Prospectives Students

Selecting Your Major!

Some people say the “selection of your major” is the second most important decision of your life. The college degree major you select will dictate your future career options, your life style and ultimately your quality of life.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the average college graduate changes jobs once every three years and changes career fields two or three times in their lifetime. This being the case, doesn’t it make sense that you select a major (degree program) that will provide the best job opportunities, create multiple career options for you and afford you both a personally and professionally satisfying lifestyle?

The degree programs in the sciences (and mathematics) are designed to provide our graduates with the education, knowledge, skills and personal characteristics that will enable them to compete in a global economy for most of the fastest growing and highest paying positions available in tomorrow’s job market.

What is a major? Basically, a “major” is a contract between you (the student) and the degree program that you select. By declaring a major, you (the student) agree to successfully complete certain work (your courses) in exchange for a college degree. I simpler terms, a major is an organized collection of courses (the degree’s curriculum) related to a particular discipline (e.g. mathematics or chemistry) that are designed to prepare you to compete effectively in graduate school, professional school or the business world (industry) and enable you to grow professionally in the discipline.

We invite you to inform yourself regarding career opportunities emanating from the following degree programs in our College:

B.S. in BIOLOGY
B.S. in BIOTECHNOLOGY
B.S. in BIOCHEMISTRY
B.S. in CHEMISTRY
B.S. in COMPUTER SCIENCE
B.S. in INFORMATION SECURITY & AWARENESS
B.S. in INFORMATION SYSTEMS
B.S. in MATHEMATICS
B.S. in MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

By the way, for all degree programs in the College of Science & Mathematics, it is imperative that you declare your major as soon as possible, preferable the first semester of your Freshman Year. All of our degree programs have pre-requisite requirements (see Freshman Advisement Sheet) in mathematics and the science discipline for the upper division courses that will delay your progress toward graduation if you do not take the specified math and science pre-requisites in your first year (see 1st-Year Students’ Frequently Asked Questions).