Research has shown that at least half of all college students are uncertain about their majors, and nearly 40 percent of college students change their major at least once. Decide your right college major right now with the newest book in JIST’s Help in a Hurry Series. Why spend months unsure about your major or declare one that leads to a poor career fit? This book leads you through an easy method of connecting yourself to a major and a career. Checklists reveal your interests (personality type), skills, and favorite courses. With the author's guidance, you use this information to match yourself to the best major and occupation.This compact book provides instant facts on 120 college majors from accounting to zoology, including typical sequences of college and high school courses, specializations in the major, and a description from the government’s official Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). Insightful career snapshots describe related occupations and list growth, openings, pay, skills needed, work values, working conditions, and interest/personality type (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, or Conventional). Whether you need to declare your major now or want to explore your options efficiently, 90-Minute College Major Matcher provides help in a hurry. Key Features and Benefits• The only college majors book at such a low price point.• Addresses the problems that many undeclared students have: no career awareness, little awareness of their skills and interests, unsure of how to make a decision, and fear of making the wrong decision.• Features revealing checklists for matching the most important factors about yourself to a major and a career.• Uses a unique and easy method that combines key decision factors for choosing both a major and a career, which is important for staying in college and being satisfied in college.• Covers 120 popular college majors, including useful descriptions, specializations in the major, typical sequence of college and high school courses, and related CIP program code.• Gives a much-needed “career snapshot” for each major that describes the type of work it leads to.• Offers related job titles for each major, along with earnings, growth, and number of openings.• Lists interests/Holland personality type, skills, values, and work conditions for the related careers.• Helpful narrative explains what a major is; discusses concentrations, minors, and double majors; and covers the factors that should be part of the college major decision.• Includes references to the six Holland RIASEC codes so that students can connect their code to majors and careers.• The author explains other sources of information for further research.• Brand-new book in JIST’s hot Help in a Hurry Series!Final Table of ContentsChoose Your Major in 90 MinutesA Brief Introduction to Using This Book Chapter 1: The Parts of a Major Decision What Is a Major? What About Concentrations, Minors, and Double Majors? Changing Majors Factors That Should Be Part of the DecisionKey Points: Chapter 1Chapter 2: What Are Your Interests? Your Interests: The Six Holland Types Interests ChecklistRelating Interest Types to College Majors and Careers Key Points: Chapter 2Chapter 3: What Are Your Skills?Skills Checklist Relating Your Skills to College Majors and Careers Key Points: Chapter 3Chapter 4: What Were Your Favorite High School Courses? My Favorite High School CoursesRelating High School Courses to College Majors and Careers Key Points: Chapter 4Chapter 5: Your Hot List of College Majors and CareersKey Points: Chapter 5Chapter 6: Review College Majors and Related Careers