Balancing Passion and Pay: Choosing Your College Major

Balancing Passion and Pay: Choosing Your College Major

Choosing which major is best for you and your career is quite important, but it can be challenging as well. Therefore, in this course, Dr. Kevin Bukatman, Founder & President of College Planning Service America, will guide you through the entire process of finding the right majors for you that align with your interests, skills, and future goals.

Target Audience

This course is made for the individuals who are:

  • High school students.
  • Undergraduate students who want to pursue a Masters or multiple majors.
  • Anyone who is considering doing their major but does not clearly know which way to go.

Course Prerequisites

No prior experience or knowledge is required for this course. Anyone who is curious enough to know about which course in their major will be beneficial for them to have a successful career must join this course.

Objectives

This course will help you:

  • Understand where are your hobbies, interests, skills lie that can relate to your potential majors
  • Research and analyze different major courses on the basis of their career prospectus and employability
  • Learn to balance your passion with practicality when it comes to choose the right majors
  • Acquire strategies to avoid big changes and minimize student debt

Topics Covered

You will cover these following topics:

  • Recognizing your interests, skills, and talents
  • Engaging into the relationship between majors and career options
  • Exploring the potential future job market along with long-term career prospects
  • Knowing and deciding whether to take admission in the college as “Undeclared”

Course Modules

This course only carries one module that will make your learn about:

  • Importance of Choosing the Right Majors
  • How to assess your interests, skills, and talents
  • Finding different major options along with career paths
  • Assuming the future job market
  • Finding balance between passion and pay
  • Strategies to choose and stick with a particular major

By the End of this Course

You will have a clear insight into finding the right balance between passion and exploring various major courses. You will also be equipped with different effective tools and solutions to know how your interests and skills can be used productively in both your professional and personal life.

Enroll Now

Don’t let the indecisiveness and lack of knowledge stop you from choosing the right major. Get enrolled into “Balancing Passion and Pay: Choosing Your College Major” course and learn what field can excite you the most to have a flourishing career.

Choosing a College Major That Pays for Your Passion

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Choosing a College Major That Pays for Your Passion
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This lesson includes:

  • Learning how to make educated decisions when choosing a major in college/university.
  • Understanding the criteria to consider when choosing a major.
  • Understanding the reality of what your major can and cannot do for you, and when it makes sense to change your mind.
  • Understanding what you are actually paying for with a university.  Cost/Benefit analysis for a number of criteria and how it applies to different majors.
  • Understanding employers' hiring priorities: experience vs education.
  • The "21st Century Skill Set" is primarily soft-skills that are learned by doing but rarely taught.

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