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General Studies Career Focus Areas

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Career Focus Areas

Make the most of your work experience and previous credits by aligning your educational experience with your career goals! Select one of our preferred areas of study based on the direction you want your future career to take, and gain the skills and knowledge needed to exceed expectations and stand out in a competitive job market.

  • Communication
  • Leadership and Management
  • Safety and Security

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Communication

Enhance your strengths in communication, creative thinking, and collaboration to prepare for a broad range of professional opportunities.

Sample courses could include:

  • Communication
  • Conflict Management
  • Negotiation
  • Organizational Communication

Potential careers:

  • Communications Specialist
  • Marketing Specialist
  • Corporate Trainer
  • Mediation and Arbitration

How to Make the Most of Your Experience and Education:

If interested in a communication career path we highly recommend pairing one or more of the following certificates with your bachelor’s in general studies degrees.

Certificates can be worked into your bachelor’s curriculum using the generous elective hours the degree provides and serve as a great opportunity to gain additional credentials for no additional cost.

Leadership and Management

Gain the critical skills needed to help prepare you to take on leadership roles and effectively manage people, resources and organizations.

Sample courses could include:

  •  The Science and Application of Leadership
  • Negotiation 
  • Conflict Management
  • Fundamentals of Financial and Managerial Accounting

Potential careers:

  • Corporate Trainer
  • Communications Specialist
  • Financial Analyst
  • Sales Manager

How to Make the Most of Your Experience and Education:

If interested in a leadership and management career path we highly recommend pairing one or more of the following certificates with your bachelor’s in general studies degrees.

Certificates can be worked into your bachelor’s curriculum using the generous elective hours the degree provides and serve as a great opportunity to gain additional credentials for no additional cost.

Safety and Security

Learn the essential skills needed to protect and strengthen organizations and communities.

Sample courses could include:

  • Cyber and Physical Security
  • Security Management
  • Counterintelligence
  • Workplace Investigations
  • Community Corrections
  • Leaders without Titles
  • Hazardous Materials

Potential careers:

  • Building Inspector
  • Emergency Management
  • Probation Officer
  • Caseworker Counselor

How to Make the Most of Your Experience and Education:

If interested in a safety and security career path we highly recommend pairing one or more of the following certificates with your bachelor’s in general studies degrees.

Certificates can be worked into your bachelor’s curriculum using the generous elective hours the degree provides and serve as a great opportunity to gain additional credentials for no additional cost.

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