What Should My Major Be?

College Majors
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I am transferring soon. I am currently a sophomore in college and am declared as liberal arts to transfer to my next university. I am hoping to go to the University of Tulsa. I am wondering if there is a good major that would fit nicely with the courses i have already taken. If there is no obvious answer what is your best advice?
I have taken the following courses…

General Chemistry I
College Writing I
First Year Seminar
Introduction To Psychology
General Chemistry II
Introduction to Functions & Modeling
Introduction To Sociology
Public Speaking
Organic Chemistry I
Pre-Calculus
Art History II
Biology I
College Writing II
Massachusetts And The Federal System
Cultural Anthropology
Microeconomics
American Literature II
LAS Capstone: Advanced Writing and Research
Logic (Philosophy)

Is there something that these will fit nicely into? If there are a few classes I would need to take what would they be to best suit the major? Any help is appreciated. I am not opposed to anything. Thanks in advance for the help.

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@SuperGeo5999 maybe this thread will help you.

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Are you interested in chemistry and biology? The problem is that you haven’t taken Physics yet.

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Well, it would seem that you like chemistry since you’ve taking three classes in the subject. Did you do well in them?

If you like it and have a aptitude for it, then I’d suggest you do some research on chemistry careers and see if any of them sound interesting.

Here’s a link from the American Chemical Society:

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/careers/college-to-career/chemistry-careers.html

Calculus (I and II), physics (I and II), biochemistry, and organic chem II seem to be courses that are required for most chem majors.

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By now, you should have an idea of what you are interested in, so you may want to consider a major in that.

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If you want to be a chemistry major, my suggestion is to complete all the required courses. Take Calculus (I and II), Physics (calculus-based physics) and organic chemistry II. If your CC offers quantitative analysis then take it.

Physical Chemistry (I and II), Inorganic chemistry 1 and 2 (some schools only have 1), and Biochemistry. These courses you will take at your four-year school.

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You may also be able to take Chemical engineering, but that will require Calc, Physics, Thermodynamics, etc. The pay differential is huge between Chemistry and Chemical engineering, more than enough to make the difference in extra tuition. (>30K/yr)

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You should look into possibilities mentioned above but Have you thought about Geology , environmental science, or Meteorology? These majors would require physics and more math too but it’s good you have all your chemistry out of the way for most majors.

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What does organic chemsitry have to do with meteorology? Lol

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It could have to do with meteorology if he or she wanted to specialize in atmospheric chemistry,

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Thank you, everyone, for the helpful replies… I originally wanted to be a dentist/orthodontist or surgeon. Now I want to go into law. I was thinking about a political science major now. I know I have so much of the science courses done but I would never want to go into a career that I couldn’t give 110% in - especially the health field. I’m assuming most of my science courses would have to be counted as general electives. In addition, I am one course away from a chemistry minor so I want to possible wrap that up. A political science major with a minor in chemistry is certainly odd I do understand. Any advice on this? Thank you all for your great suggestions.

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What is your current GPA now? LAW requires high GPA. If you love chemistry as a second passion then minor in chemistry will be okay!

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Current GPA is a 3.6. I’m working very hard to bring it up though because I realize law requires a high GPA