Explore Majors & Careers

Identifying Interests Journal Practice: Develop a journal using prompts to guide your reflections.

• Activities you enjoy: Note things you like doing, even if they seem small or insignificant.
• Moments of joy: Reflect on times when you felt happy and fulfilled.
• Curiosities: Write about subjects or activities that pique your interest, even if you haven’t explored them yet.
• Skills and strengths: Identify what you’re good at and enjoy using.
• Challenges and dislikes: Understand what activities you avoid and why.

Based on your reflections, set small goals to explore new interests or deepen existing ones. Incorporate visuals to make your journal more engaging through visual representations of your interests and how they connect or by adding images related to your interests. Consider making an appointment to review your journal with your Career Coach.

Career One Stop Interest Assessment: Career assessments ask questions about your preferences and strengths to identify careers that might fit you the best. When you work in a career that fits your interests and skills, you are more likely to feel job satisfaction and achieve success.

Take any of the assessments and then make an appointment to go over your results with your Career Coach.

Research Majors: Find links to sources for learning all you can about majors including typical careers, employers who hire people from these majors, and what each major is all about.

Liberal Arts Majors Career Paths: Created by Satyan Devadoss, Professor of Mathematics from Williams College, this graph shares the impact of major on career path for 15K alumni from Williams College. Similar to Augustana, the data from Williams College can be extrapolated and applied to most liberal arts majors.

Viking Score: Exploration: These activities have been proven to move students through the first step of career development referred to as exploration. Viking Score points are awarded for a mix of individual activities that may include worksheets, reflections with your Career Coach, or skill-building experiences.  

Research Careers or Fields of Interest: All the steps and resources you need to research careers and fields of interest

Field of Degree Data: Provides a glimpse of occupations, outlook, and more for people in that major, from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Viking Score: Exploration: These activities have been proven to move students through the first step of career development referred to as exploration. Viking Score points are awarded for a mix of individual activities that may include worksheets, reflections with your Career Coach, or skill-building experiences.  

Personal Values Assessment: This free assessment lets you sort through values to see which are at the top of your list. Added information available for a fee. Take the values assessment and then make an appointment to go over your results with your Career Coach.

Work Values Matcher: Your results will show how you prioritized the work values. Learn about employers and careers that will match your highest work values.

Values Worksheets: Questions and Exercises to Help Determine Your Personal Values

Viking Score: Exploration: These activities have been proven to move students through the first step of career development referred to as exploration. Viking Score points are awarded for a mix of individual activities that may include worksheets, reflections with your Career Coach, or skill-building experiences.  

Purpose in Life Quiz: Take this quiz, which is primarily based on the Claremont Purpose Scale, when you’re done, you’ll get your score, learn more about the benefits of purpose, and find resources for identifying and cultivating your own life goals.

After Augie Podcast: Life as a Viking doesn’t end after you cross the stage and receive a diploma. In the new After Augie podcast, members of the GOLD Council (Graduates of the Last Decade) interview fellow alumni to reflect on their journey.

Post-Graduate Service Opportunities: Taking an intentional year after graduation to gain skills, try new things, experience travel and serve others is a great way to learn about industries, prepare for further education or experience new places and spaces. For each program you are researching, be sure to gather the information that is most important to you (e.g. program mission, length of program, stipend amount, travel expectations, living arrangements, transportation options, etc.).

Viking Score: Exploration: These activities have been proven to move students through the first step of career development referred to as exploration. Viking Score points are awarded for a mix of individual activities that may include worksheets, reflections with your Career Coach, or skill-building experiences.