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Careers Related to Your Schoolwork
Let’s take a look at the types of careers related to your favorite
school work. If you enjoy a variety of school work, take a look at the list
of careers for each type. Each career lists the amount of education required,
or degree, you need to pursue it. See the “Deciding
What Degree to Pursue” section for an explanation of each
type of degree.
Math |
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If you like math, here are some related careers. They include information on
the type of work you’ll do while on the job and how much education you
need for each type of career. |
| Career |
Type of Work You’ll Do on the Job |
Required Education |
| Statistician |
For example, you may collect
numerical information on how much teenagers in Wisconsin
spent on clothes in a year; if they used cash or
credit; or bought designer or second-hand clothes. |
Master's degree |
| Electrical Engineer |
Design electrical gadgets, appliances, equipment,
and large items such as a portable air-conditioner
for your desk, microwave, generator, or car’s
electrical system. |
Four-year bachelor’s degree |
| Surveyor |
Measure the distance between two points on the
earth, usually to determine ownership or boundaries
of pieces of land. |
1-3 years at vocational school or four-year bachelor’s
degree |
| Physicist |
Study what things are made of—things usually
in nature—how they change over time, and what
causes them to change; work in fields related to
medicine, computers, military, and math. |
Master's and doctorate
degree |
| Cost Estimator |
Determine how much things will cost—especially
before they are built, developed, manufactured, or
produced—to make sure they will be profitable. |
Four-year bachelor's degree |
| Actuary |
Determine risk or likelihood of sickness, injury,
disability, etc. and cost of each occurrence, so
insurance companies can calculate the amount one
should pay each month for insurance coverage. There
are about 100 actuarial science programs in the country,
and employers may hire graduates with bachelor degrees
in math, statistics, economics, or finance. |
You must pass an actuarial exam |
| (source: U.S. Department
of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics; www.bls.gov) |
Reading |
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If you like reading, here are some related careers. They include information
on the type of work you’ll do while on the job and how much education
you need for each type of career. |
| Career |
Type of Work You’ll Do on the Job |
Required Education |
| Writer |
Write! Writers write newspaper
articles, books, business reports, proposals,
resumes, advertisements, and content for Web sites.
Editors
also write—they revise what has been written
to make sure it makes sense and follows rules of
punctuation and grammar. |
Four-year bachelor’s
degree |
| Desktop Publisher |
Use desktop publishing software to combine words,
pictures, numbers, and charts to prepare printed
or online publications, such as instruction manuals,
books, magazines, newspapers, and Web sites. |
Two-year associate’s degree |
| Secretary |
Help keep other people
organized so they can do their jobs better and faster.
Organize documents
so people can find them quickly, answer the phone,
take notes during meetings, reply to emails, respond
to voicemails, schedule appointments, make travel
plans, order office supplies, and much, much more. |
Two-year associate’s degree |
| Librarian |
Help people find information they need for school,
work, or home. Some librarians oversee an entire
library and order computer equipment, decide what
books to stock, and decide what databases to use
to find information. |
Master's degree |
| Reporter |
Write news stories by gathering and reading information
about a person (or people), place, thing, or an event;
conduct interviews; report live from a scene or prepare
news stories for newspapers, magazines, and the Internet. |
Four-year bachelor’s degree |
| (source: U.S. Department
of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics; www.bls.gov) |
Science | Close
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If you like science, here are some related careers. They include information
on the type of work you’ll do while on the job and how much education
you need for each type of career. |
| Career |
Type of Work You’ll Do on the Job |
Required Education |
| Chemist |
Use chemicals (man-made
or from nature) to make a variety of products, such
as paint, medicine, and environmentally friendly
cleaning products; work with doctors, veterinarians,
manufacturers, and farmers so they can do their jobs
better. |
Four-year bachelor’s
degree |
| Pharmacist |
Give people medicine in
exchange for a doctor’s prescription, including
information on how much medicine to take and any
of its side effects. |
Master's degree |
| Pilot |
Fly commercial or military
airplanes or helicopters; know how weather will affect
a route, how baggage should be stored, whether a
plane or helicopter is safe for take-off, and how
high and fast to fly. |
License from the federal
government; four-year bachelor’s
degree preferred |
| Environmental Scientist |
Find ways to fix or eliminate
pollution that harms the air, water, or soil. |
Four-year bachelor’s
degree |
| Engineering Technician |
Solve technical problems
that cause something not to work right, or not to
work at all; technical problems can be found in gadgets,
appliances, medical or computer equipment, or in
large items such as cars and airplanes. |
Two-year associate’s
degree |
| (source: U.S. Department
of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics; www.bls.gov) |
Social
Studies | Close this Window
If you like social studies, here are some related careers. They include
information on the type of work you’ll do while on the job and how
much education you need for each type of career. |
| Career |
Type of Work You’ll Do on the Job |
Required Education |
| Economist |
Collect data on how things
are produced and distributed to the people who need
them; make predictions on how businesses in a city,
state, or country will perform based things that
affect business, such as the ability to borrow money,
weather conditions (hurricanes, drought), and the
price of oil. |
Graduate or doctoral degree |
| Human Resource Assistant |
Find qualified people to
fill jobs, help hire new people, keep track of all
employees in a company: names and contact information;
whether they have insurance and what kind; managers’ reports
on how well they perform on the job. |
High school diploma or
G.E.D. |
| Politician |
Work in federal, state,
and local government, create legislation that may
be passed into law; review bids from contractors
who want to work for the government; recommend
people for other jobs in government. |
No degree required; most
politicians have a college or graduate degree and
business, teaching, or legal experiences |
| Psychologist |
Study why people act certain
ways and help people overcome emotional and mental
problems. |
Master's degree or doctoral
degree |
| Urban Planner |
Figure out the best place
to construct homes, buildings of all sizes, and parks
by considering how they affect traffic, pollution,
parking, and getting rid of trash. |
Master's degree |
| (source: U.S. Department
of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics; www.bls.gov) |
Music
and Art | Close this Window
If you like music and art, here are some related careers. They include
information on the type of work you’ll do while on the job and how
much education you need for each type of career. |
| Career |
Type of Work You’ll Do on the Job |
Required Education |
| Actor |
Perform on stage (theater)
or for radio, television, video, and motion-picture
productions. |
No degree required; many
actors have a four-year bachelor’s degree from
acting school |
| Photographer |
Take pictures of people,
places, and things to help other people sell products,
entertain, report the news, or bring back memories. |
No degree required; some
employers require a four-year bachelor’s degree |
| Artist |
Draw, paint, and sculpt
with paints, pencils, pens, plaster, clay, and fabric
to represent people, things, and nature. |
No degree required; many
colleges and universities offer four-year bachelor's
or Master's degree programs in fine arts |
| Disc Jockey |
Host radio or online shows
for news, sports, music, weather and the community
by talking to listeners, usually ad-lib (without
notes), but sometimes with a prepared script. |
No degree required, but
experience is very important |
| Designer |
Mix knowledge of how something
should work or look with artistic talent for things
like appliances, clothes, cars, military aircraft,
and Web sites. |
Four-year bachelor’s
degree |
| Musician |
Sing, compose, and play
music for the public; or for movie, stage, or studio
productions. |
No degree required; many
musicians practice playing their instrument(s) rigorously |
| (source: U.S. Department
of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics; www.bls.gov) |
Computers |
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If you like help working with computers, here are some related careers.
They include information on the type of work you’ll do while on the
job and how much education you need for each type of career. |
| Career |
Type of Work You’ll Do on the Job |
Required Education |
| Database Administrator |
Organize and manage information
in databases, which are stored on computers, so people
who need the information can easily get it; regulate
who can access information and who can’t; keep
databases secure from hackers (unauthorized computer
users who try to gain access to databases); backup
(create a duplicate copy of) the databases to keep
the information safe. |
Two-year associate’s
degree or four-year bachelor’s degree |
| Computer Support Specialist |
Help people learn how to
use their computers; fix computers when they aren’t
working properly. |
Two-year associate’s
degree, special certificate, or four-year bachelor’s
degree |
| Computer Hardware Engineer |
Research, design, develop,
test, and oversee the installation of computer hardware:
computer chips, circuit boards, systems, modems,
keyboards, and printers. |
Four-year bachelor’s
degree |
| Computer Software Engineer |
Software is a set of instructions
that controls how computers work. Word processing
software, such as Microsoft Word, is an example of
software. There are many, many kinds software for
all types of purposes. Software engineers write
instructions for how a software program should work,
using a variety of computer programming languages. |
Four-year bachelor’s
degree or Master's degree |
| Web Site Designer |
Create Web sites by combining
words, graphics, charts, and instructions on how
Web sites should look on people’s computer
screens. |
Two-year associate’s
degree or four-year bachelor’s degree |
| Systems Analyst |
Determine what people need
computers to do, then design computer systems where
many computers are linked together, or, can “talk” to
each other; specify computer software and hardware
needed for a computer system; link many computer
systems together, so they can “talk” to
each other. |
Four-year bachelor’s
degree or Master's degree |
| (source: U.S. Department
of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics; www.bls.gov) |
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