In The College Tour’s College Majors Class, we dive deeper into the vast areas of study at colleges and universities across the country. Learn how to choose a major that will set you on a direct path towards success. This is a great class to both learn about college majors, as well as potential careers you may be interested in. When finished with your class, please enter your email address where we will send you your answers and a certificate of completion. You will have the ability to also share your answers with your teacher, counselor, or parents. Click play below to start class now!

Welcome, everyone, to The College Tour’s class on how to begin thinking about your College Major. Our goal for this class is to help you start ‘thinking’ about what you may want to do with your life and in turn, what major might be right for you in college. Finding your passion, your purpose, and your path in life is one of the greatest gifts anyone can give to themselves. Some of you may know exactly what you want to do with your life, like being a nurse, engineer, entrepreneur or maybe a chef. But most of you probably don’t know. This is absolutely normal and 100% OK. I’m going to let you in on a little secret: many adults, when they were your age, had no idea what they wanted to ‘major in’ or what they wanted to do for a job when they grew up. So that is what we are going to tackle in this class! Let’s start thinking about the things we like to do, the things we are good at, and watch some videos of real college students talking about their majors in college… all so that YOU can start thinking about what major might be right for you… and what job and career path gets you excited. Sound good? OK… I’ll see you in the next video to get started.

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The first step to figuring out your college major is to figure out what you love to do, whether that is in or outside the classroom. There are absolutely no right or wrong answers here. Maybe you love art and dancing, maybe you love technology and gaming, maybe you like pulling things apart and putting them back together… maybe you like helping people. We are all different and we all love different things. So our first step in this class is to simply write things down. Here is what we want you to do: below, list out five things or activities you truly love to do in your free time. And I’ll see you in the next video.

Now we are going to take some time to think about our Strengths and our Weaknesses. Let’s be honest: we all have things we are good at… and other things we are not so good at. Once again, this is OK. It’s the reality of life. If we were all good or not good at the same things, life would be pretty boring. And taking a moment to identify these things can be both freeing and rewarding. For instance, maybe you love studying and helping people. That is really good to identify, because being a nurse or a doctor could be a great career path. And let’s say you aren’t the best in math and dealing with money… well, that is good to know too, because you probably don’t want to be an accountant. So as you can see here, the purpose of this exercise is to think critically and honestly about your skills. Your next exercise is to write down three things you are good at, and three things you are not so good at. And I’ll see you in the next video.

Alright, everyone – this section is a lot of fun. Now, we get to watch real college students talk about their majors. Please remember that there are hundreds of college majors out there. Below are a number of different videos from The College Tour TV series, sorted by majors. Each one of them is a different college student talking about their major, what they are studying in college and why it excites them. Here is what we want you to do: scroll through and watch at least ten videos that you gravitate to. Once again, there are no right or wrong videos to watch here. Find ones that jump out at you and spark your curiosity. And then, here is what we want you to do: write down what that college student is studying or majoring in, and explain what you like or dislike about that area of study. And I’ll see you in the next section, everyone.

Based on what grade you are in, you may choose to do this section or not. If you are up for one final exercise, here it is – with everything you have learned today, from writing down what you really love to do in your free time, to writing down your strengths and weaknesses, to watching real college students talk about what they are studying… here is what we want you to do – write down the following three things:
#1. What do you think you want to do for a job/career upon finishing school?
#2. Do some research online and write down whether you need an Associate’s degree, a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s Degree, or Doctorate degree in order to get that job.
#3. Do some more research and figure out what major you need to have, in order to get that job.
And I’ll see you in the next video to wrap up this class.

Congratulations to you all! Spending time to think through all this stuff can be hard, but it’s really important! We want you to live an extraordinary life, with passion and purpose. There is nothing better than getting up every day and loving what you do for your job. And remember… every year, you will change, be exposed to new ideas and things. So use this class and watch The College Tour TV series to continue to get both information and inspiration on your next path in life. Congrats again on finishing, and we can’t wait to see you on campus real soon! Take care, everyone!

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