Investigative Majors
Investigative majors prepare individuals for Investigative occupations.
- Description: includes scientific occupations and some technical occupations
- Skills: problem-solving, scientific, writing, or verbal skills
- Activities: analytical or intellectual activity aimed at troubleshooting or creation and use of knowledge
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.
Major |
Holland Code |
Aeronautics & Astronautics |
IER |
Anthropology |
IRE |
Applied Mathematics |
IER |
Aquatic and Fishery Sciences |
IRC |
Architectural Design |
IER |
Architectural Design (w/CM) |
IER |
Architecture |
IER |
Asian Languages and Cultures |
ISC |
Astronomy |
IRE |
Atmospheric Sciences |
IRS |
Biochemistry |
IRS |
Bioengineering |
IER |
Biology |
IAR |
Bioresource Science and Engineering |
IER |
Chemical Engineering |
IER |
Chemistry |
IER |
Chinese |
ISC |
Civil Engineering |
IER |
Classical Studies |
ISC |
Classics |
ISC |
Community, Environment, and Planning |
IER |
Comparative Literature |
ISC |
Computational Finance & Risk Management |
IER |
Computer Engineering |
IER |
Computer Science |
IRE |
Construction Management |
IER |
Construction Management (w/ Arch Design) |
IER |
Danish |
ISC |
Design: Interaction Design |
ISE |
Earth and Space Sciences |
IRE |
Eastern European Languages,Lit,& Culture |
ISC |
Economics |
IAS |
Electrical Engineering |
IER |
Envir Science & Terrestrial Resource Mgt |
IRC |
Environmental Engineering |
IEC |
Environmental Health |
IRE |
Environmental Studies |
IRC |
Finnish |
ISC |
Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health |
IER |
French |
ISC |
Geography |
IRE |
German Studies |
ISC |
Greek |
ISC |
Human Centered Design and Engineering |
IER |
Industrial Engineering |
IER |
Informatics |
IRE |
Information Systems |
IER |
Italian |
ISC |
Japanese |
ISC |
Korean |
ISC |
Latin |
ISC |
Linguistics |
ISC |
Marine Biology |
IRE |
Materials Science & Engineering |
IRE |
Mathematics |
IER |
Mechanical Engineering |
IRE |
Medical Laboratory Science |
IRE |
Near Eastern Languages & Civilization |
ISC |
Norwegian |
ISC |
Oceanography |
IRE |
Physics |
IRE |
Psychology |
IES |
Romance Linguistics |
ISC |
Russian Language, Literature, & Culture |
ISC |
Sociology |
IER |
South Asian Languages |
ISC |
Spanish |
ISC |
Statistics |
IRE |
Swedish |
ISC |