Enhance Yourself (and Your Resume): Join a club or volunteer organization

Join a club (or other organization)


There are hundreds of active clubs on campus. Each one offers unique opportunities for student participation. Most clubs have regular weekly meetings; they also host special activities, lectures, service projects, movie nights, networking functions, etc. Joining a club is a great way to meet other students and connect with professors who have similar professional and personal interests.


Some clubs that American Studies students may be interested in:


Art History Club
Environmental Science Club
Amateur Radio Club
BYU Reading Council

Jail Outreach

Experimental Theatre Company

Mock Trial Club

Nonprofit Management Student Association

BYU Vegetarians

English Society

Enhance Yourself (and Your Resume): Add a useful minor

Add a useful minor

Most American Studies students should have time to complete at least one minor. The credit requirements for American Studies is less than 50 hours, leaving plenty of time to focus academic progress in another area of interest. Adding a minor can enhance technical skills such as editing, teaching, advertising design, management, foreign languages, statistics, urban planning, information technology, etc. Rounding out your undergraduate education by adding a minor will help you differentiate yourself from other American Studies majors as you apply for internships, graduate school, and beyond! And on top of all that minors allow you to develop new talents and explore other scholarly interests. Check out the complete list of undergraduate minors offered at BYU:  http://saas.byu.edu/catalog/2011-2012ucat/Advisement/MinorList.php

Enhance Yourself (and Your Resume)

Develop computer skills, either through a CHum class or OIT class. 

The classes through OIT are free and offered on campus at various times throughout the semester - all you have to do is sign up. Which you can do by clicking on this link here:  https://mmlab.lib.byu.edu/mmlab/classes. The classes generally are an hour and are taught on a rotating schedule.