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: [email protected]
Website: www.humboldt.edu/advise
Gist Hall (GH), room 114 Phone: (707) 826-3341
Email: [email protected] Website: www.humboldt.edu/career
Career Center