Career Exploration

Choosing a major

At Dominican, you can choose from over 50 majors and numerous programs and minors to help you achieve your professional or personal goals. And if you aren’t sure what to study or what your specific goals are, Career Development can help you work out the direction that makes sense for your talents and interests. Here is a listing of the Majors, Minors and Programs currently available at DU.
Get more information about specific jobs at the Monster Career Converter.

Have you ever wondered what you could do with your degree?  This site provides descriptions of career paths as well as needed skills and related web sites: What can I do with a major in.....? 
 
 

For hundreds of different types of jobs—such as teacher, lawyer, and nurse—the Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you:

  • the training and education needed
  • earnings
  • expected job prospects
  • what workers do on the job
  • working conditions

Assessments

These free online interest inventories can help you identify careers that may be of interest to you.  Make sure to follow up with a Career Advisor to help you interpret them.
Feeling stuck about deciding on a major or career path?  Spend time assessing your indivdual interests, personality, skills, values, likes and dislikes.  Complete FOCUS, an online self-assessment instrument and follow-up with a career advisor to review your report.  You'll need the keycode "dom672" to self register.
Illinois Career Resource Network  provides the Career Information System where you can research information on occupations, education and financial aid.  Additional self-assessments are available at this site to help decide on a career-direction.
After completing this survey, you will obtain:
  • Your type formula according to Carl Jung and Isabel Myers-Briggs typology along with the strengths of the preferences.
  • The description of your personality type.
  • The list of occupations most suitable for your personality type - Jung Career Indicator™