<p>So I'm a freshman at UCR who is an undeclared major(CHASS). Winter quarter is about to end...and I still have no idea on what to major in. I want to declare a major by the end of this year. My advisor told me that majors do not need to match careers. I don't know what majors I'm interested in. I kinda like English but I don't like writing essays ha. Also, is english or creative writing major hard? What is the difference? I'm going to take a creative writing course this spring and I'll see if I like it. Anyways, I'm so confused! What should I do to be ready to declare a major?!</p>
<p>Most people take the approach where they wet their feet in a bunch of different major areas, and then see what subject they enjoy or are most comfortable with…</p>
<p>So, supposing that you’re in CHASS, you should look into the different branches of humanities and english that it leads into-</p>
<p>psych, anthro, business, law, etc.</p>
<p>I’m not too familiar with CHASS though, as I’m in CNAS</p>
<p>As for creative writing, I think it has to do with composing poems or novels and such- the more artistic aspect of writing. Then there might be something like analysis where you write essays to examine another dissertation…</p>
<p>In any case, because you’re in CHASS, you have a lot of freedom in the classes you can take - so you’ll still be ok for a while taking regular breadth courses, or whatever you want to look into. However, you should definitely think of a major before all the upper division classes start showing up in your schedule</p>
<p>If you want to be an English major prepare to do alot of reading and writing. But than again that’s true for most CHASS majors.I’m a political science major and the classes i’m taking right now are heavy on reading and writing.</p>
<p>I’m a Psychology major, a CHASS student like you. What Jeffrey99 said about the reading and writing part is true. So many of my classes are based on reading. ><! </p>
<p>I heard from my hall mate that the Creative writing course was pretty heavy on writing. There was quite a lot of reading involved as well. She was always up around 2-3 AM trying to finish her work for that class. But then again, she kind of procrastinated at times, so I guess it’s possible to finish earlier than that. I’m not too sure about the class since I never took it before, but that’s what she told me.</p>
<p>If you’re a CHASS major, it’s pretty much a given that you’ll be writing a significant amount.</p>
<p>You’ll get a chance to get a feel of classes in other departments by taking breadth requirements. Although there are some majors that you might want to declare earlier than later (you have to declare a major by the end of your second year) such as English and Creative Writing (since they require a lot more units than other humanities majors). There are majors that have lower unit requirements though, like Anthropology and Religious Studies.</p>
<p>You have a lot of time to still figure out what classes you want to take. I came in as Film and Visual Culture major, took two Anthropology classes for breadth requirements and loved them, and now Anthropology is my second major. :)</p>
<p>Also, talk to the academic adviser for the majors that you’re considering. My friend was a Business major and he really hated it, so he talked to a bunch of different academic advisers. He ended up changing to Ethnic Studies and he’s a lot happier.</p>
<p>firs of all, no worry bud. i was on the same boat as you, have only the slightest idea of what major to choose. however, i agree with whiterock that, look into different humanity classes, and moreover, you could take just whole bunch different classes every quarter, in a general pattern of writting and reading (well as a polisci IR, i have suffered through a bit…)
anways, dont put all eggs in one basket, try them all, wont have to decide till end of 2nd year. </p>
<p>ah and are u in chass connenct? that thing is good.
and u can go to ur carreer.ucr,edu and check out typefocus on ur SCOTlink on careers.ucr.edu., but dont get too “focused” on just the result. say, i took that test twice in 6 months and i got completely different results.
Good luck!</p>
<p>when in doubt, go for CNAS. lol!</p>