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Build a path you can believe in and declare as an exploratory major. Kick-start a purposeful journey to uncover strengths, define goals and align talents with your career and personal aspirations. Your path at ASU is a deliberate choice to shape a future that reflects your goals and ambitions.
The exploratory health and life sciences track enables you to explore majors and career pathways related to understanding the health and well-being of living organisms.
ASU recognizes that you may be seeking the opportunity to explore possible academic programs when you first enter the university. By selecting an exploratory program, you can meet general studies requirements that all ASU graduates must fulfill while simultaneously exploring a variety of academic courses and disciplines that help inform your next major at the university.
The exploratory health and life sciences program is a student-centered experience that enables you to explore who you are and what matters to you as you engage in deep self-exploration and design possible pathways for the future. Guided by design-thinking principles, you explore your interests, values and skills while engaging in experiential learning opportunities. You immerse yourself in diverse disciplines, which fosters the discovery of majors as well as career interests and pathways.
The exploratory program offers four tracks: health and life sciences; humanities, fine arts and design; math, physical sciences, engineering and technology; and social and behavioral sciences.
As a student in the exploratory major, you are required to enroll in these major and career exploration courses:
- ASU 230 Life by Design --- This course empowers you to proactively shape your academic and personal journey, assisting you in identifying your interests, strengths and values.
- UNI 250 Designing Your ASU Experience --- This course provides you with comprehensive guidance on academic pathways and potential career opportunities, leading to greater confidence when you select your major.
- UNI 270 Work by Design: Preparing for a Career --- This course equips you with essential skills and strategies to pursue opportunities in your chosen or desired career fields.
Through these courses and the exploratory health and life sciences track, ASU encourages you to explore and develop academic interests and make informed decisions about your educational and career paths.
- College/school:
University College
- Location: Downtown Phoenix, Polytechnic, Tempe or Online , ASU Local
- Second language requirement: No
- STEM-OPT extension eligible: No
- First required math course: Math courses needed are determined by potential major choice.
- Math
intensity: General
What If: See how your courses can be applied to another major and find out how to change your major.
General university admission requirements:
All students are required to meet general
university admission requirements.
First-year | Transfer | International | Readmission
Students who have completed fewer than 45 college credit hours may change to exploratory status.
Students should visit the Change of Major form for information about how to change a major to this program.
ASU offers this program in an online format with multiple enrollment sessions throughout the year. Applicants may view the program’s ASU Online page for program descriptions and to request more information.
It is now possible to earn an ASU degree with ASU Local, an integrated college experience in which students take advantage of in-person success coaching and programming experiences on site while completing one of 130+ undergraduate online degree programs, all of which come with online faculty interaction and tutoring support.
ASU is committed to helping students thrive by offering tools that allow personalization of the transfer path to ASU. Students may use MyPath2ASU® to outline a list of recommended courses to take prior to transfer.
ASU has transfer partnerships in Arizona and across the country to create a simplified transfer experience for students. These pathway programs include exclusive benefits, tools and resources, and they help students save time and money in their college journey.
Exploring health and life sciences on a global scale can be beneficial to students as they narrow their focus of study. While taking courses abroad, students learn more about themselves and what career path they want to pursue.
Students earn ASU credit for completed courses, while staying on track for graduation. They may apply financial aid and scholarships toward program costs.
Career opportunities are specific to the ultimate major of choice.
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Program term definitions
Accelerated programs allow students the opportunity to expedite the completion of their degree.
Accelerated master's
These programs allow students to accelerate their studies to earn a bachelor's plus a master's degree in as few as five years (for some programs).
Each program has requirements students must meet to be eligible for consideration. Students typically receive approval to pursue the accelerated master's during the junior year of their bachelor's degree program. Interested students can learn about eligibility requirements and how to apply.
Concurrent degrees allow students to pursue their own personal or professional interests, earn two distinct degrees and receive two diplomas. To add a concurrent degree to your existing degree, work with your academic advisor.
Joint programs, or jointly conferred degrees, are offered by more than one college and provide opportunities for students to take advantage of the academic strengths of two academic units. Upon graduation, students are awarded one degree and one diploma conferred by two colleges.
ASU adds new programs to Degree Search frequently. Come back often and look for the "New Programs" option.
ASU Online offers programs in an entirely online format with multiple enrollment sessions throughout the year. See https://asuonline.asu.edu/ for more information.
