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AFRICOM

AFRICOM. Majors and Minors. AFRICOM. When To Pick a Major. AFRICOM. How to Wait to Pick a Major. AFRICOM. How to Pick a Major “The Reasons”. Serious Interest in a Discipline Dream Major Family Tradition or Duress Quickest Way to a Degree. AFRICOM. Steps In Selecting a Major.

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AFRICOM

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  1. AFRICOM Majors and Minors

  2. AFRICOM When To Pick a Major

  3. AFRICOM How to Wait to Pick a Major

  4. AFRICOM How to Pick a Major“The Reasons” • Serious Interest in a Discipline • Dream Major • Family Tradition or Duress • Quickest Way to a Degree

  5. AFRICOM Steps In Selecting a Major • Stay Calm!! • Use “Backward Planning” • Review what you know about yourself. • Verify your strengths and weaknesses with valid information. • What do you value? • Narrow down the possible choices.

  6. AFRICOM Special Questions Does it matter if your chosen field is “bloated”? Is money more important than the work? Will you specialize, or will you generalize in a discipline? AND NOW THAT YOU ARE READY……….. Enroll in a course or two to see if it really fits.

  7. AFRICOM Double Major? Minor? Does your Bachelor Major impact your Graduate Program? Changing Majors?

  8. AFRICOM Quintessential Careers http://www.quintcareers.com/student_jobseeker_guide/choosing_college_major.html Mymajors.com http://www.mymajors.com/ Strong Interest Inventory https://www.cpp.com/products/strong/index.aspx Holland’s Self-Directed Search http://www.self-directed-search.com/ Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/OCO/ College Board http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html

  9. AFRICOM Advanced Placement (AP) • College Credit • Admissions – Competition • Head Start on Degree Completion

  10. AP Quick Facts AFRICOM • 30 Courses with Exams • 90% of Colleges and Universities Award AP Credit • A Score of 3 Indicates Ability to Do College Level Work • AP Exams are Usually Taken in May • AP Exams Take 2 to 3 Hours to Complete • College Board Website Offers Practice Exams • Colleges Articulate AP Credit Differently!!!

  11. AFRICOM UMUC AP Credit Examples ExaminationScoreCredit English Language & Comp 3 3 – Elective 4 or 5 3 - WRTG 101 Literature & Comp 3 3 - Elective 4 or 5 6 - ENGL 240 & Elective U.S. History 4 3 - US History 156 or 157 5 6 - History 156 AND 157 Calculus BC 4 or 5 8 - Calculus I & II Questions?

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