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At what point does a student need to select his or her major?

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Posted by enotes on Thursday August 14, 2008 at 5:00 PM and tagged with majors, university of florida.

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  1. awilliams08
    awilliams08 Student
    College - Freshman

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    You can come into UF as undeclared, although most will advise you to have at least a pretty good idea of what you want your major to be. By your sophomore year, you should probably declare your major, since you have required courses to take for each major and anytime after your second year will probably require additional years in order to catch up with the necessary credits needed to graduate in the college of your major.

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    Posted by awilliams08 on Thursday September 18, 2008 at 8:36 PM

  2. bgl5704
    bgl5704 Student
    Graduate School

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    There is no set point that a person needs to select his or her major. But you SHOULD select your major as soon as you can and STICK with your major. Changing majors gives that a lot more work to do and a lot more classes that you have to take to graduate. Take all the courses that you need for the major. Do not be wishy washy and take a load of courses that you don't need if you want to finish a little earlier. 

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    Posted by bgl5704 on Monday September 22, 2008 at 9:45 PM

  3. akipocky
    akipocky Student
    College - Senior

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    Like awilliam08 said, you can come in as undeclared if you have no idea what you want to major in. If you have a pretty good idea what your interest is but you are not sure about it, you can always change your major later. Also, as a freshman there are some classes that may help you figure out what you want to do and there are also many resources to help, too. One example of a class would be the "First Year Florida" course exclusively for Freshmen. It is a course that helps with student's social diversity skills, academics, college survival tips, career decisions, etc. Very helpful and could definitely be a plus if you have no idea what you want to do and don't know what college is about. Another example would be UF's career resource center. They offer advisors that help you decide what major best suits you! Of course, it is always good to declare your major earlier that way you can take the right classes and graduate earlier instead of taking a whole bunch of classes and find out they were not necessary at the end. I have attached the website that gives you the info on all the majors offered in UF. Hope it helps! Good Luck! :)

    Sources:
    http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/programs/majors/

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    Posted by akipocky on Monday September 22, 2008 at 10:47 PM

  4. rlendensky
    rlendensky Student
    College - Freshman

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    Most University of Florida students select their major from the start of their college career. This provides a great opportunity to delve right into the courses that interest you rather than sitting through boring classes that have no pertinence to your inteded course of study. Changing your major at University of Florida is also a nonissue, most classes that you have already taken end up carrying over in the form of general education requirements. Also, the office of academic advisors does a great job helping select courses for those students who are still unsure of what they intend on majoring in.

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    Posted by rlendensky on Thursday January 22, 2009 at 1:26 AM