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Choosing Your Major

TARGET A MAJOR

that matches your interests and ablities.

Follow these steps when choosing a major.

Do research

BYU Hawaii Catalog
Review The BYU Hawaii Major to Career Guide
What Can I Do With This Major?
Researching Salary Ranges
Learn More About Your Major

Make an appointment

Meet with the academic advisor and faculty members in the departments you selected.

Ask questions

What is the philosophy of the department?
What are the faculty backgrounds and research interests?
What skills and knowledge will you gain from the major?
What occupations and graduate programs have graduates of the major pursed?

Take further action

Sit in on a few classes to get a feel for the material and professors' teaching styles.
Talk to students in the major and ask for their assessment of the department, classes and the professors.
Review the Graduate Survey placement data for the various BYU Hawaii majors.
Consider doing some self-assessments to gain an understanding of your career interests and what majors that might suggest.
Explore Learn More About Your Major.
Review the Major to Career Converter.
1. For Love or Money?
2. Charting Your Ideal Path

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Choosing a Major

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Major to Career Guide

What Can I Do with this Major?

Major to Career Converter.

Learn More About Your Major.