This week's topic focused around degrees and majors at Georgia Southern University (GSU). Students around the nation who look to enter their collegiate years know that declaring a major early on is crucial, so they can get ahead on classes. However, it is common for students to change their majors as time goes on. At Georgia Southern, there are many resources for students to navigate such as courses to take and what careers can come out of a certain degree.
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In class Monday, we looked at program maps for certain degrees. Similarly, the University catalog has answers and resources for many questions students have about their degree pathway. The catalog finds requirements for particular degrees and it has a walk through for each component of college. My degree is in Biology, and I hope to go on to become a Marine Biologist when I am older. GSU does not have a particular marine focus in their general Biology degree, so I checked out the Major and Career Exploration Center on Georgia Southern's website to explore options to get a marine career after college. It guided me through internship options and courses to take that are considered pre-requisites for the broad Marine Biology career.
Link to the Major and Career Exploration Center- students.georgiasouthern.edu/mace/
Next, in class, we circled characteristics that are valuable to us. The traits are what we represent and what we think will benefit our future selves. Some traits I circled were honesty, love, family, exploration, compassion, and cooperation. These traits I believe describe me and will be beneficial to keep up if I hope to gain respectable employment someday.
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On Wednesday, we discussed the values we circled on the worksheet from Monday. My peers talked about plans and ideas for how they will carry themselves in their college years. We discussed bumps in the road and how our values must come into play to lead us to success. As college students, we have more of a responsibility to carry ourselves maturely and find ways to deal with "adult" incidents. Halfway through class, we gathered into groups of three or four and discussed the values that are important to us (the ones we dealt with on the worksheet). My group had very different characteristics. Bry-Anna put "love" and "independence." She said that she came from a rough family background where she grew up having to depend on herself over her parents. She also stated how challenges in her life have made her an independent individual in the best ways. On the other hand, JD put "family" and "honesty" as values that he deems important. His family is his rock and have taught him lessons that will stick with him his entire life. JD related more to me with values like honesty and compassion, but it was interestingly fun to hear different perspectives.
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The best part of class Wednesday was when Doctora made the point that humans don't like change, yet it is inevitable. When a bump in the road occurs, one has to keep going and choose important values to focus on. “Listen to people who you trust... and who know you," stated Doctora.
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