This Career Community is focused on the many different areas students can pursue in education and the helping professions. Browse blogs for career advice, look at resources for job and internship leads and watch videos profiling unique roles and occupations.
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+ CONSIDER CAREER PATHS
View a sample of professional titles related to this majorVisit My Next Move to browse for helping-related occupations by keyword or industry.
- Actors, musicians and singers
- Clinical, counseling and school psychologists
- Clergy
- Coaches and scouts
- Customer service representatives
- Education professors
- Education administrator
- Elementary school teachers
- Family & marriage therapists
- Human resources managers
- Interpreters and translators
- Museum technicians and curators
- Preschool teachers
- Psychologists
- Psychiatric technicians
- Post-secondary teachers
- Recreational workers
- Rehabilitation counselors
- Secondary school teacher
- Social and community service managers
- Social workers
- Special education teachers
Need help exploring your career options? Take the Focus 2 assessment to search for occupations that fit with your interests, values, skills, and personality. Then speak with a Career Specialist about the results.
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+ EXPLORE MU MAJORS
Check out helping-related MU majors, minors and certificatesPlease visit Majors@Mizzou and browse this site by career interests, occupation and by School or College. Remember, these are just a few examples of degree programs. A wide variety of MU majors can lead to a successful and satisfying career in education and helping.
- Architectural Studies
- Ancient Mediterranean Studies
- Anthropology
- Early Childhood Education
- Educational Studies
- Elementary Education
- General Studies
- History
- Human Development and Family Science
- Interdisciplinary
- International Studies
- Linguistic
- Middle School Education
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Roman Language/German/Russian
- Secondary Education
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Special Education
Another helpful tool is the What Can I Do With This Major site where you can connect academic majors to common career paths and see typical employers that hire those majors.
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+ MAKE CAREER CONNECTIONS
Learn how to have career conversations to find possible career paths- Arrange an informational interview, learning about the real-life experience of someone working in a field or company that interests you.
- Seek out mentors by making meaningful connections with upperclassmen, faculty, staff and alumni.
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+ RESEARCH ALUMNI CAREER PATHS
Discover the unique career paths of fellow Tigers- Use LinkedIn to see what thousands of Mizzou alumni are doing with their degrees.
- Explore the Career Outcomes web page to see what recent MU graduates are doing and where they are living.
