Choosing a Major

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If you’re trying to decide on a major, we welcome you to:

Take a career assessment at the Career Services Office to help evaluate personality traits, interests and skills that relate to deciding on a career. Call 616.222.1433 or e-mail career@cornerstone.edu to arrange a time.

 

Research your career options and the majors related to them using these tools:

  1. What Can I Do With My Major? These pages list career areas, employers and career strategies for 60 different majors. This is not a list of majors offered at Cornerstone University. We provide links to external Web sites related to each major.
  2. Occupational Outlook Handbook This links to an online edition of a handbook developed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics that gives an in-depth explanation of almost all careers.

 

Explore the majors offered at Cornerstone, their descriptions and requirements:

    1. Bible, Religion & Ministry
      i. Bible
      ii. Inter-Cultural Studies
      iii. Youth Ministry
    2. Business
      i. Accounting
      ii. Business Administration
      iii. Business – Finance
      iv. Business – International
      v. Business – Management
      vi. Business – Marketing
    3. Communication & Media Studies
      i. Audio Production
      ii. Communication Studies
      iii. Journalism – News/Editorial
      iv. Journalism – Visual Communication
      v. Journalism – Public Relations
      vi. Media – Film
      vii. Media – Video
      viii. Theatre – Music Theatre
      ix. Theatre – Theatre Arts
    4. Fine Arts
    5. i.  Music
      ii. Music – Worship Arts
    6. History & Social Science
      i. Family Studies
      ii. History
      iii. Psychology
      iv. Social Work
    7. Humanities
      i. Humanities – Creative Writing
      ii. Humanities – Literature
      iii. Humanities – Philosophy
      iv. Humanities – Linguistics
    8. Spanish
    9. Kinesiology, Science & Mathematics
      i. Biology
      ii. Biology – Health Sciences
      iii. Environmental Biology
      iv. Exercise Science
      v. Mathematics
      vi. Pre-Dental
      vii. Pre-Medical
      viii. Pre-Veterinary
    10. Teacher Education
      i. Biology (Secondary Ed.)
      ii. Communication Arts (Secondary Ed)
      iii. English (Elementary & Secondary Ed.)
      iv. History (Elementary & Secondary Ed.)
      v. Integrated Comprehensive Science (Secondary Ed.)
      vi. Integrated Science (Elementary & Secondary Ed.)
      vii. Language Arts (Elementary Ed.)
      viii. Learning Disabilities Education
      ix. Mathematics (Secondary Ed.)
      x. Music Education (K-12)
      xi. Social Studies (Elementary & Secondary Ed.)
      xii. Spanish (Elementary & Secondary Ed.) 
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