{"id":162,"date":"2016-01-29T20:43:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T20:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/lumencollegesuccess\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=162"},"modified":"2020-07-27T19:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T19:25:00","slug":"college-majors-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/chapter\/college-majors-2\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to College Majors","rendered":"Introduction to College Majors"},"content":{"raw":"<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/605\/2016\/01\/27192234\/25772184516_68e2bc1741_k.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3412\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/605\/2016\/01\/27192234\/25772184516_68e2bc1741_k-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"two women writing in journals\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/a>\r\n<blockquote>You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014Dr. Seuss, children's author<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\nBy the end of this section, you will be able to:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">List key strategies for selecting a college major<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identify the relationship between college majors and career paths (both why they matter and why they don\u2019t)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identify sources for learning more about specific majors and related careers<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2><div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1VZlaAk_umdehHUrnN2ZGFAukh1itlZ-ZVHOUmD9J6hI\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a>","rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/605\/2016\/01\/27192234\/25772184516_68e2bc1741_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3412\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/605\/2016\/01\/27192234\/25772184516_68e2bc1741_k-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"two women writing in journals\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You&#8217;re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who&#8217;ll decide where to go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014Dr. Seuss, children&#8217;s author<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<p>By the end of this section, you will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">List key strategies for selecting a college major<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identify the relationship between college majors and career paths (both why they matter and why they don\u2019t)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identify sources for learning more about specific majors and related careers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1VZlaAk_umdehHUrnN2ZGFAukh1itlZ-ZVHOUmD9J6hI\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-162\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Outcome: College Majors. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Women of Color in Tech stock images take 2. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: WOCinTech Chat. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: WOCinTech. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/FgpbyU\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/FgpbyU<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":277,"menu_order":8,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Women of Color in Tech stock images take 2\",\"author\":\"WOCinTech Chat\",\"organization\":\"WOCinTech\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/FgpbyU\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Outcome: College Majors\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"ef177aa7-22c8-43d7-913f-a37e2d91c26b","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-162","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":58,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/277"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3413,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/162\/revisions\/3413"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/58"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/162\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-collegesuccess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}