Colleges are big places--even Snow College--and students face many options when choosing a course of study, which has implications for classes, for transfer institutions, and for careers. Snow College applauds and supports students who know they want to major in Natural Resources or Theater, and Snow offers the classes to make sure they are ready to seamlessly transfer to a bachelor's program. At the same time, Snow is a wonderful place to explore options while taking general education classes and making decisions on a major.

Meta-majors are build for exploration. Every major available in an associate degree is grouped with similar majors and assigned a meta-major. For example, the Sociology, Social Work, and Psychology majors all connect to the Behavioral Science meta-major. Students who know they would like to major in something related to the Behavioral Sciences can choose that meta-major and begin taking classes in the general area, and these meta-major requirements are the beginning classes for the traditional majors, minimizing the need to take extra classes when declaring a traditional major.

In summary, meta-majors are designed to help students navigate two common scenarios.

You're Unsure What Major to Choose

First, students entering Snow College in pursuit of an associate degree may choose the most broad course of study: general studies. This can lead to an associate degree, but a student earning this degree may miss out of prerequistes and lower-division classes needed for their eventual major.

You've Changed Your Mind

Second, these same students may choose a specific major like Pre-Engineering, Philosophy, or Business, begin taking classes and then change their minds about a major. They may need to take additional classes for their new major.