Given today?s uncertain job market, picking the right major is critical for college undergraduates. However, with economic patterns shifting so rapidly, it is often hard to determine what the ?hot? majors are. There has been a shift away from computer science due to the bursting of the tech bubble and outsourcing. Accounting, entrepreneurship and health-care are emerging as popular fields.
See "Major importance in selecting area of college study", Chicago Tribune, September 15, 2004