Fact or Myth
College Major
Area of Study
Work Environment
Academics
100

Campus activities, including social and recreational activities, count as experience for future career development.

                                   


    

What is Fact?

100

A central science of great importance to society. It provides a broad range of opportunities in many specialized fields, including biotechnology, polymer chemistry, environmental chemistry, materials chemistry, and medicine

What Chemistry?

100

The third planet from the sun

What is Earth?

100

                                                                       

People with artistic ability and imagination; enjoy creating original work; like dealing
with ideas rather than things.

                                                       


    

What is Artistic?

100

A concentration of study focused on a
discipline, which requires completion of specific
courses.

What is a Major?

200

A degree earned for a course
of study that normally requires 120 to 130 credits,
involving specific classes related to the student’s
major

What is Major?

200

A college major is a group of courses required by a college in order to receive a degree –– an area you specialize in, like Accounting or Chemistry.

What is a college Major?

200

A career in politics or government means being involved in public life, either through campaigns and elections or in government offices directly or indirectly related to those electoral contests.

What is Political Communication?

200

People with mechanical and athletic abilities; like working outdoors with tools and objects; prefer dealing with things rather than people

                                                       


    

What is Realistic?

200

A college or university student’s declared
secondary academic discipline during their
undergraduate studies.

What is a Minor?

300

In today’s economy, a college degree is the ticket to a great job.

    

What is a Myth?

300

Major are to train forestry field personnel in the technical aspects of evaluating, managing, and protecting forest resources

What is Forest Technology?

300

A broad perspective, careers in research and analysis revolve around asking questions and finding answers to those questions. 

Within the field of communication, these questions often focus on human communication, behavior, and opinion formation, and their relationship with societal factors such as culture, socioeconomic status and other demographics, politics, and the mass media

What is Technology and Global Media?

300

People with social skills; interested in social relationships and helping others solve problems; like dealing with people rather than things.

                                                       


    

What is Social?

300

Money to support a student’s education that does not have to be paid back. Scholarships are awarded based on academic, athletic, artistic, or other types of achievements, affiliations or competitions.

What is a Scholarship?

400

It’s important to take your time when picking a college major because the major you pick now will determine your lifelong career.

                                   


    

                                   


    

What is a Myth?

400

an interdisciplinary program concerned with the sources and causes of industrial impact on the environment and the choice of appropriate remediation strategies. Students enrolled in the program acquire: 

a) a strong foundation in mathematics and the physical and engineering sciences, 

b) a fundamental background in the application of the earth and atmospheric sciences.

What is Environmental Systems Engineering?

400

Don’t forget to talk to people about all the possibilities,” “Ask family, friends, classmates, professors, and advisers about the majors you’re considering — especially if they majored in one of those subjects. Whether or not you agree with their assessments, having these conversations can help generate ideas

What is ask for advice?

400

People with math and science abilities; like working alone and solving complex problems; like dealing with ideas rather than people or things.

                                                       


    

What is Investigative?

400

Programs offered by many universities and some community colleges, which occur in the summer between high school graduation and fall transition to college, which offer students accelerated, focused learning opportunities that can help better prepare them to succeed in college.

What is a Summer bridge program?

500

                                               

There are many ways to approach picking a college major. An approach to avoid is selecting a major because of high job market demand

                                   


    

                                   


    

What is a Fact?

500

Students generally learn personal time, work, and life management skills. Students will also learn business leadership skills, management skills, skills for coping with a rapidly changing environment, communication, negotiation skills, and skills to assess risk and make sound business decisions within an unstructured environment.

What is Business Administration and Management?

500

Individuals who enjoy working with hardware and software and who want to earn higher-than-average salaries. Roles for graduates of bachelor’s programs include computer network architects, computer programmers, computer systems analysts, database administrators, information security analysts and software developers.


Depending on their chosen areas of focus, students cover topics such as network security, coding languages, IT ethics, app development and the user experience.

What is Computer and information sciences?

500

People with clerical and math ability; prefer working indoors and organizing things; like dealing with words and numbers rather than people or ideas.

                                                       


    

What is Conventional?

500

Federal outreach and student
support service programs at the middle school,
high school and college level to assist students with
understanding of basic college requirements, and to
motivate students toward successful completion of
post-secondary education.

What is are TRIO Programs?

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