什么是元专业?
Meta-majors, sometimes referred to as career clusters, organize individual majors 在更大的学术保护伞下. They provide you with a clear pathway to graduation and help you make connections between your studies and the most relevant career tracks. Meta-majors are a system to help provide you a foundation if you are looking for a major and need assistance with the decision-making process. 它们也是设计好的 来指导你完成 通识教育 在指定的广泛的程序范围内.
健康 & 人类研究
项目 in health and human studies include those that help protect, maintain and improve a person's health, both physical and mental, and their quality of life, as well as those that focus on helping the most disadvantaged members of society. 项目 within this field may also lead to work within organizations, from local to global, 帮助向有需要的人提供服务. 具体的职业道路将视情况而定 在获得的学位水平上.
社会 & 公共服务
Public service can be thought of as an action or service by an organization whose mission is not to benefit the organization, but instead to benefit the greater good. Public service is intended to serve all members of a community. 这些程序通常 focus on providing services, setting and implementing policies, or the evaluation 社会项目. 项目 in this field will also introduce you to the complex 之间的相互作用 全球政治、社会和宗教力量.
科学 & 技术
项目 and careers in this area directly relate to the hard sciences and their technological applications, such as physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, and computer sciences. 这些程序通常 involve research in the field or lab, and lead to new discoveries 在医学和技术方面. Additionally, programs and subsequent careers in this area focus on the environment and the reduction of environmental impact, on advancing information technology and security, and on more efficient ways to manufacture and develop high-quality facilities, machines, buildings, roads and other structures using scientific principles. Competency in mathematics is fundamental to the majority of programs within this area.
业务
项目 in this area prepare you to work in a wide range of positions and fields 就像一个会计、金融、国际商务, marketing, human resources, operations, project management, communication and technology. 这些专业 improve your understanding of how companies, states and governments interact as part 一个不断发展的全球和经济世界. 你会 study how organizations operate, how states interact, what creates global wealth and 贫穷，以及我们为什么会有不平等.
语言,艺术, & 设计
项目 in this area will develop in you a broad understanding of your world and enhance your ability to think critically and communicate effectively. 因为它结合了 disciplinary knowledge with invention, teamwork, and creativity, a major in this area will provide you with the skills and flexibility to pursue a variety of career paths or 研究生学习. 项目 will prepare you for careers in creative fields such as writing, communications, art, graphic design, and digital media as well as professions 比如教育、法律和学术研究.
教育
Through a combination of classroom and intensive field experiences, prospective teachers master the professional skills needed to provide systematic, individualized instruction to all students, to promote student welfare, and to serve as effective professional 来自不同教育背景的团队成员. 教育专业发展强劲 communication skills - a skill valued highly by employers.