Abstract
In the present study it was attempted to classify 55 courses of the university into a small number of groups, based on the similality of psychological characteristics of students who majored in and adjusted to these courses. The test battery consisted of two aptitude tests, two interest inventories, one personality inventory, and self-rating scales about the achievements about high school subjects was administered to 1154 undergraduates and graduate students. Based on 42 standardized scores from the battery, Euclidian distances between 55 courses were calculated. Then, Cluster Analysis with hierarchical and combinational method was applied to the distance matrix. 12 groups were formed: Education and Welfare, Humanisties, Art and Design, Domestic Sciences, Athletics, Music, Soial Sciences, Foreign Literatures, Engeneering Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Agriculture. Then, Factor Analysis was applied to the correlation coefficient matrix between 42 scores, and the 12 groups were compared each other on the scores of 11 extracted factors.
