My Major

  1. Whats my Major?
    •  I am pursing a Nursing Major
    • I choose this major because I love helping, taking care of, and giving the best quality care to anyone who is in need of it. Taking care of people is one of my greatest strength I believe, so why not put it to use.
    • I am currently a CNA(Certified Nurse Assistant), so I have had some background experience of the outline, I have interned in a Nursing home for a bit while training, I had a great experience. 

     

Parallel Major Assignment

In this assignment each student will be asked to answer/identify the following:

  1. What will you do if you are not admitted into your major? Choose A or B. 
  2. Are you going to change your major? If you plan on changing your major, List your Parallel Major. Your Parallel Major must be an undergraduate degree offered here at ODU (https://odu.edu/academics/programs) .  
    1. Interesting fact about this major. 

Interesting facts about B.S. Human Services is that the major provides a widespread community and social services related to it in one setting. There are also characteristics of human growth and development learned. 

  1. Research at least one career that you can do with this major and provide information on that career.

In this major I can do social work, but to be more specific healthcare social work with pediatrics, in this field it is to help patients with services they would need due to the illness, and education related to health problems.  

  1. List the advisor for this major: Directory of Advisors website 

hmsvadvising@odu.edu 

  1. Are you going to look into another nursing/dental hygiene program, or school? (For Nurses: Post-Licensure Program or Concurrent? For Dental Hygiene: Post-licensure Completion) 
    1. List 2 Schools you plan  on applying to. 
    2. Research the application deadline and requirements for each nursing / dental hygiene program.
    3. List the contact information and application for the nursing / dental hygiene program. 

2. Why did you choose this as your Parallel Plan?

  1. Create a plan for pursuing this major
    1. Additional classes required (if applicable) (Use DegreeWorks “What If” analysis)

The classes I would would take would be as Gen Ed’s :

  1. Information Literacy 
  2. Literature 
  3. Nature of Sciences
  4. Philosophy and ethics 
  5. Impact of technology

The classes I would be taking for the major: 

  1. Interpersonal Relations
  2. Introduction to Human Services
  3. Human Services Methods
  4. Career Development and Appraisal
  5. Diversity Issues in Human Services
  6. Field Observation in Human Services
  7. Program Development, Implementation, and Funding (Writing Intensive)
  8. Psycho-educational Groups
  9.  Crisis Intervention, Prevention, and Ethics
  10. Family Guidance
  11. introduction to Substance Abuse or Advocacy with Children
  12. Substance Abuse Treatment and Research or Entrepreneurship in Human Services and Non-Profit Fundraising
  13. Internship in Human Services
  14. How could you gain professional experiences to learn more about this area of study?

How I could gain professional experience from this study is doing more research on this field, also doing internships and communicating with people about this field as well.