Explore a different field without changing your department.
Changing your department is not the only option. You can consider getting to know a different work field through electives, interdisciplinary projects, internships, and career advising.
This does not mean that every department leads to every profession. Verify course and internship opportunities with your own institution, and separately verify any diploma or professional authorizations required for the profession through the relevant official regulations. This content is a framework for reflection, not a provision of law.
Course and elective catalog
Student affairs / course unit
Record document requirements, prerequisites, ECTS load, and language of instruction.
Open the catalog and explore one elective that interests you as a small experiment.
Internship and career office
Internship office / career center
Ask about opportunities, compulsory requirements, and professional-authorization boundaries; this route offers no job or income guarantee.
Try the field through a small project, event, or short conversation; do not treat it as a job guarantee.
Authorization in the target field
Relevant professional body / official regulation
Research the required diploma and professional authorization; staying in the department does not settle the outcome.
Find the official regulation for the target field and verify the result with the relevant institution.
Questions to ask the institution
- Are there electives or project opportunities related to the field I am interested in?
- What advising does the internship and career center offer?
- Does the work field I am aiming for require a specific diploma or professional authorization?
- How can I get to know the field through a small project or short experience?
Your checklist
- Open your institution's course catalog and relevant unit announcements.
- Discuss the options with your academic advisor.
- Research career-center and internship processes.
- Verify the target field's diploma and professional-authorization boundaries.