Conventional majors prepare individuals for Conventional occupations.
- Description: includes office and clerical occupations
- Skills: clerical skills and skill in meeting precise standards for performance
- Activities: may be highly structured and involve working with things, numbers, or machines to meet specific standards
The three-letter Holland code briefly summarizes what a major is like by showing its degrees of resemblance to three occupation groups. The first letter is the highest level of resemblance.
Note: Accounting is the only major at UW with a strong resemblance to Conventional occupations. However, consider these other majors that do have some resemblance to this type.
Major | Holland Code |
Accounting | CER |
Aquatic & Fishery Sciences | IRC |
Asian Languages & Cultures | ISC |
Chinese | ISC |
Classical Studies | ISC |
Classics | ISC |
Comparative Literature | ISC |
Danish | ISC |
Early Childhood & Family Studies | SEC |
Eastern European Languages, Lit, & Culture | ISC |
Envir Science & Terrestrial Resource Mgt | IRC |
Environmental Engineering | IEC |
Environmental Studies | IRC |
Finnish | ISC |
French | ISC |
German Studies | ISC |
Greek | ISC |
Italian | ISC |
Japanese | ISC |
Korean | ISC |
Latin | ISC |
Linguistics | ISC |
Near Eastern Languages & Civilization | ISC |
Norweigian | ISC |
Real Estate | ESC |
Romance Linguistics | ISC |
Russian Language, Literature, & Culture | ISC |
Social Welfare | SEC |
South Asian Languages | ISC |
Spanish | ISC |
Swedish | ISC |