​Semester 1: Adjustment and Awareness

• Get to know your adviser and your professors:
  Meet the SAAC Advisers
  
• Take advantage of campus tutoring and other campus resources:
  Tutoring and Learning Center (TLC)
  Counseling Center
  Education 105 - a study skills course.
  
• Learn to use good study techniques and to manage your time wisely:
  Study Tips & Time Management
  
• Become familiar with UWSP:
  Degree Types
  General Degree Requirements
  Academic Policies and Procedures
  
• Browse in your UWSP catalog and on-line for information on potential majors:
  UWSP Catalog (see "Courses of Instruction" section)
  A-Z list of all Majors & Minors
  Majors by Interest Area
  What IS Anthropology, Sociology...?
  
• Assess your interests, skills, and personality type; relate these to majors and careers:
  UWSP Career Services Assessment
  UW System Assessments
  
• Attend one of the "Exploring Majors & Career Paths" workshops at the Career Services Office.
• Gather information on the world of work; especially helpful sites are:
  What can I do with this major?
  WISCareers
  Occupational Outlook Handbook
  UWSP graduates got jobs
  
• Check out print materials:
  Career Services library
  Check out the reference section in the UWSP library, too.
• Check out the UWSP Career Services Office's:
  Career Exploration Resource Portal
• Talk to people: your parents, your relatives, your neighbors, adults you work or volunteer with. Find out what they majored in and how they ended up where they are now and why:
  Tips on informational interviewing
• Enroll in an exploratory course such as:
  Health Promotion/Wellness 107 (sec 1) - Career Exploration (fulfills a GDR Wellness-HE)
  Health Promotion/Wellness 107 (sec 3) - Academic & Career Planning (fulfilles a GDR Wellness-HE)
  Achieving Career Exploration Through Service ACES; (offered by Residential Living - 1 elective credit) or one of the many Introduction to the Major courses (see adviser for suggestions) for 2nd semester.
  
• Meet people with similar interests and develop teamwork skills by joining a student organization.
  
• Check out other ways to get involved on campus through:
  Student Involvement & Employment