<p>I hear every school at NU has great co-ops except for CAS. Anyone have any input ?</p>
<p>Nah, CAS has some great co-ops. </p>
<p>More liberal-arts based majors (like philosophy, english, anthropology) have less “practical” applications and might have somewhat fewer options. An english major might take a job doing technical writing or something like PR work, any position where an employer really wants someone with good writing skills. An anthropology major might take a research position or some kind of human services. A friends of mine who is a history major worked at a museum and then a non-profit (not history related, but something she was interested in), and a sociology friend of mine is pre-law and has done law related co-ops.</p>
<p>Those majors might have to be a little more creative and open to different kinds of jobs since it’s not like the english major will spend co-op writing novels–although hey, if you had a legitimate proposal for a novel and a prof to supervise it, maybe you could pull it off. But, good jobs are still out there.</p>
<p>The bulk of CAS majors are pretty practical anyway, and those majors all have good opportunities. Easy to find excellent placements as a science major, journalists have some sweet jobs (boston globe, cnn), political science can jump onto campaigns or political non-profits, psych majors largely do clinical work, behavioral therapy, or research.</p>
<p>There are absolutely some not-good co-op jobs… but all schools/majors has it’s fair share of good and bad.</p>
<p>I agree completely with Emily, with the addition that yes, some majors take coops that are more practical than they’d like but that is because most people who graduate with those majors take jobs like that anyway. Very few english majors write novels for a living, so it make sense that the coops would be similar.</p>
<p>Thank you both for the responses !! Im a communications major, /w a concentration in media studies</p>