The Counseling Center staff can also help you to begin the process of making informed choices about a career. The Counseling Center administers and interprets career assessment instruments and provides individual vocational counseling. Materials may be used on-site in the SDC free of charge. Placements are related to students major fields of study and are offered in over 300 business and non-profit settings. Cooperative Education Program is nationally recognized.
Students gain a multi-cultural educational experience while working in international business.
Opportunities for you to examine your service experiences through a disciplinary perspective are offered through credit bearing courses. Examples include the Multiple Sclerosis Swim Program, Unified Special Olympics and The Choice Program and UMBC s model delinquency prevention program, providing daily, intensive supervision and other needed services to at-risk youth. Students learn first-hand about social problems through direct involvement as tutors and chaperons. Students gain a multi-cultural educational experience in meeting the service needs of other countries. All Center programs are academically based and carefully supervised and evaluated.