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100 1  Phifer, Paul. 
245 10 College majors & careers :|ba resource guide for effective
       life planning /|cPaul Phifer. 
246 03 College majors and careers 
246 14 Ferguson college majors & careers 
250    Sixth edition. 
264  1 New York NY :|bFerguson,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    ix, 294 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Clusters of majors -
       - Connecting college majors to career clusters -- II. Who 
       will be helped by this book? -- III. How this book is 
       organized and how to use it -- -- The 4-step career 
       development process -- IV. Choosing the major that best 
       reflects you -- Accounting -- Aerospace engineering -- 
       Agriculture -- Allied health assisting and technology -- 
       Allied health sciences -- Anthropology -- Architecture -- 
       Art -- Astronomy -- Banking and finance -- Biology -- 
       Botany -- Business administration and management -- 
       Chemical engineering -- Chemistry -- Civil engineering -- 
       Communications -- Computer science -- Construction -- 
       Criminal justice -- Culinary arts -- Economics -- 
       Education -- Electrical/electronic engineering -- 
       Electrical/electronics technology -- English -- Food and 
       beverage management/service -- Foreign language -- 
       Forestry -- Geography -- Geology -- Health administration,
       management, and related services -- History -- Home 
       economics -- Horticulture -- Hotel/motel management -- 
       Industrial engineering -- Industrial and precision 
       production/technology -- Law -- Legal and protective 
       services -- Library and information science -- Marketing 
       and distribution -- Mathematics -- Mechanical engineering 
       -- Mechanics and related services -- Medicine -- 
       Metallurgical and mining engineering -- Military science -
       - Nursing and related services -- Performing arts -- 
       Philosophy -- Physics -- Physiology -- Political science -
       - Psychology -- Recreation and leisure -- Rehabilitation 
       therapy and related services -- Religion and theology -- 
       Secretarial (management and administrative) services -- 
       Social work -- Sociology -- Transportation -- Zoology -- 
505 0  V. College- and career-related questions and answers -- 
       College-related questions -- 1. How do I know if a program
       or institution is good? -- 2. What is a college major? -- 
       3. What is a liberal arts major? -- 4. What should I know 
       before selecting a major? -- 5. How do I select a major? -
       - 6. What should I do if I want a college degree but don't
       know what to pick for my major? -- 7. Should I "test' out 
       of a required course? -- 8. I must register for a full 
       load of classes tomorrow but I don't know what to take. 
       What should I do? --  9. What should I do if I only want 
       to pursue a short-term program of a year or less? -- 10. 
       What are home-study (distance learning) courses? -- 11. 
       What is virtual education? -- 12. What is co-op education?
       -- 13. What is an apprenticeship? -- 14.What is an 
       internship? -- 15. What is mentoring? -- 16. What are 
       "STEM" jobs? -- 17. What is an MBA? -- 18. Should I go for
       an MBA? -- 19. Should I get a PhD? -- 20. What is 
       networking and can it help me? -- Career-related questions
       -- 1. What does the word "career" mean? -- 2. What is 
       career decision-making? -- 3. . What is good career 
       decision-making? -- 4. What is career development? -- 5. 
       Is career development different for an older adult than 
       for a younger person? -- 6. What is a career resource or 
       information center? -- 7. Are career development and 
       placement services the same? -- 8. What are career 
       development services? -- 9. What are job placement 
       services? -- 10. What does a good career counselor do? -- 
       11. What is a self-assessment? -- 12. What are career 
       tests? -- 13. Should the results of my career tests 
       determine what I do in the future? -- 14. Should I accept 
       career test results that point to a single field? -- 15. 
       What does it mean when the results of my career testing 
       show that I am interested in just about everything? -- 16.
       Am I required to take a battery of tests to effectively 
       plan my career? -- 17. What is the difference between an 
       aptitude test and an interest inventory? -- 18. Can 
       occupational projections be trusted? -- 19. What is career
       success? -- 20. What are the 4 "MUSTS" that can improve 
       your chance for life success? -- Appendices -- A. Self-
       assessment survey -- B. Descriptions of selected 
       occupations -- C. Definitions of selected skill statements
       -- D. Definitions of values and personal attributes -- 
       Index of occupations -- About the author. 
520    Offers straightforward advice to anyone who is exploring 
       career options. More than 60 majors are covered and are 
       linked to more than 350 career paths. 
650  0 Vocational guidance|zUnited States. 
650  0 Vocational interests|zUnited States. 
650  0 College majors|zUnited States. 
650  0 Professions|zUnited States. 
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