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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Our school has created a number of 1 page student guides to
career paths in different majors. I have been trying to brainstorm and get some
ideas to put down for American Indian Studies.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>They divide the paper into three areas, Career Paths, Hiring
Institutions and Marketable Skills. What do you think we could say about
American Indian Studies in each of these areas? In the example I’ve
given below, some of the things are very general (e.g. “critical thinking”
under marketable skills) and could probably be claimed by any college graduate
(though the claim isn’t always true…). There are some things
that are listed in the example that I think are a bit farfetched like “aerospace
engineer” under career path. Though I can see a computer science
person working on cad/cam or computation as a member of an aerospace
engineering team, I don’t think I’d call them an aerospace engineer…</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Anyway, what do you think we could claim in each of these areas.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here is a short example taken from the Computer Science
Career Paths paper:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Career Paths with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Actuary Data
Control Admin</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Aerospace Engineer Data
Processing Manager</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Applied Science Technologist .</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Artificial Intelligence Programmer .</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>. .</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>. .</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>. .</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cryptographer Research
Analyst</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hiring Institutions Business
Corporations</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Banks/Savings and Loans Government
Agencies</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Engineer Firms .</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Investment Firms .</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>. .</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>. .</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>.R&D Firms Weather
Bureaus</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Marketable Skills</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Abstract and Formal Reasoning</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Knowledge of Operating Systems</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Testing</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mathematical Skills</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Critical Thinking</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Advanced Quantitative Abilities</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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