Exploring your academic options
Start your academic exploration at majors.osu.edu. You'll find information about about Ohio State's 200+ majors and links to all colleges, departments and programs.
Note: there are a few Engineering specializations that are not accessible for current students at Ohio State, as they are only accessible to students upon applying to Ohio State. Those majors are: Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Computer & Information Science in Arts & Sciences and Mechanical Engineering. You can read more about this policy on the College of Engineering's website.
Ways to explore
Get your Exploration Game Plan!
The Game Plan is a list of self-guided actions you can take to make progress on your major and career exploration.
Some examples of actions listed:
- Meet with the career coaches in Buckeye Commons
- Complete the Focus 2 Career self-assessment
- Write responses to prompts that will get you thinking about your passions and your future
Once you've selected the actions to include in your Game Plan, you'll have the opportunity to discuss your progress with an Exploration advisor!
Exploration Peer Mentor Bank
How it works: if you're a current Ohio State student interested in connecting with an Exploration peer mentor regarding one of the majors or minors below, you can click on that major or minor to open an email to University Exploration with a pre-populated email subject line. Send that email to us and we will connect you to the appropriate peer mentor.