Majors:
MSUM's List of Degrees/Majors
From the website Quintessential Careers:
"Choosing a College Major: How to Chart Your Ideal Path" by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
"Career Assessment Tools & Tests:
Help plan your future with these self-assessment and career discovery tests."
Ansir's 3 Sides of You Self Perception
Profiling System
Work Preference Inventory. Based on the premise that the process of values clarification is very important in career planning, the Work Preference Inventory gives you a small glimpse that helps you to clarify what you value in terms of work style to assist you in making more fulfilling and rewarding career and employment decisions. For best results, use Java-script-enabled browser.
Personality and IQ Tests -- take a personality test and find out what others with similar personalities desire as an occupation. Plus lots of other interesting and unusual tests.
"Online Career Assessment Tools Review: Read our reviews of the major online career assessment tools for job-seekers." If you are looking for some career direction, or perhaps just want to learn more about yourself and your personality, then taking one or more of these assessment tests can give you a better idea of your attitudes and interests as they relate to discovering more about yourself -- and possible career choices.
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition"
Ways to use the Occupational Outlook
Handbook site:
(1) To find out about a specific
occupation or topic, use the Search
box that is on every page—enter your search term in the box.
(2) To
find out about many occupations, browse through listings using the
Occupations links that are on the right side of each page.
(3) For a listing
of all occupations in alphabetical order, go to the A-Z
Index and select a letter.
Bridges.com: At the top of the page, under the picture, in the blue box, make sure you click the "site ID" tab rather than "professional account" which will come up first. Then enter 0002205 under site ID and dragon (case sensitive) under password.
From the University of Minnesota's University Counseling and Consulting Services:
“A Major Decision
Workbook”
The first time many students’ think about the career development process is when they are faced with selecting or changing their major. Some students choose to immediately seek assistance in this process whereas others prefer to initially explore the possibilities on their own.
From Penn State's web page Major Decisions for students who are exploring majors:
"Some Common Misperceptions about Choosing a Major." Students often begin their exploration of majors with preconceived ideas about the best ways to go about choosing a major and about what impact that choice will have. Unfortunately, many of these ideas are misperceptions that can deter real progress.