Student Pathways
The Student Pathways program is a voluntary career exploration program developed by KU Career Advisors to help students explore career opportunities in six career pathways. By signing up you will receive our biweekly newsletter, the Hawk Hustle, packed with job and internship leads, invitations to connect with employers and curated career guidance. Not sure about your career plans or want to learn about more career opportunities interesting to you? Sign up for one or more Student Pathways to learn how you can engage, explore and connect with your dream career!
Explore the Pathways
Business, Communication and Leadership
People in these fields spend their time leading organizations; developing and implementing strategies; building partnerships and relationships; creating and operating businesses; and bringing novel goods or services to market. This career community focuses on maximizing organizational effectiveness through branding, relationships, and services.
Creative Arts & Design
People in these fields spend time developing opportunities to showcase work; telling stories; influencing user experiences; building portfolios; studying and rehearsing roles; and collaborating with other arts organizations and individuals. This career pathway focuses on using various media to convey creative expression through visual arts, music, dance, theatre, creative writing, architecture, design, and film.
Education & Public Service
This career pathway focuses on educating, helping and guiding others, serving public interests through teaching and human services as well as understanding people and equipping individuals to grow and thrive. People in these fields spend their time developing curriculum, designing treatment protocols, providing counseling and support, implementing policy and advocating for social change.
Health & Behavioral Sciences
People who work in health professions focus on careers in healthcare that improve lives through research; the prevention, identification, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment of diseases and disorders; and patient rehabilitation. People in these fields spend their time working with interprofessional teams; researching and integrating the latest technology; thinking critically and solving problems in high-risk environments; and communicating and advocating for patients and their families.
Languages & Cultures
People who work internationally, either stateside or abroad, and come from any occupation that is influenced by the interaction with international people and where knowledge and sensitivity about the world's cultures, economies, and other world systems is beneficial.
Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
This career pathway focuses on research, analysis, design, development, education, sales, management, and support in a variety of scientific, technical and medical environments. People in these fields spend their time interacting with machines, software, and specimens; diagnosing and solving problems; collecting, and analyzing data; collaborating within interdisciplinary teams; and communicating findings and outcomes.
