This popular guide helps students select a major based on their preferences, personality, and skills.

College Majors and Careers

College Majors and Careers: A Resource Guide for Effective Life Planning (6th Edition)


By Paul Phifer
This reference gives high school and college students advice on exploring their career options. Helps them decide what to do with a particular major. Covers more than 60 college majors linked to 350 career paths.
Each article describing a major includes:

  • Occupations
  • High School Subjects
  • Majors
  • Leisure-Time Activities
  • Personal Skills
  • Resources
  • Values and Personal Attributes
This latest edition includes:
  • New questions in the "Career-Related Questions and Answers" section, now reorganized into subcategories for easier browsing.
  • All the "major" sections have been updated and revised, and a new "Fact Box" feature cites key statistical information, such as the number of grads per year or average starting salaries for jobs with a specific major.
  • A new section helps parents, professionals, and students learn how to best use the book.
304 pages. Softcover. 6 x 9. 2009.
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