Career type chart
Artistic ("Creators")

Might sound like...

  • Creative
  • Self-expression through making art, music, etc.
  • Imaginative
  • Original and innovative
  • Interested in different types of media
  • Visiting museums & art galleries
  • Working with digital and traditional creative media

Might look like...

  • Performing
  • Designing
  • Teaching music
  • Creative writing
  • Working in an art studio or film production studio
  • Exploring a variety of media 
  • Content creation
  • Museum docent

May not be interested in...

  • Working with numbers
  • Scientific problem solving
  • Counseling or other helping professions
  • Business decisions for major corporations 

Majors

Investigate courses and areas of study that might interest you.

College of Agricultural Sciences 

College of Arts and Architecture

Bellisario College of Communications

College of Engineering

College of Health and Human Development

College of Information Sciences and Technology

College of Liberal Arts

Smeal College of Business

Academic Colleges at Penn State:

Involvement

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Student Clubs and Organizations

Annual Career Events and Fairs

  • College of Communications job fairs
    • COMM Careers in the Capital (Washington D.C.)
    • JobExpo.Comm (on campus)
    • Success in the City (NYC)
  • HHD Career Fair
  • IST Career Fair (Fall & Spring)
  • Liberal Arts Careers Week (Spring)
  • Liberal Arts Recruiting week (Fall & Spring)
  • Penn State Fall Career Days & Spring Career Days
  • Stuckeman School (Architecture) Career Day

Student Engagement Network

Resources