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Recommended Time Line for Business Majors
"Preparing for Your Future"
Freshman Year: (between 0-29 credit hours)
- Demonstrate excellent academic performance
- Complete most of your general education courses (see business curriculum
for more information)
- Discover UT resources, including Career Services, Student Counseling Center,
Business Advising office (52 Glocker), Tutorial Services, Center for Leadership
Development
- Make an appointment with your business advisor if you are a pre-business
major.
- Complete BA 101
- Explore the various business majors at Career Services
o Browse the Career Resource Center
o Explore the web page
o Talk with a career counselor
- Get involved in campus co-curricular activities
o Business clubs and organizations
o Leadership opportunities
o Volunteer work
- Begin considering Study-Abroad options
Sophomore Year: (between 30-59 credit hours)
- Schedule a meeting with your business pre-major advisor early in both semesters
- Declare a business pre-major
- Enroll in pre-business core classes
- Complete BA 201
- Set up informational interviews with professors and professionals in the career fields you are considering
- Attend the Fall Job Fair and Spring Career Expo
- Attend Business Career Information Day (Fall & Spring)
- Get to know a faculty member in your area of interest. Establish a relationship with him/her
for future recommendations
- Develop your professional resume
- Register with Career Services
- Start developing a network of contacts
- Apply for admission into the College of Business Administration
o You must have earned at least a 2.75 for admission (3.00 for Accounting majors)
o You must not have earned more than 75 credit hours
o You must be a declared business pre-major
- Continue pursuing co-curricular activities
- Consider running for an office in a business club or organization
- Focus on obtaining a summer position related to your field of interest
- Apply for Study Abroad options Junior Year (between 60-89 credit hours)
- Declare your business major and collateral
- Meet with your business advisor each semester
- Set up a meeting with your business faculty mentor
- Obtain relevant work experience in your field through part-time employment, internships, practicum, field work, or volunteer experiences
- Chose electives to enhance your qualifications, such as communication courses, leadership courses, and computer skills training
- Research companies of interest
- Meet with career advisor to review various areas within business
- Begin applying in the FALL for summer or spring internships
- Update resume in Career Services database
- Attend any employer information sessions, workshops, or luncheons to increase networks
- Obtain leadership positions in co-curricular activities
- Develop a strategic goal plan for your job search/career plan
- Practice interviewing with a mock interview at Career Services
- Attend Fall Job Fair and Spring Career Expo Senior Year (90 or more credit hours)
- Meet with your business advisor each semester
- Begin participating in on-campus interviewing and resume referral through Career Services
- Participate in Fall Job Fair
- Attend Career Services workshops on interviewing, job searching, networking, etc.
- Conduct a video-taped mock interview
- Consider a fall internship in your major area
- Research companies of interest
- Apply online for job positions
- Continue developing relationship with faculty mentor
- Attend any employer-related functions
- Follow up with Career Services once you "land that job!"
- Apply for Study Abroad options
Junior Year (between 60-89 credit hours)
- Declare your business major and collateral
- Meet with your business advisor each semester
- Set up a meeting with your business faculty mentor
- Obtain relevant work experience in your field through part-time employment, internships, practicum, field work, or volunteer experiences
- Chose electives to enhance your qualifications, such as communication courses, leadership courses, and computer skills training
- Research companies of interest
- Meet with career advisor to review various areas within business
- Begin applying in the FALL for summer or spring internships
- Update resume in Career Services database
- Attend any employer information sessions, workshops, or luncheons to increase networks
- Obtain leadership positions in co-curricular activities
- Develop a strategic goal plan for your job search/career plan
- Practice interviewing with a mock interview at Career Services
- Attend Fall Job Fair and Spring Career Expo
Senior Year (90 or more credit hours)
- Meet with your business advisor each semester
- Begin participating in on-campus interviewing and resume referral through Career Services
- Participate in Fall Job Fair
- Attend Career Services workshops on interviewing, job searching, networking, etc.
- Conduct a video-taped mock interview
- Consider a fall internship in your major area
- Research companies of interest
- Apply online for job positions
- Continue developing relationship with faculty mentor
- Attend any employer-related functions
- Follow up with Career Services once you "land that job!"
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