The Career Center at Santa Clara University

At Santa Clara University, we challenge students to explore three key vocation discernment questions.

Students are supported by staff and faculty across campus in discerning their gifts and talents and ways to apply them in the world.

Career Counseling

Professional career counselors assist students with discernment through assessments and activities that help students articulate their strengths and interests and how to apply them in the world.
Careers for the Common Good

This 2-unit Career Center course exposes students to the realities and injustices in the world through guest speakers and community based learning, and then provides students with the resources and discernment tools to connect their interests to particular careers.
Vocation Pathway

In addition to declaring a major, students choose a cluster of classes, called a Pathway, focused on a topic of interest to them. Check out the “Associated Courses” in the Vocation Pathway.
Campus Ministry Retreats

Every year undergraduates are invited to spend a weekend asking the big questions of vocation: What brings me joy? What are my gifts? Who does the world need me to be?

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