Exploring Majors at HSU

Exploring Majors at HSU

Majors & Programs website Advising Center: Advising for undeclared majors

Career Center: “What can I do with this major?”

Career Assessments Major Departments Clubs & Activities

Resources for exploring

Significantly vary in size (33 – 100 units) Core courses (GE double-counts) Options / pathways Minors Classes with labs / fieldwork

How majors are organized

Majors & Programs website

List of all majors at HSU

Find information about a specific major

Example: Environmental Management & Protection (EMP)

EMP program requirements

EMP major

EMP fact sheet

EMP fact sheet

EMP course descriptions

EMP course descriptions cont…

EMP 4-year plans

EMP 4-year plan, page 1

EMP 4-year plan, page 2

5-year course rotation link

EMP 5-year course rotations

All 5-year course rotations

https://www.humboldt.edu/courserotations/

Career Center

What can I do with this major?

What can I do with a major in EMP?

What can I do with EMP?

Career Assessments

Strong Interest Inventory Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator Jungian Typology Strengths Quest

Visit the Career Center, Gist Hall, room 114

Meet with the department chair or faculty advisor Visit the department website Talk to students in the major Wander the halls

Explore major departments

Clubs & Activities

What-if DARS

Review a sample DARS to see what courses you would take, or have already completed, for a specific major.

What-if DARS: Look up plan

What-if DARS: EMP

What-if DARS: EMP major double-counts

Many GE courses are introductory major courses (double-counts) Lower division GE areas C and D courses are

good choices for exploring majors Specific area B courses double-count for

majors in science, math, business, and social sciences

How GE courses can help

You must choose your major by 45 units After 90 units, you must request permission

to change your major Undeclared freshmen tend to change majors

less often than other freshmen

Things to consider

Advising Center

Come see us soon! Student & Business Services (SBS), room 295

Phone: (707) 826-5224 Email: advise@humboldt.edu

Website: www.humboldt.edu/advise

Gist Hall (GH), room 114 Phone: (707) 826-3341

Email: career@humboldt.edu Website: www.humboldt.edu/career

Career Center