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Major All Level Special Education

Compassionate. Organized. Attentive.

Sound like you? These are just a few personality traits found in the Education and Human Services, a career field that provides critical support to one’s community.

Skills

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listening; oral and written communication; community building; planning and facilitating education and training; public speaking; teamwork; counseling individuals and groups; problem solving

Occupations

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speech-language pathologist/audiologist, social worker, marriage or family counselor, assessment specialist, elementary/middle/high school teacher, athletic trainer/coach, chiropractor, psychologist (clinical, developmental, social), parks and recreation coordinator, registered nurse, vet technician, child care/elderly facilities manager, health educator, interpreter and translator, curriculum developer

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Major Early Childhood To 6Th Grade Bilingual Generalist

Early Childhood to 6th Grade ESL Generalist Certification

Major in the College of Education

Students in this major will be prepared to enter the classroom as an elementary school teacher [...]
Major Economics

Economics

Major in the College of Liberal Arts

Economics often involves topics like wealth, finance, recessions, and banking, leading to the misconception that economics [...]
Major Exercise Science

Exercise Science

Major in the College of Education

Exercise Science students will learn about all components of the human body including motor development, anatomy [...]
Major Geography

Geography

Major in the College of Liberal Arts

The major nourishes a sense of responsibility and provides tools for the solution of environmental [...]
Major Geological Sciences

Geological Sciences

Major in the Jackson School of Geosciences

Geoscientists also draw upon discoveries from math, geography, archaeology, engineering and other sciences to meld an [...]
Major Geosystems Engineeringand Hydrogeology

Geosystems Engineering and Hydrogeology

Interdisciplinary Major

As a geosystems engineer you could address the world's most pressing energy, water resource, and environmental [...]
Major Government

Government

Major in the College of Liberal Arts

A government major can dissect and evaluate actual or proposed courses of political action by analyzing [...]
Major Health And Society

Health & Society

Major in the College of Liberal Arts

While focusing on health, students acquire a broad set of perspectives and methods that they can [...]
Major Health Promotion Behavioral Science

Health Promotion and Behavioral Science

Major in the College of Education

Many of our students pursue graduate degrees in health promotion or related fields of study such [...]
Major History

History

Major in the College of Liberal Arts

Still others like to read about the grand sweep of human history, with all its attendant [...]
Major Human Development And Family Science

Human Development and Family Sciences

Major in the College of Natural Sciences

HDFS at UT-Austin is a dynamic program that is among the nation's best interdisciplinary departments [...]
Major Human Dimensions Of Organization

Human Dimensions of Organizations

Major in the College of Liberal Arts

The Liberal Arts have always taught critical thinking skills and effective communication, which are crucial to [...]
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