ThornburgCLUE3

For my interviews, I decided to interview a psychology major and an early education major but I also decided to interview another business major. The reason I interviewed three instead of two is because I wanted to compare my major, which is business to another major for my project. I chose early education and psychology to try to compare the two to see which one I was more interested in researching further and comparing to business. I chose to interview another business major to see the differences and similarities of their experience compared to my experience.

__Psychology Major:__
 * What made you want to become a Psych Major?** The student said they went through some problems in their life that got them interested in studying the subject to further their knowledge of the problems they encountered and they want to later be able to help others with their problems.
 * What classes are you taking to prepare yourself to become a Psych Major?** Biology, Intra-personal Communications, History, Algerbra, and Geography
 * Why did you decide to come to college?** To get a good job
 * What made you chose Bloomsburg?** The student liked the campus, what the psychology professors had to say during orientation, and close enough to home but still far away
 * Is being a Psych Major a lot of work/stressful?** So far it is not that bad but the student believes it will become a lot harder.
 * What are the benefits and downfalls of being a Psych Major?** The benefits are that they are learning about something that interests them and the downfall is that it is going to be stressful
 * Do you know what you want to do with your major when you graduate?** Clinical Psychologist as of right now

__Early Education Major:__
 * What made you want to become an Education Major?** The student said they became an education major because they like working with kids and they think becoming a teacher will be fun and rewarding.
 * What classes are you taking to prepare yourself to become an Education Major?** Writing, Math, General Psychology, History, and Interpersonal Communications
 * Why did you decide to come to college?** To get a degree and further education
 * What made you chose Bloomsburg?** The campus and they liked the education program
 * Is being an Early Education Major a lot of work/stressful?** They said that it is not too bad and they do a lot of hands-on activities in some of their classes but they do get stressed when trying to keep up with work.
 * What are the benefits and downfalls of being an Education Major?** The benefits are they are going to get a job they enjoy once they graduate and the downfall is that it might be hard to get a job after college as and early education teacher
 * Do you know what you want to do with you major when you graduate?** Grades 1st-5th Teacher

__Business Major:__


 * What made you want to become a Business Major?** The student said they became a Business Major because they believe they will be able to get a high-paying job.
 * What classes are you taking to prepare yourself to become a Business Major?** Matrix Algerbra, Intro to Business, ITMA, Philosophy, and Human Biology.
 * Why did you decide to come to college?** They decided to come to college because they want to get a degree
 * What made you chose Bloomsburg?** They have a good Business department
 * Is being a Business Major a lot of work/stressful?** Yes
 * What are the benefits and downfalls of being a Business Major?** The benefits are there are many job opportunities and the downfalls are that it is a lot of work.
 * Do you know what you want to do with your major when you graduate?** Undecided

From the research I collected, I found differences in all the majors. Psychology majors want to do something that interests them, early education majors want to do something they love, and business majors want to make money. I have no decided on whether or not I should pick Psychology or Early Education to compare to Business. However, I am leaning more towards Psychology because there are many differences but similarities as well and I feel as though Early Education does not have any connections to Business. From interviewing another Business Major, I found there to be some differences compared to my experience such as their classes and why they became a business major but I agree with everything else such as the work, not knowing what to become, and the benefits and downfalls. This data suggests that although college students have many similarities, they also have many differences and student's Majors play a role. Students come to college to decide what they want to do with their life based on their Major and see where that takes them. Majors are an important aspect of what it means to be a college student because every college student has a Major even if it is labeled as Undecided. Students join together based on their Majors and form some what of a culture like what we learned in class. However, students do not only stick together with others of the same Major as them. People identify themselves as a particular Major on a daily basis in college whether it be with teachers or other students.