While there are majors relating to a possible career, it often happens that the chosen major has no subject relationship to the career. Studetns who choose majors of great interest to them are in an advantageous position to do well and achieve an academic record of distinction. The major can play a role in the search for a career upon leaving college, but there may not be a direct connection. What the major gives a student is a forum for developing perspective and acquiring and honing intellectual skills. These are central to the credentials students present when setting out on the career search and give both future employers and graduate schools a measure of the candidate before them.
Some students earn more than one major or a major and a minor.
Both of these are possible, as well as combining majors and minors in valuable ways with some of the University's professional schools. Advisors always welcome their advisees and when a student had not been in to discuss academic plans, may well initiate an invitation to an individual to come talk about a major, exploring academic options and otherwise fulfilling requirements.