90-Minute College Major Matcher: Choose Your Best Major for a Great Career

by Laurence Shatkin

A guide to finding the right college major discusses assessing skills and interests and describes courses, jobs, and skills related to more than one hundred possible majors.

224 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2006

Reviews

[Brian Eshleman]

The foundation, the author lays has interesting tidbits that actually make good reading, such as the fact that the guy who edits the New York Times crossword puzzle designed his own major at the University of Indiana in puzzle-making. The author designs a systematic approach to demystifying choosing a major, and for that credit is due. It doesn't make great reading straight through for someone interested in the field professionally, but even there, he is able to show occasionally how societal trends, impact particular fields.

[Katie]

This book has a pretty good amount of information and exercises to use in making one's choice of major. The exercises involve taking note of your skills, interests, favorite high school courses, and other factors. Although I highly recommend taking more than 90 minutes to do so, this volume can be helpful. In my case, after having already done extensive research on my options, it at least confirmed that the majors I had been leaning towards would probably be good choices for me.