Kyle Nitschke is deciding on a major and considers criminal justice, which has steadily grown over 30 years with diverse job opportunities, or political science, which most closely aligns with his values and will give future opportunities to support his family, have work-life balance, and achieve his goals. He ultimately decides on political science as his major.

1. The Road to Success
UC-199: Making Major Life Decisions
Kyle Nitschke

3. The most important part
about picking a major is
staying in touch with my
values.

5. • Lines up with my values
• Many opportunities for future career advancement
• Jobs I could get have diverse work days
• The course work of the major does not seem to terribly difficult

6. • The field of criminal justice has been steadily growing for the last 30 years
• Many different types of jobs available with the major
• Has the opportunity to be incredibly exciting

7. • Interesting field work
• Possibilities for new research to drastically change the field
• The chance to get a higher education (PhD)
• Working outside

8. I decided to choose political science, because it
most closely aligns with my values. Choosing
political science as my major will, in the future, give
my the opportunity to be independent, recognized,
support my family, have balance between my life
and my work, and give me the opportunity to
achieve things that I would not otherwise be able to
do.

9. The End