 In this video, we will introduce you to focus areas and how considering these categories will help us plan your first semester schedule. Ohio State offers more than 200 majors. For many students, the idea of exploring this many options can feel overwhelming. We categorize all those options into six broad categories called focus areas. Majors in the same category often have similar course requirements or recommendations. Some majors may fit into more than one focus area. By prioritizing one or two focus areas, we'll help you make strategic decisions about your first semester schedule. We use focus areas to guide you through the process of choosing classes with confidence, without having to pick one major out of over 200. As we describe each area, think about what you want to do. Consider which area best describes your interests. Do you want to think innovatively about the way the world is designed? Do you want to voice new and better ways to approach the world? The art, innovation, and design focus area might be for you. This category includes majors such as architecture, art and technology, engineering, and theater. Do you want to understand human behavior and interaction? Analyze how we engage with the world around us? The majors in the behavior, culture, and context focus area might be a good fit for you. Some of the majors in this category include public affairs, economics, anthropology, journalism, and philosophy. Do you want to engage in teaching, training, and helping others? While many tend to associate teaching with K-12 education, there are many other ways to engage in education and training. Do you want to explore those interests and develop skills grounded in leadership, policy, and service? Then consider the education and public service focus area. This category includes majors like community leadership, environmental policy and decision making, science and mathematics education, and history. Do you want to impact health from the personal to the community level? Pursue licensure at the undergraduate level or prepare it for professional health programs such as medical school? Majors in the health and human services focus area might be a good fit. These include direct patient care focused majors such as radiologic sciences and majors that focus on impacting the health and well-being of larger communities such as public health. Do you want to study business and industry and how they function within society? Do you want to prepare for careers in the nonprofit, private, and public sector? Students in the management and industry focus area learn about business and economic concepts while exploring different routes to business careers. Some majors in this focus area include city and regional planning, construction systems management, marketing, public affairs, and sport industry. Do you want to study the sciences from a theoretical or hands-on approach? Explore how the sciences can be used to improve technology, the environment, and the human experience. Science, technology, and environment is the focus area for students who are interested in majors like chemistry, biology, physics, as well as majors such as materials science engineering, environmental sciences, and food science technology. Hopefully at this time you have been able to identify one or two focus areas that you would like to explore further. By narrowing down your interest in this way, we'll help you plan a first semester schedule that keeps you on track while you identify and explore majors that interest you. In the strategic scheduling video, we'll talk about how these focus areas translate into specific scheduling recommendations.