Major Exploration

Help students choose a best-fit program—grounded in interests, skills, and accepted credits—with instant “what-if” impacts on time and cost.

Interest & strengths match Time & cost estimator Transfer/AP credit aware Advisor in the loop
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At a glance
  • 🎯 Fit scoring based on interests, strengths, prior coursework
  • 🧮 Time-to-degree & estimated cost for each option
  • 🔁 “What-if” comparisons across majors, minors, certificates
  • 📚 Sample first-term plan with registration next steps
  • 🔐 Privacy-aware; advisor review before high-impact changes

What it is

A guided discovery workspace that blends student-provided interests, skills assessments, and the Common Data Model to recommend majors that align with outcomes—then quantifies the impact of each choice.

What it does

Scores program fit, applies accepted transfer/AP credits, estimates remaining requirements, and previews a feasible first-term. Students explore; advisors validate and finalize.

Key capabilities

Interest & strengths profiling
Short, student-friendly prompts and optional imports (resume, prior courses) to build a strengths/interest vector for matching.
Credit-aware matching
Leverages accepted transfer/AP credits (via Transfer Evaluation) to show how much progress carries into each major.
Time & cost estimator
Calculates remaining credits, typical sequencing, and estimated tuition/fees based on institutional rules and pace.
What-if comparisons
Side-by-side comparisons across majors, minors, and certificates; highlights tradeoffs for time, cost, and workload.
Sample first-term plan
Previews a validated first-term schedule (via Academic Planning) with prereq checks and registration-ready next steps.
Advisor collaboration
Students explore freely; advisors review with comments and mark final selections, ensuring accuracy and fit.
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High-impact use cases

Undeclared onboarding
New students enter with clarity and a feasible first-term plan.
Change-of-major guidance
Quantify the impact of switching programs before paperwork starts.
Transfer pathways
Combine accepted credits with best-fit majors to minimize excess hours.
Career-aligned choices
Surface majors aligned with projected roles and skills from Career Recommendations.
Equity & belonging
Student-friendly language and transparent reasoning reduce advising friction.
Yield & melt reduction
Admitted students see a path, not just a program—boosting confidence to enroll.

Outcomes you can measure

Faster decisions
Reduce time from exploration to declared major.
Reduced excess credits
Credit-aware fits minimize rework and delays.
Higher first-year persistence
Clarity + early planning improve on-track rates.
Enrollment lift
Admitted students with a clear path are more likely to enroll and show up.

Integrations

Works with your student data and downstream planning tools.

SIS (Banner, PeopleSoft, Colleague)
LMS (Canvas, Blackboard)
CRM (Salesforce, Slate)
Academic Planning & Career

Human-centered & privacy-aware

AI augments, people decide
  • Transparent fit explanations and rationale
  • Advisor review before commitments or paperwork
  • Student control over shared interests and uploads
Security & fairness
  • RBAC, audit logs, and PII minimization
  • Bias checks on recommendations and outcomes
  • Aligned to FERPA/GDPR and institutional policies

Implementation timeline

Week 1
Fit model calibration
Program metadata import; interest prompts and weights.
Weeks 2–3
Credit & rules mapping
Connect Transfer Evaluation; load program rules.
Week 4
Pilot launch
Undeclared/transfer cohorts with advisor facilitation.
Week 5+
Scale & refine
Expand to additional colleges; track selection & persistence.
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FAQs

Students complete a short guided intake, and we can also leverage permitted data like completed courses or uploaded resumes—fully opt-in and transparent.

Yes—filter by college, program status, GPA prerequisites, modality, or campus. You control visibility and routing to advisors by program.

Estimates use your catalog rules, historical rotations, and accepted credits. Advisors can adjust assumptions before finalizing.

Yes—approved selections generate a first-term plan in Academic Planning and align with Career Recommendations for role/skill mapping.

We monitor for disparate impacts across cohorts, expose explanation details, and allow advisors to calibrate weights for equitable outcomes.

Ready to help every student choose a path with confidence—and see exactly what it takes to get there?

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