Careers with a BA/BS
The Feller Center in the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences is a co-located hub for academic advising and career planning services. The Center offers customized career planning resources for BSOS students.
Please review the key resources below:
Explore Options
- What Can I Do with My Major: PSYC Includes sample work titles/areas of our recent graduates, career planning information, research, internship, and graduate school resources tailored for psychology majors!
- Explore internship sites: Review previous internship sites, tips for locating openings in the psychology field, plus much more.
- Gain experience: Add to your marketable skill by landing an internship, research position, leadership position on campus, part-time job, etc.
- Research: Learn about research options at UMD and in the greater DMV area. Review tips and events for getting involved in research and learn how to get funding for your research!
- To learn more about careers in PSYC and general guidelines, the American Psychological Association (APA) lists some general career resources that all Psychology graduates can use.
- Explore job and internship openings by industries. Handshake connects UMD students with openings.
Industry Panel Notes
Gain industry knowledge and locate alumni working in your field of interest by accessing the Alumni & Employer Industry Panel Notes from the Feller Center. Sample topics are listed below.
- Human Resources / IO Psychology: Impacting & Improving the Workplace Panel
- Psychotherapist Career Panel
- Entry-Level Career Tracks for Psychology Majors Notes
- How to Become A Psychologist Panel
- Gaining experience / exploring careers in counseling / helping profession
- Creative Arts Therapy
- Counseling Licensure Panel, Tips from UMD PSYC Alumni
- Careers in Social Work
Prepare to Apply
- Resume development: Sample PSYC resumes, cover letters, and other relevant application materials.
- Search strategies for internships/jobs: Use UMD’s expansive alumni network Terrapins Connect and Handshake to scan openings for current students.
- Meet employers/alumni: The Feller Center and the University Career Center works together to offer BSOS majors access to over 1,000 professionals yearly. Attend our events.
- Graduate school planning: Use these resources to start planning your graduate school research/planning.