Discover Careers You Never Knew Existed

Most students can name a few careers: teacher, doctor, athlete, or YouTuber. But there are thousands of careers in the world—many of them exciting, creative, meaningful, and surprisingly well-paid. In this course, you'll explore industries ranging from technology and healthcare to wildlife conservation, entrepreneurship, media, architecture, law, and more. You'll learn what people actually do each day, how they got there, and what skills they use. By the end of the course, you'll have a much bigger picture of the possibilities available to you.

Learn About Yourself While Exploring the Future

The goal of this course isn't to choose your forever career. It's to learn about yourself. As you investigate different industries, you'll discover the kinds of work environments, activities, and challenges that fit your interests, strengths, and personality. You'll also complete career inventories, research professionals, conduct informational intervieww, and reflect on the careers that seem most interesting to you.

Build a Roadmap for What's Next

By the end of the course, you'll have explored dozens of careers, researched organizations and companies, and identified fields you may want to pursue further in high school, college, trade school, entrepreneurship, or the workforce. Whether you dream of starting a business, designing video games, helping animals, creating art, solving crimes, or inventing new technology, this course will help you take the first steps toward that future.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome!

    2. Gather Your Materials

    3. Career Notebook Setup

    1. Jobs vs Careers

    2. Job Inventory

    3. Career Needs and Wants

    4. BigFuture Career Quiz

    5. Career Results Reflection

    1. Birth, Death & Big Life Moments

    2. Crime, Safety & Justice

    3. Builders, Designers & Inventors

    4. Technology & AI

    5. Health, Beauty & Wellness

    6. Creators & Performers

    7. Talkers, Sellers & Connectors

    8. Nature, Animals & Adventure

    9. Organizers & Problem Solvers

    10. Food, Media & Sports

    1. Career Deep Dive 1

    2. Career Deep Dive 2

    3. Career Deep Dive 3

    4. Informational Interview 1

    5. Informational Interview 2

    6. Informational Interview 3

    1. Prompt

    2. Plan Your Writing

    3. Writing

About this course

  • $39.99
  • 27 lessons

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  • What materials do I need?

    You'll need a composition book or spiral notebook to track your career notes and research.

  • Is this course really self-paced?

    Yes. There are no live sessions, no deadlines, and no scheduled class times. Your student works through lessons whenever it fits your schedule.

  • How does the mastery-based feedback work?

    When your student submits an assignment, our instructors review it and either approve it or send specific feedback for revision. Students revise and resubmit until the work meets the standard. No moving on until it's solid.

  • How long does the course take to complete?

    Most students finish in 3–5 months, but there's no time limit. Some families move faster, some slower - the course works either way.

  • What do students get when they finish?

    A certificate of completion. The course is transcript-eligible through Wild Oasis Learning, or students can self-report the credit to their own school or program.

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