Majors and Careers
Explore Opportunities through UESP
If you're not sure what to major in when you arrive at Oregon State, you don't need to rush such an important decision. You can select "University Exploratory Studies Program" (UESP) as your academic home until you are ready to declare a specific academic major.
![Musician Photo](/sites/admissions.oregonstate.edu/files/styles/fluid_webp/public/music.jpg.webp?itok=frB5-HLt)
OSU welcomes creativity and imagination, people who enjoy challenges and are adept at expressing themselves... Does this sound like you?
![Child playing](/sites/admissions.oregonstate.edu/files/styles/fluid_webp/public/child.jpg.webp?itok=fL4cZS7E)
Few people are in a better position to touch the lives of others than teachers.
![SNES controller with a robot](/sites/admissions.oregonstate.edu/files/styles/fluid_webp/public/engineering_thumb.jpg.webp?itok=B_6x2r8g)
Stop for a moment and take a look around you. An engineer had a hand in almost everything you see.
![Teacher Instructing Photo](/sites/admissions.oregonstate.edu/files/styles/fluid_webp/public/teaching.jpg.webp?itok=Frcv5UlC)
Business... Sure, it's about making money, but there is a lot more to it than that.
![scuba divers in a tank](/sites/admissions.oregonstate.edu/files/styles/fluid_webp/public/dive.jpg.webp?itok=gxPLm2UT)
To preserve its beauty and power, the ocean needs people in every discipline to show up.