Exploratory (Human & Social Services Meta-Major)

Meta-Majors

For students who are exploring different majors it is strongly encouraged that they chose a Meta-Major for their course of study. This will be selected by the student at the time of application. This Meta-Major will be utilized by the student’s advisor to enroll them through Advanced Registration and in consultation with their advisor (s) for future term. It will focus student’s enrollment around degree applicable courses for the focus areas.

There are 7 Meta-Majors

Engineering
Business
Arts, Humanities, Communications, and Media
Human & Social Services
Sustainability, Earth Science, and Land and Natural Resource Managemen
Animal, Life, and Physical Science
Health Science

Purpose

The purpose of Meta-Majors is to assist students who are exploring their academic path through a collaborative student-center approach. The Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center engages students in the process of exploring and defining their academic and career goals and creates effective strategies to achieve these goals. Students are encouraged to participate in ExplorationFIT or take ACE 100 – Academic and Career Exploration (1 unit) in the fall semester of their first-year to jumpstart their decision on a major.

Human & Social Services Meta-Major

The Human & Social Services Meta-Major is designed for students who are considering academic studies related to Human & Social Services. The course work within this Meta-Major is aimed at exploring Social Work, Education, NevadaTeach, Human Development and Family Studies, Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Political Science. The majors connected to this course work could lead to careers in the following fields: Social Workers, Counselors, Human Resources Workers, Political Analyst, Community & Social Service Specialist.

Declaration of Major Policy

Exploratory students must declare a major before or upon completion of 45 credits as per the Declaration of the Major Requirement policy specified in this catalog.