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  • Step 2: Info Gathering
  • Step 3: Analyze Your Options
  • Step 4: Taking Action

Your interests, values, and skills should all be part of the major exploration equation.

The first step to exploring majors is to learn about yourself. Look through the below assessments and try to answer as many questions as you can.

After answering the questions, reflect on why you answered them the way you did. What do they say about you? If you need additional guidance, try taking the FOCUS 2 assessment.


Take the PathwayU Assessment

Interests Examples

What do you do for fun?

What types of activities do you enjoy?

What are your favorite types of classes and why?

What do you do with your free time?

What do you find yourself wondering about?

  • Being Outside
  • Building things
  • Solving problems
  • Community service
  • Performing arts
  • Reading
  • Money/finance
  • Music
  • Politics
  • The environment
  • Science
  • Teaching
  • Technology
  • Sports
  • Building relationships

Values Examples

What kind of lifestyle is important in your future?

What types of problems do you want to solve in the world?

What does a meaningful job look like to you?

  • Travel
  • Further education
  • Independence
  • Job location
  • Job security
  • Organizational culture
  • Service to others
  • Work environment
  • Work/life balance
Skills Examples

What do your friends and family say you are good at?

What are your talents?

Do you have any experience in certain areas or fields?

What subjects do you usually excel at in school?

  • Leadership
  • Creativity
  • Communication
  • Mentoring
  • Managerial
  • Mechanical
  • Research
  • Technology
  • Design
  • Problem-solving

PathwayU Assessment

PathwayU is the premier career assessment platform at UNO. PathwayU uses predictive science to help students combine purpose and passion to encourage degree completion and discovery of meaningful careers. PathwayU is an education and career planning platform that guides students to ideal career pathways, resulting in increased persistence, graduation, and career placement.

To register: click the "Log in Here" button and register using your unomaha.edu email address.

Once registered, you can complete any or all of the assessments, explore major and career options and so much more! If you would like one of our advising staff members to assist in interpreting your assessment results, please call us at 402.554.3672 to schedule a major exploration appointment.

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Your Results

If you’d like to talk about your results, you can schedule an appointment with the Academic and Career Development Center.

  • Schedule a career exploration appointment in Handshake
  • Schedule a major exploration appointment by calling 402-554-3672

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  • Step 3: Analyze Your Options
  • Step 4: Taking Action

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