What can I do with a BUS degree?
Career Readiness Skills
There are tons of ways an interdisciplinary education can help students meet and excel at their job goals and life desires. Below is a list of in-demand skills from National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) students earn and practice in the BUS program:
- Critical Thinking: Gather and analyze information from a diverse set of sources and individuals to fully understand a problem.
- Communication: Clearly and effectively exchange information, ideas, facts, and perspectives with persons inside and outside of your field.
- Professionalism: Understand and demonstrate effective work habits, act in the interest of the larger community, and prepare expected workplace products and output.
- Equity & Inclusion: Address systems of privilege that limit opportunities for members of historically marginalized communities.
- Technology: Manage technology to integrate information to support relevant and effective strategic goals.
- Career and Development: Develop oneself and one’s career through continual personal and professional learning, awareness of one’s strengths and weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities, and networking.
- Leadership: Recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals.
- Teamwork: Build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating diverse viewpoints and shared responsibilities.
Grad School Preparation
BUS courses are designed to build and refine interdisciplinary research and writing skills, which prepare students to take the next academic step into graduate school. In BUS 350W, students learn to compose a research proposal. In BUS 460C, students design and complete comprehensive research papers on topics of their choice. Classes are small so faculty can work closely with students on skills such as research collection, revision, and citation.
Minors that Lead to Careers
BUS allows students to strategically pair minors and certificates that fit specific career paths. BUS students often pair these minors to help them build careers in these fields:
Medical Health and Services Manager
Health/Wellness Coaching + Psychology
Health/Wellness Coaching + Biology
Biology + Physical Education
Intervention Service Coordinator
Sociology + Social Work
Sociology + Biology
Health and Wellness Coaching + Nutrition and Food
Councilor or Therapist
Psychology + Sociology
Psychology + Social Work
Health and Wellness Coaching + Nutrition and Food
Manager/Administration
Business + Psychology
Business + Sociology
Public Administration + Sociology
Industrial Engineer
Mathematics + Mechanical Engineering
Human Resources Specialist
Business + Communication Studies
Psychology + Sociology
Public Administration + Sociology
Marketing Research Analysis or Marketing Specialist
Business + Public Relations
Business + Environmental Sustainability
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
Biology + Wildlife Ecology/Management
Business + Environmental Sustainability
Training and Developmental Specialist
Anthropology + Psychology
Anthropology + Sociology
General and Operations Managers / Management Analysts / Project Management Specialist / Business Operations Specialists
Business Admin + Communication Studies
Business Admin + Parks and Rec Management
Business + Construction Management
Communication Studies
Emergency Management + Psychology
Museum Studies + Anthropology
Communication Studies + Spanish for Business
Postsecondary Teachers
Art History + Music
English + Communication Studies
History + Comparative Study of Religions
Studio Art + Humanities
Mathematics + Mathematics Secondary Education
Music + History
Physical Education + Health and Wellness Coaching
Theatre + English
German + Italian
Lawyers and Criminal Justice Advocates
Justice Studies + Ethnic Studies
Law and Society + Criminology and Criminal Justice
Philosophy + History