Areas of Interest

Hover your mouse over each of the images below and a description of each interest area will reveal itself. Click on each of the pictures to view majors associated with the different interest areas. Be sure to use the “Incoming Students Registration” menu on the right side to see where you are as you navigate through this website. Some majors are not included in our areas of interest. To learn more about these majors, see the “Specialty Programs” page.

Students have an exciting opportunity, starting in 2014. If they are not yet ready to declare their majors, they can sign up for course clusters in interest areas that will allow them to explore a grouping of similar majors. Course clusters have been specially designed to fulfill General Education and potential introductory major courses.

Hover over the images below for information on each of these 6 interest areas. Click on the images for more details about each interest category.

[tooltip tip=”Business and Industry: Select this interest area if you want to learn about managerial, technical support, and applied functions related to the operation of commercial and non-profit enterprises and the buying and selling of goods and services.”]01 Business small[/tooltip]

[tooltip tip=”Arts and Humanities: Select this interest area if you want to learn about the creation and interpretation of works and performances that use sound, movement, and images to express ideas and emotions in various aesthetic forms.”]02 Creative Arts small[/tooltip]

[tooltip tip=”Health Sciences:  Select this interest area if you want to learn about major topics, concepts, processes, and interrelationships of medical related fields as studied in any combination of health science disciplines.”]03 Exploratory small[/tooltip]

[tooltip tip=”Social Sciences: Select this interest area if you want to gain a broad depth and breadth of knowledge as it applies to the study of human interactions and relationships.”]04 Social Science small[/tooltip]

[tooltip tip=”STEM:  Select this interest area if you want to learn about major topics, concepts, processes, and interrelationships of physical phenomena as studied in any combination of natural science disciplines.”]05 Multidisciplinary small[/tooltip]

[tooltip tip=”Exploratory:  Select this interest area if you are uncertain about what you want to study or would like to use this semester to engage with the many academic opportunities on campus.”]05 Exploratory small[/tooltip]