Liberal Arts 4 Year Timeline 
First Year - Inquire
- Map your time: in class, studying and preparing for class; exercising; relaxing with friends; etc.
- Go to class
- Get to know at least one of your professors. 444 classes with 25 students are an easy way to do this
- Meet with your academic advisor. Every UNH student has one
- Assess your interests, strengths, and skills
- Explore those interests through student organizations and volunteer experiences
- Start planning a significant summer experience whether it is work, community service, travel or better still a combination
- Plan courses for a study away experience ideally in your junior year
- Participate in the University Dialogue
- Thinking about medical school, meet with the premed advisor
Sophomore Year - Explore
- If undeclared, you should be preparing to declare. Work with your advisor
- Get to know another professor
- Talk to your advisor about your academic goals
- Identify interests and apply for an internship:
- Talk to the Internship Coordinator
- Check out the Washington Center
- Develop a resume – it’s easier to update a resume, than to create one from scratch senior year
- Explore a research experience in your major
- Find out what UNH alums are doing with their degree
- Identify and utilize your leadership skills
- Create an account in Wildcat Careers
- Get to know some people with backgrounds different than yours
Junior Year - Broaden
- Meet with a UACC career advisor (862-2064)
- Get to know another professor
- Try out a career field – check out and apply for internship opportunities through your Wildcat Careers account. Meet with the Internship Coordinator
- Talk to your advisor about what you want to do after graduation
- Is law school or graduate school in your future? Start researching now, attend the Graduate and Professional School Fair in October
- Explore opportunities with non-profits and service organizations
- Start networking: Career Mentor Network, faculty, friends, family
- Attend career fairs, collect business cards, and ask employers what kinds of opportunities they offer
Senior Year - Act
- Don't wait until May to get started
- Line up your references, you will need at least three
- Take advantage of on-campus interviewing (over 100 companies visit each year)– update your Wildcat Careers account
- Internships are still a possibility
- Attend career/internship fairs with a revised resume and research completed on companies of interest , make contacts, be prepared to interview on the spot
- Keep practicing your 3 minute elevator pitch whether you are looking for a job, going to graduate or professional school, or traveling for a year, you will need to be good at this
