The Major Experience (TME) is a student-centered program dedicated exclusively to major exploration. It is a University-wide collaboration which partners resources such as the Academic Center for Exploratory Students, Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills, and UConn's academic schools/colleges.
Thank you for completing our TME Department Survey. Below please find information on our engagement opportunities. When you are ready, you can complete the survery below. If possible, please try to submit your replies by February 6th, 2026.
TME Department Conversations
In order to make our resources as accurate, robust, and engaging as possible, we want to ensure your major(s) are represented appropriately. While this does include reviewing your major profile page (see below) this can also include conversations with both TME and ACES academic advisors.
As ACES advisors, it is our job to know general information about all programs, however, learning more about your programs, what makes them interesting, what students learn in your courses, and what you graduates are doing can be impactful knowledge that we utilize on a daily basis when meeting with students. During these student conversations we can help promote your major and refer students who may be interested directly to your department representatitives.
We are happy to schedule an appointment to talk more with your department about it's goals and initiatives, and how we can continue to promote your major. If you are intested, you can select "yes" below.
TME Mentor Nominations
You can learn more about our TME Student Mentor program HERE.
When possible, we prefer to nominate student mentors directly from department contacts. While we are hpapy to recruit and bring on a mentor through our interview process, nominations through departments ensure that the student has already connected with key stakeholders and is a great representiative to talk to other students.
We will begin our TME Mentor application and recruitment process in mid-February. If a position is available in your department/major and you are interested in nominating a student mentor, you can indicate that below.
TME Profile Page Updates
You can visit your department's major profile page(s) HERE.
Our major profile pages is one of our foundational TME resources that is heavily utilized by our students! While we recieve some updates yearly, there are other pages that haven't been updated in a few years. All of the information in primarily given to us directly from departments or department contacts including:
- The initial description/overview of major
- Helpful intro courses under the "Declaration, Major Requirements, and Courses"
- Any specific Career Resource links your department recommends
- Related Majors/Minors associated with your department
- Involvement Resources associated with your department that students may use to explore the field more
We are happy to make edits to these areas, or your thumbnail images--you can submit these via e-mail (tme@uconn.edu), or, we are happy to set up a meeting with someone from your department to make edits.
Please note that this Spring semester, the Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills is also creating handcrafted ammendments to every profile page. So, while we welcome any additional resources your department recommends to learn more about career opportunites, you should see expanded information on careers by the end of the Spring semester!
TME Major Exploration Expos
TME will be hosting three major exploration expos this Spring semester titled: Warm Up to your Major: Sip and Explore. These events will be held in the ROWE atrium and feature door prizes as well as free drinks and desserts. We are hoping to have both TME student mentors, and representatives from various departments available to table at these events which are broken down by three "Exploration" groups:
- Arts, Cultures, Education, and Humanities Thursday, February 19th 12 PM - 2PM
- Business, Social and Behavioral Sciences Wednesday, March 4th 12 PM - 2 PM
- Health, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Tuesday, March 31st 12 PM 2 PM
We welcome someone from your department at a portion or all of the relevant expo to speak with students who may be interested in your programs. If you cannot make it, we are happy to stop by and pick up any department promotional materials to set out on a table as well.
You can see the dates based on exploration group above as well as an RSVP. You can also find the flyer for our event here: Warm Up To Your Major