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The Career Discovery Experience is an online course exploring multiple careers through hands-on experience and is the only way to earn a BU degree requirement during your gap semester.
The details
The Career Discovery Experience is the only way to earn BU credit — and knock out your Individual in Community Hub requirement — before you even set foot on campus in January.
Turn your gap semester into progress toward your BU degree
Earn BU credit while exploring real careers, building skills, and gaining experience.
In your 100 days you will:
Your BU journey starts before your first day on campus. How will you make your gap semester count?
A new company every week
Built to go wherever your 100 days take you.
01
Watch Immersive Videos
Step inside a real company and see what the work actually looks like—before you ever show up to class.
02
Participate in Weekly Online Class
Join from wherever you are to meet industry professionals, ask questions, and work through real challenges with students across the country.
03
Submit a Project & Reflection
Complete a project for the featured company—and discover what it shows you about you.
Students like you love The Career Discovery Experience
Because of this course, I feel more confident, more open to trying new things, and less stuck on having just one plan.
Ranijia
Freshman
This class kind of made me realize that most people don’t actually have it figured out, especially this early on. That was honestly a relief.
Zack
Freshman
This course is not about giving you answers. It is about helping you ask better questions. If you let it, it can change the way you think about your future.
Nicolas
Freshman
Because of this course, I’m walking away with a different mindset. I’m not thinking about careers as giant, permanent decisions anymore. I’m thinking in terms of small steps, experiments, and trying things that might teach me something.
Kalvin
Freshman
Earn a "Career Explorer" badge.
Your BU credit and Hub requirement are the official record. This badge is one you can proudly display on your LinkedIn and resume.
Don't wait until January.
Start your BU degree in this fall.
The
BU Career Discovery Experience
is offered in partnership with Podium Education,
the leader in experiential learning, supercharging the undergraduate degree with real-world, project-based experiences that prepare all students for high-growth careers.
The program is offered through Boston University. Contact the BU Career Discovery Experience Team at advisor@careerdiscovery.bu.edu.