Major Exploration

It is critical for students to choose a major prior to transferring to UCF. By declaring a major, you can avoid taking unnecessary classes, and may be able to take UCF major prerequisites while earning your A.A. It is important to be aware of UCF degree requirements (GPA, limited access majors, etc.). The Transfer Student Counseling Manual or the UCF Catalog provides the degree requirements for each major.

Students who are undeclared or undecided should develop an action plan, and explore majors and career options. The Marketable Majors section provides insight to majors that Florida Board of Governors has identified as key majors needed to the meet the continuing growth of Florida. The following Web sites can also help you link skills, interests, and abilities to specific UCF majors and careers.

• Florida Choices Planner, Interest Planner - Interest Planner helps identify skills, increases self-awareness; gives tools to compare, connect, and choose a major and career options. It allows students to create and save a portfolio for future reference. After taking the Interest Planner, students can use Holland's Topology, provided by UCF's Career Services and Experiential Learning, to link their Choices Planner Interest Areas to majors available at UCF.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - This handbook, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, is a source of career information, designed to provide information for individuals making decisions about their future work lives. It describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in thousands of occupations.
• What Can I do with This Major? - This link, provided by UCF's Career Services and Experiential Learning, lists sample occupations, useful skills, professional organizations, and on-campus academic contacts related to a major

Prospective undeclared and undecided students are urged to make an advising appointment with our office.

Marketable Majors

UCF wants to increase the number of graduates in the majors listed below to meet the professional and workforce needs of Florida. These are high demand/high wage fields, areas of emerging technology, and critical needs professions, identified by the Board of Governors of the State Board of Education.

Undeclared Policy

UCF has an established policy, regarding undeclared students. The Undeclared Policy can be found in the 2006-2007 UCF Undergraduate Catalog. Undeclared and undecided students with 45 credit hours or more are required to make an appointment with their academic advisor in order to have the hold released. It is strongly encouraged for students to do major exploration and interest assessment and to make an appointment to see their advisor to discuss majors and review all the options. The policy states:

All students at the University of Central Florida are expected to officially declare a major prior to earning 45 college credit hours (this includes credits earned from CLEP, Dual Enrollment, AP and IB). An administrative hold to prevent future university registration will be placed on the records of all students that have not declared a major. Students must meet with an academic advisor (within Student Development and Enrollment Services, the Colleges, or Regional campuses) to have the hold released.

Please contact Jackie Jessup, Beth Ganz, or a student Peer Mentor from this office with your questions or to schedule an appointment.