What Can I do With a Degree in Black Studies?

Career Center Library Resources

The Career Center Library has a variety of resources to help students explore potential career fields. These resources include information about typical responsibilities, qualifications, career paths, job outlook, salary, and related careers. The following books may be of specific interest of Black Studies majors.

• Careers for Good Samaritans & Other Humanitarian Types
• 100 Jobs in Social Change
• Real People Working in the Helping Professions
• Real People Working in Education
• Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors
• The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People
• Making a Living While Making a Difference

Vocational Biographies

Vocational Biographies describes the career success stories of 1001 real people. Search by career title, keyword, topic, and career cluster. Username: Portland su and pass code: 3w9n

• Social Service Program Coordinator
• Relocation Specialist
• Family Support Officer
• Social Worker
• Community Health Educator
• Camp Director

Professional Associations

• African Studies Association
  
• Association of Black Women Historians
  
• Association for the Study of African American Life and History
• H-Afro-Am African-American Studies
  
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• National Association for African American Studies
  
• National Association for Ethnic Studies (NAES)
• National Council for Black Studies
  
• National Urban League
  

Internet Sites wiht Job Search Information for Black Studies Majors

• About the Major in African & Afro-American Studies — From the Department of African and Afro-American Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• African and African-American Studies — Lists potential job titles. From the University Career and Employment Services at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
• Career Opportunities for Majors in Africana Studies — From Career Services, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Lists related occupations and types of employers.
• Resources for Black Studies Majors — From Counseling and Career Services from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Lists possible job titles, possible career fields, and possible employers.
• Careers and Black Studies — From Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Lists job titles and employers of "Knox graduates who have completed majors, minors or concentrations in Black Studies."
• What can I do with a major in Black Studies? — From Scripps, The Women's College, Claremont, California. Lists possible job titles.

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