What kind of career can my student do if s/he majors in…?
For some majors, the connection between what a person studies and what they do for work (or at least where they’ll start their career) is often relatively clear. Accounting majors generally work as accountants. Initially, nursing majors generally go on to work as nurses while education majors generally end up at the front of a classroom. For other majors, the connection between what is studied and what is eventually done for work is not as direct. Psychology majors may go into a helping profession, but they just as easily might land a position with an advertising firm. Philosophy majors may choose to be philosophers and pursue a Ph.D. in philosophy. Alternatively, they may choose to apply their logic and analytic abilities to a career in law. In these cases, what a student chooses to do with time outside the classroom (e.g., volunteer work, internships, summer jobs) may have greater impact on their career path than what they specifically choose to study at the undergraduate level.
