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Creation Date
11-2024
Description
I chose to discuss how to choose a major in my class because the majority of my students were pre-majors. Research has found there are many reasons why a student delays declaring a major (Hunsaker, 2024). In fact, some students had greater satisfaction with their major when they declared it during college than those who declared theirs prior to the start of the semester. With this in mind, I wanted to make sure my students knew it is okay for them to take their time making this decision. There has also been research into what kinds of decision making typically go into this decision. In order to begin considering the right major for you, you need to identify your interests, abilities, and values (Milsom, 2015). In other words, you need to discover who you are, what you can do, and what is important to you. Whatever major a student chooses should fit who they are as a person. Therefore, the second goal of my lesson was to help students think critically and get to know themselves and what they want to do at SUNY Cortland. Some considerations we discussed included what subjects they are passionate about, what subjects they are good at, what type of learning and/or working environment they see themselves in, and so on.
Keywords
Undergraduates, college life, declaring a major, academics