You don't need to choose a major right away. Your two years at the UW Colleges provides time for you to test your abilities, pursue your interests, and explore new ideas while considering one or more majors.

By the end of your freshman or sophomore year, after talking with faculty and your academic advisor, you should declare or select a major. You can begin over 250 majors at the UW Colleges.

You can get help in finding out what interests you. Here's how:

Get to know your academic advisor. Your advisor can help explain how the four-year degree works and provide you with plenty of resources to discover your interests.
Take the "Strong Interest Inventory." This is a career assessment instrument that looks at your needs, aptitudes, and values and compares them with the results of persons given the same exam who have been identified as happy and successful in their jobs. You can obtain the inventory from your advisor in the Student Services Office, take it home to complete and bring it back. The Student Services Office will send it off for evaluation. This process takes about two weeks. When the inventory comes back, your advisor can sit down with you and go through the inventory for a full evaluation of the results.
Attend career workshops offered on the campus.
Make use of computer assisted interactive guidance programs and library resources.
Introduce yourself to faculty members and discuss potential careers in their field of study.

For more information, consult the UW Colleges Catalog or contact Student Services.