Career Options
A liberal arts degree provides the critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills that are required for most careers. Some of the general competencies that are common among CAS majors include:
- Interpersonal/Cross-Cultural Skills
- listening to others
- developing sensitivity to and understanding differing viewpoints
- understanding other cultures and societies
- leading and participating in diverse groups
- Research/Analytical Skills
- identifying problems and needs
- generating ideas and hypotheses
- designing and directing projects
- making observations
- gathering, organizing, and maintaining information
- perceiving patterns and analyzing relationships in information
- evaluating, synthesizing, and summarizing information
- Communication Skills
- writing clearly and effectively
- rewriting, editing, and proofreading
- speaking clearly and effectively
- conveying ideas (others' as well as one's own)
- presenting viewpoints and analyses
See also:
- CAS Career Opportunities
- Resources (Center for Career Exploration and Success)
What Can I Do with a Major in ...?
Do you wonder what career opportunities are available for a particular major? You'd be surprised at the many and varied jobs that graduates with a particular major have found.
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Biochemistry
- Biological Physics
- Biology
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Classical Studies
- Comparative Religion
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
- Data Science and Statistics
- Diplomacy and Global Politics
- East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Economics
- Engineering Physics
- English:Creative Writing
- English:Linguistics
- English:Literature
- English:Professional Writing
- Environmental Earth Science
- French
- Geography and Sustainable Development
- Geology
- German
- Gerontology
- History
- Individualized Studies
- International Studies
- Italian Studies
- Journalism
- Latin American, Latino/a, and Caribbean Studies
- Mathematics
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Media & Culture
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Microbiology
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Quantitative Economics
- Russian, Eastern European, & Eurasian Studies
- Social Justice Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Speech Pathology & Audiology
- Strategic Communication
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Zoology