At the annual Major-Minor Fair, students can talk to faculty members and department representatives to get information on different majors and minors. This year's fair will take place Monday, Oct. 2.
Ahead of this year's Major-Minor Fair, we're sharing a few previously published stories from Arts & Sciences students about their path to choosing a major.
Lorenzo Prila
"Four months later, after reading about the growth of the English major, I found myself in Vincent Sherry’s office to get advice. I was worried about choosing courses for next semester, as I saw it as a crucial turning point in my academic career. He responded that 'You don’t have to choose, you just have to try.' At the end of the day, I could only do so much research and planning. Eventually, I had to see what would happen.
The next semester I took a risk, trusted my gut, and tried some classes along the English track. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. Every day started to feel more holistic. For so long my life was split in so many different directions, but now it felt like all the distinct interests and passions were starting to converge."
Gaby Mendoza
"My next step was an old reliable: writing. I have always loved telling stories and I knew I wanted to use those skills in college and beyond. I tested out political science, but it was not my cup of tea. By the end of my freshman year, I was still searching for the right fit and decided to take an anthropology course.
As I listened to my anthropology lecturer discuss different medical perspectives in Latin America, I realized I had found my passion and the perfect combination of studying people, culture, and medicine. Now, as a junior, I’m majoring in anthropology on the global health and environment track and minoring in computer science and writing."
Gracie Hime
"I took a broad variety of classes in Arts & Sciences my first year. Topics like cognitive science, political theory, and literature allowed me to find new and personally-undiscovered areas of study – topics I hadn’t even heard of in high school. Sure, I knew cognitive science was the study of the neuro-mechanical aspect of the mind and brain, but that was about it. Little did I know that it also relates to computer science and linguistics. The unexpected material left me in a panic at first. But, to my surprise, I became obsessed with cognitive neuroscience theories relating back to coding and physical symbol systems.
After taking my first two cognitive science classes this past semester, I knew this was the direction for me. The Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology program allowed me to combine my passion of politics, philosophy, and psychology into one interdisciplinary and intersectional study."
Are you still on the path to finding your major? Learn more about different areas of study in Arts & Sciences at the fall Major-Minor Fair on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
