Meet Ziara. A sophomore student majoring in architectural engineering. She used an interesting method to decide what she wanted to study at the University of Miami.
When choosing a major I decided to try a Japanese philosophy called Ikigai (生き甲斐). The idea is to create a bubble diagram with the four categories: You love it, The world needs it, You are great at it, and What you can get paid for. The overlap between the four categories is called the Ikigai, which, in theory, is your purpose in life.
I used this method to have a better understanding of what career I wanted to pursue. This method allowed me to have a structured way of narrowing down my options and feeling less lost in the process of picking my major.
Do an Ikigai diagram for yourself and then start exploring your possibilities by browsing our Academic Bulletin!
