CNS MAJORS

PRESENTATION
TREASURE, HARRISON, OLIVIA, RACHEL, MONTASIA

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BCBG MAXAZRIA, SALES SPECIALIST, WASHINGTON DC
BU-RIM MIDDLE SCHOOL, ENGLISH TEACHER, KOREA
CLARK CONSTRUCTION, HUMAN RELATIONS/MARKETING,
BETHESDA, MD
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, LAW STUDENT, WASHINGTON DC
HOUSTON DYNAMO, PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYER, HOUSTON, TX
CLEVELAND CLINIC, CLASSROOM BEHAVIORAL THERAPIST,
CLEVELAND, OH
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, MEDICAL STUDENT, COLUMBIA,
SC

PSYCHOLOGY
MAJOR

WHAT IS THE PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR?

PSYCHOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL BEHAVIOR.
PEOPLE IN THE FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY SEEK TO UNDERSTAND
THE MENTAL PROCESSES, PERSONALITY, EMOTION, PERCEPTION,
DEVELOPMENT, THOUGHTS, MOTIVES, SOCIAL BEHAVIOR, AND
THE BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR, THOUGHTS, AND
EMOTIONS.
ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE EXPERIMENTAL METHODS NECESSARY
TO ACQUIRE THIS KNOWLEDGE.

CAREERS
GRADUATE WORK IN PSYCHOLOGY, COUNSELING
OR SOCIAL WORK.
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS: LAW, BUSINESS,
MEDICINE, OR MINISTRY.
SOCIAL SERVICE (JUVENILE COURT, SOCIAL
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, HOSPITALS,
CHILDRENS HOMES)
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, PSYCHOLOGIST,
ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR

SKILLS

PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH A STRONG

FOUNDATION OF THEORY AND RESEARCH
ACROSS VARIOUS AREAS OF PSYCHOLOGY;
ALONG WITH THE METHODOLOGICAL,
LABORATORY,AND STATISTICAL SKILLS NEEDED
TO UNDERSTAND AND CONTRIBUTE TO
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS: 2,348

MEMBERS

INTERESTING FACTS
FAMOUS PEOPLE: HUGH HEFNER, NATALIE
PORTMAN, DR. PHIL.
PSYCHOLOGY RESOURCES:
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AND
THE WFU WEBSITE.

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NATIONAL GAMES COORDINATOR, CANADIAN SPECIAL OLYMPICS,

TORONOTO
CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR, WINSTON-SALEM
PASTRY PROGRAM, COOKING AND HOSPITALITY INSTITUTE OF
CHICAGO, CHICAGO
ARCHAEOLOGIST, METCALF ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS,
VERNAL
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT, ORACLE, REDWOOD CITY
BEER CAPTAIN, HARPOON BREWERY, BOSTON
HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER, TEACH FOR AMERICA, ST.LOUIS

ANTHROPOLOGY
MAJOR

WHAT IS THE ANTHROPOLOGY MAJOR?

ANTHROPOLOGY IS THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF HUMANKIND, FROM

ITS BEGINNINGS THROUGH PRESENT DAY
THE COMMON GOAL IS TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF WHO WE
ARE AND HOW WE CAME TO BE THAT WAY- BOTH SWEEPING AND
MICROSCOPIC
BROAD- CAN LEAD TO CAREERS LIKE LAW, ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES, GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,
ETC.
VALUABLE TO STUDENTS SEEKING TO DEVELOP EXPERTISE IN
PLANNING, DECISION-MAKING, AND MANAGEMENT

CAREERS
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ARCHAEOLOGIST
EMPLOYER TRAINER
FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER
GOVERNMENT SERVICE EXEC
HISTORIAN
HISTORIC SITE REP
LIBRARIAN
MARKET RESEARCH ANALYST

MUSEUM CURATOR

PALEONTOLOGIST

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE OFFICER

TRAVEL WRITER

SKILLS
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WRITING
PLANNING PROJECTS
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH: SURVEYING, SAMPLING,
GATHERING, ORGANIZING DATA
CONDUCTING FIELD STUDIES
UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENT
CULTURES AND DIVERSITY
COMMUNICATION
ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND THE ABILITY
TO SUMMARIZE INFORMATION

45 ANTHROPOLOGY MAJORS IN THE WFU

ALUMNI GROUP ON LINKEDIN!
236 INTERESTED IN ANTHROPOLOGY
(MINOR OR CURRENTLY STUDYING)

INTERESTING FACTS
FAMOUS ANTHROPOLOGY MAJORS: JEFF CORWIN, HUGH
LAURIE, DAX SHEPPARD, GIADA DELORENTIS, GLENN
CLOSE, MATT ELAM
- THE NAME OR TERM ANTHROPOLOGY IS A GREEK
ORIGIN, ANTHROPOS MEANING MAN OR HUMANS
AND LOGIA MEANING SCIENCE OR STUDY
- SOCIAL, CULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL,
ARCHAEOLOGICAL, AND LINGUISTIC SUB-FIELDS

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U.S ARMY, 2ND LIEUTENANT, FT. RUCKER, AL

ORACLE, SALES ASSOCIATE, WASHINGTON D.C.
BALTIMORE ORIOLES, PITCHER, BALTIMORE, MD
J.P. MORGAN, ANALYST, NEW YORK, NY
CRAVATH, SWAINE, AND MOORE LLP, LITIGATION
LEGAL ASSISTANT, NEW YORK, NY

POLITICS AND
INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS

WHAT IS THE POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL

AFFAIRS MAJOR?

POLITICAL SCIENCE IS THE STUDY OF GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC POLICIES AND

POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. POLITICAL SCIENCE USES BOTH HUMANISTIC PERSPECTIVES
AND SCIENTIFIC SKILLS TO EXAMINE THE UNITED STATES AND ALL COUNTRIES AND
REGIONS OF THE WORLD.

AS A POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MAJOR, YOU WILL HONE THE WRITING,
COMMUNICATIONS, ANALYTICAL AND COMPUTER SKILLS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO A
LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION.

SKILLS DEVELOPED WITHIN THIS MAJOR INCLUDE: SKILLFUL AT SPEAKING,

READING, AND WRITING; ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE IDEAS; ABLE TO
ASSOCIATE WITH PEOPLE WITH DIFFERING BELIEFS; SKILLED AT DEVELOPING
PERSONAL THOUGHTS/THEORIES; ABILITY TO ASSESS CRISES AND PROBLEM
SOLVE; AWARENESS OF COMMUNITY NEEDS; AND PROPENSITY TO BE A LEADER.

CAREERS
STUDENTS OFTEN PURSUE CAREERS IN BUSINESS; LAW;
CONSULTING; STATE, LOCAL, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT;
JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATIONS; INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION; FINANCE; POLLING AND CAMPAIGN
MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY SERVICE AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS); AND PRE-COLLEGE AND COLLEGE
TEACHING.
AS SEEN, THIS MAJOR PREPARES STUDENTS TO BE STRONG
WRITERS AS WELL AS HIGHLY ANALYTICALLY AND STRONG
COMMUNICATORS, WHICH GEARS THEM TOWARDS PURSUING

 2,420 POLITICAL SCIENCE

MAJORS IN THE WFU ALUMNI
GROUP!

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Southern Methodist University - Law Student - Dallas, Texas

Teach for America - Teacher - Bay Area, California
Universal Studios - Associate Producer - Seattle, Washington
San Francisco Mime Troupe - Costume Design Intern - San Francisco,
California
CBS - Page - New York, New York
Centerstage - Stage Management Intern - Baltimore, Maryland
Effects Arts, Inc. - Actor - Winston Salem, North Carolina

THEATRE
MAJOR

WHAT IS A THEATRE MAJOR?

Theatre is the activity or profession of

acting in, producing, directing, or writing
plays.
Either you make a living at your art, or you
dont.
Through discipline, performers, directors,
designers, and stage managers learn clear
self-expression and therefore grow in their
ability to communicate with others orally,
visually, and in writing.
Being a theatre major helps one learn
about themselves and develop self
confidence, organizational and analytical
skills, and creative approaches to problem
solving.

CAREERS

Actor/Actress
Advertising specialist
Artist Agent
Box Office Manager
Casting Agent
Clown
Costume Designer
Director
Educator
Filmmaker
Hair/Make-up Artist
Marketing Director
Production Assistant
Public Relations Specialist
Sales Person
Special Effects Manager
Stage Manager
Technical Director

SKILLS

Creativity
Expressive ability
Keen observation
Conceptual ability
Ability to work independently
and with others
Oral communication skills
Creative problem solving and
interpretation
Memorization skills
Quick thinking
Ability to relate to abstract
ideas

INTERESTING FACTS

Famous theatre majors are:

Jerry Seinfeld- also majored in
Communications at City University
of New York
Kourtney Kardashian- University of
Arizona & Southern Methodist
University
David Hasselhoff- California Institute
of the Arts
The word theatre comes from the Greek
verb to behold.
Theatre began in Ancient Greece.

 There are 144 Theatre Majors on

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University.

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AARC ENVIRONMENTAL, ASSOCIATE, HOUSTON TEXAS
ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY, MARKETING ASSOCIATE,
WASHINGTON DC
BB&T, MARKETING, WINSTON SALEM NC
CITIGROUP, INVESTMENT BANK ANALYST, NEW YORK NY
COALITION AGAINST TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN LATIN
AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN, COORDINATOR OF
INTERNATIONAL PROJECT, CONSEPCION CHILE
AU PAIR, ENTREPRENEUR, MADRID SPAIN
DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL, BILINGUAL
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY TECHNICIAN, DURHAM NC

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: A
FOREIGN LANGUAGE IS A
LANGUAGE INDIGENOUS TO
ANOTHER COUNTRY. IT IS ALSO
A LANGUAGE NOT SPOKEN IN
THE NATIVE COUNTRY OF THE
PERSON REFERRED TO, I.E., AN
ENGLISH SPEAKER LIVING IN
JAPAN CAN SAY THAT JAPANESE
IS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO
HIM OR HER.

IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE FOREIGN

LANGUAGE SKILLS ONE MUST BE
ABLE TO LEARN, WRITE, AND
SPEAK IN THE SPECIFIC
LANGUAGE FLUENTLY.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS

Skills Developed

Translating ideas/languages;

Strong written and oral communication skills;

Perception of word patterns and structures;

Analyzing content;

Gathering information;

Summarizing;

Comparing ideas/translations;

Memorizing;

Project development and follow through;

Attention to detail;

Understanding other cultures;

Sensitivity to diversity;

ability to clarify others thoughts and ideas.

CAREERS
Careers that often interest Foreign Language majors include:
Editor/Proofreader
Educator
Foreign Service Officer
Interpreter
Journalist
Language Engineer
Lexicographer
Librarian
Linguist
Missionary
Social worker
Technical writer
Translator

INTERESTING FACTS

Sandra Bullock was a Foreign Language

Major

There are 110 Foreign Language Majors on

LinkedIN from Wake Forest University.

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