Popular college majors in America include business, engineering, nursing, psychology and biology.

美国受欢迎的大学专业包括商业、工程、护理、心理学和生物学。

Either a college major is worth its cost or it isn't.

一个大学专业要么值得读，要么不值得读。

Certainly, there're benefits to a college major beyond the job a student can perform.

当然，除了学生能胜任一项工作之外，大学专业学习还有其他好处。

Extracurricular activities related to the college major declared on a college application are beneficial, experts suggest.

专家建议，与申请大学时申报的大学专业相关的课外活动是有益的。

But, they can also provide advice on declaring a college major, pursuing certain careers, and choosing classes.

但是，他们也可以提供关于说明大学专业、追求某些职业和选择课程的建议。

In our last episode, we discussed the college major, the overarching theme or structure of your coursework in college.

在上一集中，我们讨论了大学专业、大学课程的总体主题或结构。

Each episode looks at a different college major, what you'll study, and the possible career paths those majors can lead to.

每一集都介绍了不同的大学专业，你将学习什么，以及这些专业可能带来的职业道路。

Dude, I picked my college major faster than this.

伙计，我选大学专业的速度比这还快。

People who work in a job that has to do with their college major.

从事与大学专业有关的工作的人。

It's like Tinder for your college major, and it says I should do something called Bird Studies.

它就像你大学专业的 Tinder，它说我应该做一些叫做鸟类研究的事情。

Or if I choose this college major, I'll miss out on all the stuff I could have learned and the other one.

或者，如果我选择这个大学专业，我会错过所有我本可以学到的东西和其他东西。

And don't worry if you don't know what majors are or which one you want to study, we'll talk more about the college major in episode 6.

如果你不知道有什么专业或者你想学哪个专业，也不要担心，我们将在第六集讨论更多关于大学专业的内容。

For example, in one task, research participants were instructed to create new college majors by combining two or more existing academic Arts or Science programs at their university.

例如，在一项任务中，研究参与者被指示通过结合他们大学现有的两个或多个人文或科学学术课程来创建新的大学专业。

Communications is one of those college majors that no one really knows exactly what they do, but they have the major and people study it.

传播学是那些没有人真正确切知道他们做什么的大学专业之一，但他们有专业并且人们研究它。

Like a new Study Hall YouTube Channel where you can find Fast Guides to college majors, foundations classes, and general helpful hints and tips on how to prepare for, apply to, succeed at, and graduate college.

比如有一个新的 YouTube 自习频道，在那里你可以找到大学专业、基础课程的快速指南，以及关于如何为上大学做好准备、提交申请、成功入学和成功毕业的有用的综合性提示和建议。

Furthermore, even if we are determined to pursue a career closely related to our college major, exposing ourselves to different fields will provide a wider perspective on a complicated issue and help us move away from a fixed mindset.

此外，即便我们决⼼从事与⼤学专业密切相关的职业，接触不同的领域也能使我们拓宽看待复杂问题的视⻆，有助于我们摆脱思维定势。

According to a 2012 survey described in The Atlantic, college reputation ranked lowest in relative importance of attributes in evaluating graduates for hire, beaten out by top factors like internships, employment during college, college major, volunteer experience, and extracurriculars.

根据《大西洋月刊》描述的 2012 年调查，大学声誉在评估毕业生就业时的相对重要性方面排名最低，被实习、大学期间就业、大学专业、志愿者经历和课外活动等主要因素击败。