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Linking Passions to Major Choice:
Strategies for Advising
Humanities Majors
Luke GartonUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville
Whose Major is it Anyway?
Find a partner (someone you don’t know)…
Say what you think that person majored in.
Why did you assign that major to your partner?
Once both partners have gone…
Say what you actually majored in.
Why did you choose that major?
27,845 students as of Fall 2015 (21,863 undergraduates and 5,982 graduates)
9 Colleges total plus the Schools of Art and Music
Over 170 majors, concentrations,
and specializations
University of Tennessee Basics
Advising Models: Vary by college
The College of Arts & Sciences has professional and faculty joint advising model
A&S recently shifted to departmental advisors/coordinators for the most highly populated majors: Psychology, Biological Sciences, Political Science, English, and History
Humanities Majors
Religious StudiesEnglish
TheologyClassics
Philosophy
Foreign LanguageMusicology
HistoryTheatre
Art History
Top 5 Reasons to Major in Humanities
You actually learn how to think and write
You’re able to do things that machines can’t do in a service economy
You learn to explain/sell an idea and actually deal with people
You’re in pretty good company You acquire skills that last a lifetime
http://www.businessinsider.com/11-reasons-to-major-in-the-humanities-2013-6
THE BIG THREE
Major/minor in things you are:1) Good at2) Passionate about3) Enjoy
You MUST have all three to feel trulyfulfilled!
NOTE: Avoid the “easy major” myth!
“The Paradox of Choice”
The more choices you have, the less satisfied you are
Patient autonomy
Regret less and don’t focus on opportunity costs