{"id":1472,"date":"2019-10-09T10:59:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T15:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2019-10-09T10:59:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T15:59:56","slug":"how-your-student-can-prepare-to-declare-a-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2019\/10\/09\/how-your-student-can-prepare-to-declare-a-major\/","title":{"rendered":"How your student can prepare to declare a major"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for First-Year Experience (FYE) students to declare a major! Major Declaration Day is Wednesday, November 6. At this event, your student can declare their major of choice and begin to interact with Department chairs, continuing students and alumni with a more intentional focus and direction.<\/p>\n<p>Before that day, FYE students should research and reflect on what path they may want to take.<\/p>\n<p>This quarter, they received a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2019\/10\/MIAD_Careers_Art_Design_booklet.pdf\">Professional Preparation Plan (PPP) guidebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2019\/10\/MIAD_Careers_Art_Design_booklet.pdf\">Careers in Art &amp; Design booklet<\/a>. These resources not only help them consider the journey of their academic engagement, but also how they can begin career development as an aspiring professional.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1475 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2019\/10\/2019-6860_id_fye_design_ideation_mapping-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2019\/10\/2019-6860_id_fye_design_ideation_mapping-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2019\/10\/2019-6860_id_fye_design_ideation_mapping-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2019\/10\/2019-6860_id_fye_design_ideation_mapping-878x1024.jpg 878w, https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2019\/10\/2019-6860_id_fye_design_ideation_mapping.jpg 1714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/>Feel free to read the provided academic and career development materials, and use them as a conversation starter to inquire:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What mediums are you using in class? Which do you like the best?<\/li>\n<li>Have you identified your skills and interests both inside and outside the classroom?<\/li>\n<li>Have you begun researching the majors and occupations related to degrees offered at MIAD?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Faculty and staff have crafted videos about the majors that we encourage you and your student to view:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ok5LUTmmotE&amp;t=1s\">Industrial\/Product Design<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nOA5D-8zHQ4\">Interior Architecture and Design<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5gXOQo1eTNA\">New Studio Practice: Fine Arts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kRfIin-2c98\">Communication Design<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LzBpanmV4Hg\">Illustration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If your student has questions about academic programs or career options, they can contact:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Director of Advising Alea Cross, <a href=\"mailto:aleacross@miad.edu\">aleacross@miad.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Associate Director of Career Services Christina WickHeiser, <a href=\"mailto:christinawickheiser@miad.edu\">christinawickheiser@miad.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for First-Year Experience (FYE) students to declare a major! Major Declaration Day is Wednesday, November 6. At this event, your student can declare their major of choice and begin to interact with Department chairs, continuing students and alumni with a more intentional focus and direction. Before that day, FYE students should research and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2019\/10\/09\/how-your-student-can-prepare-to-declare-a-major\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How your student can prepare to declare a major<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5653],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supporting-your-studuent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}