Government, Law & Policy

This Career Community is focused on the many different areas students can pursue in the fields of government and law. Browse blogs for career advice, look at resources for job and internship leads and watch videos profiling unique roles and occupations.

• + CONSIDER CAREER PATHS
  View a sample of professional titles related to this major

  Visit My Next Move to browse for government-related occupations by keyword or industry.

  • Actors, musicians and singers
  • Agricultural Inspectors
  • Archivists
  • Attorneys
  • Court & Municipal Clerks
  • Criminal Investigators
  • Fish & Game Wardens
  • Historians
  • Judges
  • Legislators
  • Park Naturalists & Foresters
  • Police Officers
  • Sociologist
  • Tax Examiners
  • Urban & Regional Planners

  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.

• + EXPLORE MU MAJORS
  Check out government-related MU majors, minors and certificates

  Please 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 government and law.

  • Architectural Studies
  • Constitutional Democracy
  • English
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Economics
  • General Studies
  • Geography
  • History
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Natural Resources Science and Management
  • International Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology

  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.

• + 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. 
• + 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.