Selecting a College Major Exploration and Decision Making
Selecting a College Major Exploration and Decision Making by Virginia N. Gordon, published by Prentice Hall in 2010, is a comprehensive guide designed for courses in Career Planning or Student Orientation. This 6th edition, written in English and spanning 109 pages, simplifies the complex process of choosing a college major by guiding students through personal, academic, and occupational information searches.
Readers will find a structured approach to decision-making that includes thought-provoking activities aimed at self-exploration before delving into various majors. The book encourages students to relate their interests, skills, and values to academic fields of study while providing insights into a national system that identifies numerous academic majors. Additionally, it facilitates the exploration of career possibilities linked to the majors under consideration, making it a valuable resource for those navigating their educational paths.
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For courses in Career Planning or Student Orientation.
This text greatly simplifies the complex process of choosing a major by leading students through personal, academic and occupational information searches. It offers a natural progression for decision making by using thought-provoking activities to explore themselves before exploring majors. Whether choosing or changing a major, the discovery process examines different perspectives, such as relating interests, skills and values to academic fields of study, searching a national system that identifies many academic majors, and exploring majors available at their own institution. Once specific academic alternatives are identified, a search of occupational information helps students examine the career possibilities that specifically relate to the majors they are considering.
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