schedules look like for that reason it's best to strike a balance as we navigate major requirements and other obligations it's important to make sure the schedule you choose is feasible one way to do that is to balance your course load because major courses are usually not the only required courses in college most schools will also have general education or gen Ed requirements which are introductory level courses in a range of required subjects gen EDS tend to cover core academic areas like composition social science or math sometimes gen Ed classes can broaden our Horizons or help us discover potential majors in the best case scenario gen Ed classes will feel like a useful and interesting Adventure rather than unskippable cut scene some students may find that one gen ed class is more difficult than another so choose classes wisely if you're already taking some challenging courses for your major maybe pick a gen Ed that you'll find easier think about it like prioritizing your quests ultimate Italy major courses in gen EDS are helping us chip away at the total number of credit hours we need to graduate credit hours are like the experience points of college courses each course is worth a certain number and they indicate how many hours per week students will spend in that class so a three credit hour course means that the class meets roughly three hours each week credit hours can also give us a sense of how much time we can expect to spend working outside of Class A good rule of thumb is that for every hour you spend in class you'll spend one to two hours outside of class doing homework setting for exams or writing papers so if a student is enrolled in 15 credit hours they can expect to spend 15 hours a week in class in 15 to 30 hours per week on classwork which is why being a full-time student is like having a full-time job even though you're not
in class 40 hours a week of course different classes require different amounts of work but credit hours can be a useful gauge for managing your time each semester and if you plan to work part-time while in college you can use this method to figure out how much time you can expect to spend on classes so you can set a realistic work schedule so really all that's left is to actually choose your classes in major it's a big decision but not one that has to be overly stressful even before starting College you'll probably hear the question what are you studying all the time and it's totally okay to say I'm not sure yet a lot of people start college without knowing what they want to major in and there's nothing wrong with taking some time to weigh our options in fact some departments already have suggested classes for first-year students some engineering programs for example may want new students to take calculus so they know what to expect later on and some students select a desired major on their application but it's normal to remain Undeclared for our first one or two semesters of full-time enrollment in academics speak being undecided means you haven't yet declared a major which is when you yell your favorite subject as loud as you can from your window just kidding declaring a major actually usually just means formally telling the college what path you plan on taking by submitting some paperwork but even if you do shout it from the rooftops don't worry your major isn't necessarily set in stone many students switch Majors when they change their career plans or simply change their mind in fact about a third of students end up switching Majors so pivoting is Not Unusual in college but you should still think about the options because it's not always possible to switch just like that at four-year colleges switching your path late in the game might mean having to stay for extra semesters an extra semesters means extra dollars and trade schools often specialize in degree programs or certificates for a set of careers so if you start at wanting to be a chef and enroll in culinary school but then you decide your passion was really heating ventilation and air conditioning systems that's going to be tricky but not impossible with planning community colleges can also provide several different routes one option is to enroll as a degree seeking student and earn an associate's degree in an area of study but we could also enroll to take college level courses without committing to a degree in either case it's possible for students to transfer from Community College to a four-year institution and save the progress they've made so far when a student transfers or switches schools they can often use the credits they earn at their previous school to satisfy requirements at their next one these are called transfer credits for students undecided on a career path the transfer track at a community college can be a great option as it gets lots of required classes out of the way plus you can get acquainted with the experience of taking college level classes before you declare a major however the sooner you know where you'd like to transfer the sooner you know which courses will transfer for credit generally public schools are more accepting if credits earned elsewhere than private schools but no matter where you go choosing a major can require lots of reflection and planning sometimes our career plan points Us in the right direction like if you want to become a software engineer the computer science major is likely pretty high in your list but some of us are not yet sure what career we want to pursue and some careers don't require us to choose one specific major at all many first-year students are surprised to learn that pre- med in and pre-law aren't themselves Majors but programs to make sure you take all the required classes for Med or law school that can be done with virtually any major so it's worth thinking through your choices a major may be the main storyline of our college career but it doesn't have to be a single player game there are many resources available to help us decide what story will be ours and how to navigate its twists and turns let's go to the thought bubble say Jordan is trying to decide whether to major in English literature or economics when deciding on a major one of the best options is to get advice from people we admire whose careers we find exciting we can also rely on admissions counselors Career Services departments or academic advisors professors can help too whether you've taken a class with them or not don't be shy it's okay to email professor and make an appointment and then ask questions about their field or the Department's Majors faculty and staff want to see their students succeed and it's always possible to ask for coaching from the experts there are tons of great online resources for choosing a major as well check out our study hall Channel where you'll find fast guides to college majors which takes a closer look at many different areas of study and what career paths those Majors can open for you click the card or the link in the description you can also use
websites like college Navigator or big future to learn about degree programs and students sometimes try sitting in on a course in order to get a better sense of how a topic is taught and what a given Department teaches when a student sits in on a course for an entire semester that's called auditing and it can be a useful tool for making decisions about what to study next although it's worth mentioning that you need prior permission from the course instructor to do this as you satisfy gen Ed requirements you may find yourself wanting to take one or two more courses in that topic that can be helpful as well if you don't end up using those courses to count towards your major they could always become part of a minor or a secondary area of focus taking classes and talking to professors is always going to be a great option to learn about Majors thanks thought bubble remember a major is an investment one day when interviewing for a job the major you choose might help you explain how you developed your passions and interests into marketable skills and no matter how many wrong turns you make or how many classes and credit hours you squeeze in remember ultimately college is teaching us how to learn which we'll keep doing for the rest of our lives thanks for watching this episode of Crash Course how to college this series is part of an expanded program called study hall crash course has partnered with Arizona State University to launch study hall on its own channel check out youtube.com studyhall where you'll find more tips about navigating College choosing a major plus foundational courses connected to college credit courses that students struggle with most in their first two years we hope to see you over there