My Major

During high school I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.  I was pretty sure I would go to college, because I made fairly good grades and my parents were willing to help me out with the pay, but it really worried me that I did not know what my major would be.  After a lot of thought and contemplation I decided on being a nursing major, I figured that I like to help people and it sounded like an interesting job.  That quickly changed after I took nursing chemistry my first semester of college.  I decided that nursing would be way too much science for me, and was back to square one with no major.  So I did some research on engineering majors and business majors to see what I could find.  Engineering sounded interesting but still required a lot of science classes, and business seemed alright but not all that interesting.  After looking further into business majors I found out about The Joel A. Katz Music and Entertainment Program here at Kennesaw State University.  It is a program that can be joined in your junior year of college that teaches about the business side of music and entertainment.  I was immediately interested when I found it and decided to learn more.  After doing some more research on the topic I decided I want to do something related to music.  I want to work as an event manager, work with a record label, or run a recording studio and to do so I am planning on majoring in Business Management and starting junior year with The Joel A. Katz Music and Entertainment Business Program.  

My Average Day

An average day of research for me often involves both Academic and everyday research. When it concerns academic research, I often get on Google to look up broad terms for homework. For example, if I don't understand certain topics in my math homework I will often Google it and click on a reputable source for reference. I also do school research for actual research assignments such as English essays. One source I use to find articles for essays is Galileo. Since I usually need to have scholarly sites, Galileo is the perfect site to use to see articles about the subject I'm researching. When it comes to determining if the sources I use are reliable, I look at the author or the publisher to see if they are a reputable source. For example, authors who have been published already or who are well-versed in this particular subject can be seen as reputable source while those who are just stating opinions are not.  Other than research for school, I often use the internet to research randomly through out the day when I hear about something that interest me. For example, the other day a friend and I were talking about states that have legalized marijuana, and I conveniently looked it up on my phone to find out which states had indeed changed their laws. Doing research like this during the day helps me to feel more knowledgeable about the everyday subjects I encounter and is also an enjoyable thing to learn about and know.