CAREER EXPLORATION
This page is designed for you to explore and learn about career options both directly and indirectly related to this major. Review Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies career options by reading about sample experiential learning and job titles as reported and held held by current students and alumni, as well as graduate programs where Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies alumni have studied.
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SAMPLES OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING – POSITION TITLES
(May include but is not limited to: internship, co-op, research, practicum, and clinical experiences)
ECLDP Marketing Intern
Program Intern
Public Health Intern
Student Intern
Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies Department Intern
SAMPLES OF ORGANIZATIONS WHERE UCONN STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Eastern Highlands Health District
Greeks Against Sexual Assault
The Hartford
University of Connecticut, WGSS Program
University of Connecticut
SAMPLES OF RECENT UCONN ALUMNI – POSITION TITLES
(Zero to five years of experience, varies by industry; some occupations may have required a degree beyond a Bachelor’s)
Activity Specialist
Admissions Counselor
Career Agent
Direct Support Personnel
Office Manager
Program Coordinator
Recruiter
Sustainability Coordinator
Operating Room Scrub Technician
Campaign Organizer
Front Desk Staff
Victim Advocate
SAMPLES OF EXPERIENCED UCONN ALUMNI – POSITION TITLES
(Six or more years of experience, varies by industry; some occupations may have required a degree beyond a Bachelor’s)
Dementia Care Program Director
Director
Executive Manager, Content & Event marketing
Manager, Campus Relations
Part-Time Faculty
MAC Artist
Teacher
UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF WHERE THEY WORK
American Cruise Lines
Bloomfield Leisure Services
CT Asthma and Allergy
Fidelity Investments
Key Human Services
KRA/CT Works
Maplewood Communities
St. Joseph College
The Collaborative
Triangle Community Center
University of Connecticut Alumni Association
University of Hartford
MAC Cosmetics
SightMD Connecticut
Ned For CT
Mansfield OBGYN
University of Central Florida
Teach for America
Family Services
UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF GRADUATE DEGREES PURSUED
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Master of Arts (M.A.), Communication
Master of Arts (M.A.), Writing, Rhetoric & Media Arts
Master of Science (M.S.), Sociology
Master of Arts (M.A.), Public Administration
Master of Arts (M.A.), Social Work
Master of Arts (M.A.), Public Policy MPP
Master of Arts (M.A.), Women's And Gender Studies
UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS ATTENDED
Golden Gate University
Simmons College
Southern Connecticut State University
Trinity College
University of Connecticut
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