(General Category - non-specific)
**(occupations which don't require a college degree)
(BA +) occupation generally requires more than a bachelor's degree

• Accountant - Bus, Acct
• **Actor - Media & Theatre Arts, Theatre option
• Administrator: Social Services - Bus, Mgmt, Child Dev & Fam. Sci, Human Dev & Counseling
• Administrator: Educationally Related - Educ(BA +)
• Administrator: Student Personnel - Bus, Mgmt, Educ, Human Dev & Counseling(BA +)
• Administrator: Health - Biological Sciences, Bus, Mgmt, Community Health
• Administrator: Elementary or Secondary - Educ.(BA +)
• Administrator* - Educ., Bus, Public Admin., Mgmt.
• Administrator: Colleges or Technical Institutes - Educ., Bus, Mgmt, Public Admin.(BA +)
• **Air Force Officer or Enlistee - ROTC, any
• Allied Health or Health Practitioner - Nurs, Community Health, Biol Sci, Med Tech., Exercise Sci, Health Enhancement
• Architect - architecture
• Artist or Entertainer* - art, media & theatre arts, music (any option)
• Attorney: Administrator, non-practicing - pol sci, bus, mgmt, liberal arts fields(BA +)
• Auditor - bus, acct, finance
• Bank Employee - bus, acct, finance, mgmt, math, stats 
• **Bookkeeper - bus, acct, mgmt
• Brother in Roman Catholic Religious Order - lib. arts, phil, soc sciences, psych, English, hist, nat sciences, math
• Business: General, self-employed
• **Carpenter
• **Cashier
• Certified Psychodramatist - psych, media and theatre arts
• Certified Public Accountant - acct
• **Chain, Rod, or Ax Worker; Surveying
• Child Care Worker - child dev & fam science, early childhood educ option
• **Cleaning Service
• Clergy, all denominations (except priests) - lib arts, including relig studies, Eng, hist, phil, nat sci, soc sci, mod lang, arts
• **Clerical or Kindred Worker* - lib arts, including relig studies, English, hist, phil, nat sciences, soc sci, mod lang, arts
• Clerical Supervisor - religious studies, lib arts, English, hist, phil, nat sciences, soc sciences, mod lang, arts
• Clinical Laboratory Technologist or Technician - biology, microbiology, med tech, biomed, environmental health
• **Coal Miner
• Computer Systems Analyst or Support Representative - computer science, elec engineering
• Computer Operations, System Researcher, or Analyst - computer science, elec engineering
• Computer Programmer - computer science, elec engineering
• Computer or Peripheral Equipment Operator - computer science
• Computer Professional - computer science, elec engineering
• **Construction Laborer 
• Consultant: General - majors related to areas of consulting
• Consultant: Management Analyst - I & ME, bus admin, management, bus
• Consultant: Management - I&ME, bus admin, mgmt, bus
• Consultant: Education - educ
• **Cook - nutrition
• Coordinator - bus, mgmt, communications
• Corrections Sergeant - social and criminal justice, sociology
• Corrections Officer or Probation Officer - social and criminal justice, sociology
• Counselor: Vocational or Educational - psychology, counseling(BA +)
• Counselor: Suicide or Crisis - psychology, counseling(BA +)
• Counselor: Rehabilitation - counseling, psychology(BA +)
• Counselor: School - counseling(BA +)
• Counselor - psychology, counseling(BA +)
• Counselor: Runaway Youth - psychology, counseling(BA +)
• Craft Worker - art, studio arts
• Credit Investigator or Mortgage Broker - bus, acct, math, finance
• **Dental Hygienist - 
• **Dental Assistant
• Dentist - bio, microbiol, pre-med option(BA +)
• Designer - architecture, textiles and clothing option (Health and Human Dev), mech engineering, art, studio arts option
• Dietitian or Nutritionist - foods & nutrition option (Health & Human Dev)
• Director of Religious Education - educ, adult educ, religious studies (minor only), philosophy, counseling
• Doctor of Osteopathy - pre-med option, biol, microbiol(BA +)
• Doctor of Medicine - pre-med option, biol, microbiol(BA +)
• Editor or Reporter - English, other liberal arts
• Electrician - elec engineering
• Employment Development Specialist - counseling, sociology, psychology, child dev and family science option
• Engineer - all engineering fields (chem eng, civ eng, computer science, elec eng, ind & mgmt eng, mech eng
• Engineer: Mechanical - mech eng
• Engineer: Electrical or Electronic - elec engineering, computer science
• Engineer: Chemical - chem eng
• Engineer: Aeronautical - mech eng 
• Engineering or Science Technician* - CET, EEET, MET, nat sciences
• Factory or Site Supervisor - bus, mgmt, I&ME
• Farmer - agriculture
• Fine Artist - art, studio arts options
• **Food Counter or Fountain Worker
• **Food Service Worker*
• **Guard or Watch Keeper - social and criminal justice, sociology
• **Hairdresser, Cosmetologist, or Manicurist
• **Health Care Therapist* - 
• Health Education Practitioner - educ, sec ed, health enhancement options, exercise science options
• **Health Service Worker*
• **Health Technologist or Technician*
• Home Management Advisor or Home Economist - Home Economics Educ/Extension, sec ed
• Human Resources Planner - bus, mgmt, communications
• Insurance Agent, Broker, or Underwriter - bus, finance option, math, stats
• Journalist - English, other liberal arts majors
• Judge - pol sci, English, hist, humanities areas, psych, communications(BA +)
• Laboratory Technologist - microbiol, med tech option
• **Laborer*
• Lawyer or Judge - poli sci, English, hist, humanities areas, psych, communications(BA +)
• Lawyer - poli sci, English, hist, humanities areas, psych, communications(BA +)
• Librarian - educ, instructional media option
• Library Attendant or Assistant - educ, instructional media option
• **Lifeguard, Attendant: Recreation or Amusement - exercise science and options, health enhancement
• **Line Corrections Officer - 
• Manager: Restaurant, Bar, Cafeteria, or Food Service- bus, mgmt, foods and nutrition
• Manager: Retail Store - bus, mgmt, liberal arts
• Manager: Small Business - bus, mgmt, liberal arts
• Manager: Top Level in City, County, or State Government - bus, mgmt, pol sci, public admin(BA +)
• Manager: Federal Executive - bus, mgmt, public admin, pol sci(BA +)
• Manager: Financial or Bank Officer - bus, finance, acct, mgmt(BA +)
• Manager: Fire - bus, mgmt
• Manager: Regional Telephone Company (Low Level Manager) - bus, mgmt
• Manager: Office - bus, mgmt, communications
• Manager: Middle Level in City, County, or State Government - bus, mgmt, public admin
• Manager: Sales - bus, mgmt, mktg
• Manager: High Level Corporate Executive - bus mgmt(BA +)
• Manager: Public - public admin, bus, mgmt
• Manager or Administrator* - bus, mgmt, public admin
• Marketing Professional - bus mktg, mgmt, econ, stats, math, ag bus, ag econ
• **Mechanic*
• Media Specialist - instructional media ed, media and theatre arts, tech ed
• Medical Technologist (4 year) - biol, microbiol, med tech option
• Medical Assistant - biol, life science, pre-med
• **Military Officer or Enlistee - ROTC, any major
• Musician or Composer - music ed
• **Naval Technician - engineering, eng options, eng. tech options, comp sci, ROTC
• **Naval Electronic Technician - elec eng, elec and elec eng tech, comp sci, ROTC
• Nun or Other Religious Worker - educ, liberal arts, nursing
• Nurse* - nursing
• Nursing: Public Health - nursing
• Nursing: Consultant - nursing
• Nursing: Critical Care Nurse - nursing
• Nursing: Licensed Practical Nurse - nursing
• Nursing: Administrator - nursing, bus, mngmt(BA +)
• Nursing: Educator - nursing, educ(BA +)
• **Nursing: Aide, Orderly, or Attendant
• Nursing: Registered Nurse - nursing
• Office Machine Operator* - business, comp sci
• **Operative: Transportation
• **Operative: Non-Specialized or Factory Worker
• **Operative: Specialized*
• Operator or Field Technician in Water Pollution Control - biol, microbiol, civ. eng, geohydrology, chem
• Optometrist - biol, biomed(BA +)
• Personal Service Worker - comm. health, exer sci, health enhancement, consumer sci, nutrition, child dev, early childhood ed, lib arts
• Personnel or Labor Relations Worker - bus, mgmt, communications, public admin, sociology, other lib arts
• Pharmacist - chem, biochem, biol, physics, math(BA +)
• Photographer - media and theatre arts, photography
• Physician: Family Practice, General Practice - premed, biol, microbiol, biomed(BA +)
• Physician: Psychiatry - premed, biol, microbiol, biomed(BA +)
• Physician: Pathology - premed, biol, microbiol, biomed, chem, biochem(BA +)
• Police Officer: Detective - social and crim just, sociology, other liberal arts
• Police Officer - social and criminal justice, sociology, other lib arts
• Police Officer: Manager - social and criminal justice, bus mgmt, sociology, other liberal arts
• Priest or Monk – lib arts, philosophy, religious studies, any
• **Private Household Worker* - 
• Protective Service Worker - lib arts, social and criminal justice
• Protestant Minister - lib arts, philosophy, religious studies, any
• Psychologist* - psychology, lib arts(BA +)
• Public Relations Worker or Publicity Writer - communications, English, bus, mktg, pub admin, poli sci, other lib arts
• Public Service Aide or Community Health Worker - community health, health enhancement, health educ, pub admin, communications
• Purchasing Agent - bus, mktg, econ, engineering, 
• Rabbi - lib arts, religious studies, philosophy, any
• **Radiologic Technologist or Technician
• Real Estate Agent or Broker - bus, fin, bus admin, English
• **Receptionist
• Religious Worker, all denominations* - religious studies, philosophy, lib arts, any
• Religious Educator, all denominations - educ, religious stud, philosophy, lib arts
• Research Worker - biol, microbiol, life sciences, chem, phys, phys sci, econ, bus, soc sci, poli sci, agric, soil sci
• Research Assistant - biol, microbiol, life sci, chem & other phy sci, econ, bus, soc sci, poli sci, agric, soil sci
• **Restaurant Worker: Table Setting, Cleaning
• Roman Catholic Priest - religious studies, philosophy, lib arts, any
• Sales Worker* - bus, mgmt, mktg, math
• **School Bus Driver
• School Principal - educ, elem educ, sec educ, educ options(BA +)
• Scientist: Biology - biol
• Scientist: Life or Physical - bio and options, chem and options
• Scientist: Chemistry - chem and options, chem engineering
• **Secretary: Executive or Administrative Assistant - 
• **Secretary: Legal
• **Secretary: Medical
• **Secretary*
• **Service Worker - 
• Sister in Roman Catholic Religious Order - any, philosophy, religious studies, lib arts
• Social Services Worker - child dev and fam sci, sociology , social and criminal justice, educ, lib arts, community health
• Social Scientist - sociology, psychology, econ, hist, geog, poli sci, public admin
• Social Worker - sociology, child dev and fam sci, social and criminal justice, psych
• Specialized Protestant Minister - philosophy, religious studies, lib arts, any
• Speech Pathologist - educ, communications, elem ed, sec ed, psych(BA +)
• **Steelworker
• **Stock Clerk or Storekeeper
• Teacher: Speech Pathology or Therapy - educ, elem educ, sec educ(BA +)
• Teacher: Special Education - educ, elem educ, sec educ, (no program at MSU) 
• Teacher: Art, Drama, or Music - educ, elem educ, sec educ, art, media and theatre arts, music educ
• Teacher: Foreign Language in Junior or Senior High School - sec educ, Span, German, French, elem educ
• Teacher: English - sec educ, elem educ, English
• Teacher: Adult Education - educ, lib arts, any major
• Teacher: Elementary School - elem educ
• **Teacher Aide 
• Teacher: Middle or Junior High School - elem educ, sec educ, educ options
• Teacher: Health - health enhancement K-12, health enhancement broadfield
• Teacher: Reading - elem educ, reading minor, instruct. Media
• Teacher: Coaching - health enhancement K-12, health enhancement broadfield
• Teacher: High School - sec educ, major field - educ option
• Teacher: School Grades 1-12 - educ, sec educ, elem educ, major field - educ option
• Teacher: Trade, Industrial, or Technical - tech educ, broadfield option, indust tech ed option, ag oper. tech
• Teacher: Junior College - any major field(BA +)
• Teacher: Mathematics - math - educ option, sec educ - math option, elem educ - math option
• Teacher: University - any major field(BA +)
• Teacher: Pre-School - early childhood educ 
• Teacher* - educ and options
• **Teaching Assistant 
• Technician: Electrical or Electronic Engineering - EEET, elec eng, comp sci
• **Therapist: Respiratory
• Therapist: Physical - (no program at MSU) biol, premed, biomed, nurs, exercise sci(BA +)
• Therapist: Occupational - (no program at MSU) biol, premed, biomed, nurs, hum dev(BA +)
• **Typist
• **Waiter or Waitress
• Writer or Journalist - English, lib arts

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