{"id":1530,"date":"2020-10-09T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2020-10-08T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:55:58","slug":"how-your-student-can-prepare-to-declare-a-major-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2020\/10\/09\/how-your-student-can-prepare-to-declare-a-major-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How your student can prepare to declare a major"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Major Declaration Day is November 4 and First-Year Experience (FYE) students must declare a major soon. At this event, your student can declare their major of choice and begin to interact with Department Chairs, other students and alumni with a more intentional focus and direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before that day, FYE students should research and reflect on what path they want to take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This semester, students received a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2020\/10\/2sides-PPP_Full_Booklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Professional Preparation Plan (PPP) <\/a>guidebook and\u00a0a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/files\/2019\/10\/MIAD_Careers_Art_Design_booklet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">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\n\n\n<p>Feel free to read the provided academic and career development materials, and use them as a conversation starter to inquire:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What mediums are you using in class? Which do you like the best?<\/li><li>Have you identified your skills and interests both inside and outside the classroom?<\/li><li>Have you begun researching the majors and occupations related to degrees offered at MIAD?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty and staff have crafted videos about the majors that we encourage you and your student to view:<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kRfIin-2c98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Communication Design<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LzBpanmV4Hg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Illustration<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nOA5D-8zHQ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interior Architecture and Design<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5gXOQo1eTNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Studio Practice: Fine Arts<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pHq1op0fGWI&amp;t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Product Design<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your student has questions about academic programs or career options, they can contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Director of Advising Alea Cross,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:aleacross@miad.edu\">aleacross@miad.edu<\/a><\/li><li>Associate Director of Career Services Duane Seidensticker, <a href=\"mailto:duaneseidensticker@miad.edu\">duaneseidensticker@miad.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major Declaration Day is November 4 and First-Year Experience (FYE) students must declare a major soon. At this event, your student can declare their major of choice and begin to interact with Department Chairs, other students and alumni with a more intentional focus and direction.\u00a0 Before that day, FYE students should research and reflect on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/2020\/10\/09\/how-your-student-can-prepare-to-declare-a-major-2\/\" 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-1530","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\/1530","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=1530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.miad.edu\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}