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Exploratory Studies Major
The Exploratory Studies Major exists as an opportunistic path for students who are undecided in their academic major. In this major, students participate in a structured discovery programexploring their own skills, interests, and values as they engage with faculty and upper-level students across the range of Ball State majors.
Discover Your Direction Program
Students involved in the Discover Your Direction Program also have the opportunity to visit classes in their majors of interest, meet with upper-level students in that major, and attend "What We Do" demonstrations of what students can accomplish with majors in a variety of fields. The Discover Your Direction program features include:
- a one-credit course in major exploration
- an instructor focused on their success in major discovery
- an experienced peer mentor who has been in their shoes
- an exploratory advisor dedicated to their academic progress
- access to a major fair where students interact with 40+ departments representing over 200 majors, minors, and concentrations
Program Resources
To help students get a head start on their search for the perfect major, the following resources are available:
- Match with a Major
- Major/Career Research
Match with a Major
Resources include:
- Myers-Briggs Personality Types: This test uses scientifically-based insights to categorize personalities into 16 possible types and identify common behaviors.
- Focus 2: A self-paced, online career and education planning tool for use by college students, enabling them to self-assess their career-relevant personal qualities and explore career fields and major areas of study that are most compatible with their assessment results.
Major/Career Research
Resources include:
- Academic Major/Minor Coordinator: Interested students can explore different opportunities through two different assessment tools, receiving one-on-one guidance and feedback throughout the process.
- Academic Departments: Each academic department offers career-related information and resources, curricular planning advice, class presentations, and activities such as films, lectures, guest speakers, and field trips.
- Senior VIP (Very Informed Person) Connections: This program offers students a chance to discuss a particular major with an upperclassman in that field, learning more about classes, internships, career opportunities, and more.
- Counseling Center Career Assessment: The Counseling Center can help students with career uncertainty, providing a battery of career tests free of charge to explore values, interests, skills, and personality and find the major and career that best fits them.