
Education & Human Behavior
If you want to connect with people, help communities grow, and support others along the way, you’ve got plenty of options here. This diverse area focuses on human development, mental health, learning, and the systems that shape society. Whether you want to teach in a classroom, advocate for families, shape public policy, or counsel people through life’s challenges, your work will have a direct impact.
This interest area encompasses the following paths:
- Education & counseling: classroom teaching, school psychology, mental health counseling, and social work.
- Community advocacy & policy: educational policy, non-profits, government service, and community development.
- Human development & management: family studies, human resources, management, and workplace innovation.
- Holistic well-being & care: public health, rehabilitation psychology, and community nutrition.
If you are a natural helper, a community advocate, or someone interested in human relationships and social change, explore these links for a variety of ideas.
*Indicates a career-based guide. Other guides are organized around majors or fields of study.
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Art
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Athletic Training*
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Audiology*
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Child Life Specialist*
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Clinical Psychology*
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Community & Environmental Sociology
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Community & Organizational Development
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Dance
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Design, Innovation, and Society
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Doula*
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Educational Policy Studies
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Federal Government: Civil Service, Intelligence, Military*
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Genetic Counseling*
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Genetics & Genomics
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Healthcare Consulting*
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Health Promotion & Health Equity
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Human Development & Family Studies
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Human Resource Management
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Kinesiology
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Lactation Consultant*
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Law (CPLA)*
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Law (SuccessWorks)*
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Management
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Marketing
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Mental Health Counseling*
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Mental Health: General*
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Midwifery*
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Nonprofits*
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Nursing
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Nutritional Sciences/Dietetics
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Nutritional Sciences
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Project Management*
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Public Health*
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Public Policy*
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Public Policy: State & Local, Federal, International (SuccessWorks)*
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Registered Dietician Nutritionist*
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Rehabilitation Psychology
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School Psychology*
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Social Work (CPHA)*
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Social Work (SuccessWorks)*
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Speech-Language & Hearing*
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Speech Language Pathology*
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State & Local Government*
Not finding information for an L&S major? Check out What Can You Do With Your Major? from L&S SuccessWorks.
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