Alumna Emilia Varshavsky Shapiro ’08, right, and colleague Erin Howland display a LinkedIn sign. Emilia was a double major in international relations and English who entered the social media workforce as a technical writer and became a LinkedIn internal communication manager. (LinkedIn Courtesy Photo)

Aggie Develops Path to Becoming Influential Social Media Communicator

LinkedIn Manager Crossed 'Corporate Attorney' off Career List When She Discovered Writing

When I started at UC Davis in 2004, I was undeclared as far as majors go but had aspirations of being a corporate attorney. A career placement quiz in eighth grade put the idea in my head. I decided that my love for writing and arguing would make this a great choice for me.

These students from the College of Letters and Science include, from left, Cindy Suzuki, a design major; Hailey Jenkins, a communication major; Lindsey O’Tousa, a psychology major; and Miguel Bagsit, a communication major. They posed at a popular selfie site with the “Eye on Mrak (Fatal Laff)” Egghead. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)

Find Your Future in the College of Letters and Science

Over 110 Majors and Minors in the Liberal Arts Translate Into Real Careers Employers Like Liberal Arts Majors
  • 74 percent of employers prefer to hire liberal arts majors
  • 93 percent of the employers agreed that "demonstrated capacity to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve complex problems is more important than [which] undergraduate major."

Kristie Macosko Krieger turned her degree in sociology into a career as a movie producer and got nominated for an Osc

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Data Studies Program for Undergraduates

The Data Studies program offers UC Davis undergraduate students a unique opportunity to take their major and apply it to the world of data, learning how to question, analyze and present data research that will enable them to get jobs. 
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