Majors and Your Career

Majors and your career

As a student, you have important choices to make. Choosing the best academic major for you establishes a solid foundation for your future goals. CSO serves students deciding on an academic major and assists with self-exploration. You can receive career counseling, take career assessments, and search for information regarding specific careers to make a well-informed decision about your career path.

The sections below outline the process for the Choosing a Major Program. Send us an e-mail or give us a call to get the process started.

Career Assessments Links on the Web

The following are links that offer free career assessment testing on the web. You do not need to be an IU South Bend student to take these assessments and results are immediately given to you upon completion.

Your CSO appointment is your opportunity to ask questions and narrow your choices. Be prepared to discuss questions about each of the assessment modules, which of your goals suit you best, and any obstacles to those goals that may exist. The counselor will give you information to assist you to formulate your long-term plan, identify your educational needs, draft an action plan, and suggest strategies for dealing with obstacles.

Now that you have a good idea of your career goal; it’s time to start talking to more folks. The more information you get, the better off you will be. Make appointments with the academic advisor from 2 or 3 areas that interest you. Ask them questions about specific careers within that major. They can assist with investigating your options.

Click here to see a list of Advisors from the various academic units.

Choose a Major!

When you change your major - even from undecided to a specific major and back again - have your academic school send an Academic Objective Update to the Registrar’s Office to make each Major change official.

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Majors and Your Career