{"id":50337,"date":"2023-10-09T11:24:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfc.edu\/?post_type=news&p=50337"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T15:24:33","slug":"parent-newsletter-helping-your-student-find-their-major","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/tfc.edu\/news\/parent-newsletter-helping-your-student-find-their-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Newsletter: Helping Your Student Find Their Major"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As your student approaches their freshman year of college, there are plenty of people asking, “What do you want to major in?” More than others are asking, you may be asking them the same thing. Majors and careers are something we begin talking about in kindergarten, and now is the time to narrow it down. While the pressure can be immense, we want to encourage you in this process. It’s important to help our students be successful, but their choice of major may not be as dire as you might think.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your student has a clear choice for a major, that’s awesome. Some students have a clear understanding early in life of what they want to study and how it will define their career. For many others, it’s much more complicated. So how can we help? At TFC, our personalized experience can give students an up close look at majors across the board to aid their decision. I entered TFC as a Biology major, thinking something in the medical field would aid me in serving overseas as a missionary. When I started classes at TFC, I started feeling the Holy Spirit shifting something in my heart, and I began questioning my previously decided major. Because of the accessibility of the professors here, I met with the chair of three separate departments during my freshman year. They spent time hearing about my story, God’s work in my life, my gifts and talents, and my hopes for the future. They prayed with me, gave me information on the major and where it might take me, and helped me discern if their department might be where God was leading. At the end of the process, I had so much peace about moving forward with Ministry Leadership as my major. I didn’t have a crystal clear picture of the career in which I’d end up, but I knew this was the direction God was calling me to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on my experience and others I\u00a0know, here are some tips for students and families as they consider a major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n