They Teach That in College!? : A Resource Guide to More Than 75 Interesting College Majors and Programs

Business, Social Sciences/History, and Education are the most popular college majors today, but not every student has the interest or aptitude to be successful in these fields. Additionally, many of these fields are glutted with graduates who are forced to take lower-paying jobs or positions that are unrelated to their field of study.

They Teach That in College!? provides information about interesting, lucrative, and cutting-edge college majors unknown to many guidance counselors, educators, parents, and students. It includes profiles of more than 75 college majors and schools, course listings, potential employers, contact information for colleges and universities that offer these programs, professional associations that offer career information about these fields, and interviews with educators in the field. Majors covered include Art Therapy, Automobile Engineering Technology, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Broadcast Meteorology, Computer Game Development, Forensic Science, Golf Course Management, Music Therapy, Outdoor Education, Packaging Science, Perfusion Technology, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Renewable Energy, Speech Pathology, and Toy Design.

They Teach That in College!? features 77 chapters—68 of which focus on unique and interesting majors and nine of which focus on colleges and universities that are especially unique for reasons as varied as offering special instruction for students with learning disabilities (Beacon College and Landmark College), to offering one unique major (College of the Atlantic), to offering dozens of majors in one specific subject area (Unity College and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University).

Two criterion were used to select majors to include in this book: 1) the major had to be fast-growing and offer good employment and salary prospects for students, and 2) the major had to be offered at less than 25 percent of colleges and universities in the United States.

They Teach That in College!? has three indexes. The School Index lists specific postsecondary institutions mentioned in the book. The Schools by State Index lists schools mentioned in the book by state. The Association/Organization Index lists professional associations and organizations that provide students with career information related to the major in question.

Andrew Morkes is the former Managing Editor of Ferguson Publishing Company, a respected school and library publisher of such titles as the Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance, Careers in Focus (60+-volume series), Career Opportunities News, Career Discovery Encyclopedia, and College Majors & Careers. In addition to these resources, he has helped publish more than 125 other college- and career-related titles.