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