A Decision Support System for Undecided and Exploratory Students

Abstract

Choosing a major can be a difficult choice for undeclared students, depending on personal interests, job markets, program costs, and the complexity of graduation requirements. The current procedure for exploring possible majors/minors involves a tedious and time-consuming exploration of static data presented in a convoluted format. This work considers the complexity of degree requirements and presents the design and implementation of an efficient decision support system (DSS) for exploring majors and/or minors. The DSS presents a tool that enables college students to map their already completed courses to degree requirements and then view the majors/minors that yield the shortest path for graduation. Secondly, the DSS system provides data visualization tools to assist students in selecting courses that satisfy the remaining requirements of a selected major/minor.

An Information Service Platform for Decision Support in Academic Admissions Using Data Fabrics and Artificial Intelligence

“…The user is indecisive about many research activities used in education. DSSs are considered to be more useful tools as they can select a student's course of study based on personal traits and skill interests, connect completed courses to major and minor requirements, and more [19][20][21].…”