Career Options
The following list of job titles is from the National Occupational Classification (NOC) which provides generalized summaries of occupations from across Canada.
The following list of job titles is from the National Occupational Classification (NOC) which provides generalized summaries of occupations from across Canada.
We also recommend attending a speaker series, speaking with organizations at a career fair or employer information session, and finding job shadow or mentorship opportunities to get many more ideas.
The list below is not exhaustive and there are more possibilities that you can pursue with your degree. Some of the positions mentioned in the list (*) may require additional training and/or certification to join the occupation.
We also recommend attending a speaker series, speaking with organizations at a career fair or employer information session, and finding job shadow or mentorship opportunities to get many more ideas.
You can find out about career fairs, mixers, job shadowing, and mentoring programs the Career Centre offers on our website and on campusBRIDGE.
Do you need additional training or education in this field to pursue a specific position? Determine if there are additional requirements in Alberta by looking for an occupation on Certifications in Alberta.
List of NOC Occupational Choices
Business, finance and administration occupations
- Communications specialist (11202)
- Investment analyst (11101)
- Human resources professional (11200)
- Museum educator (11202)
Natural and applied sciences and related occupations
- Analytical chemist (21101)
- Atmospheric chemist (21101)
- Biochemist (21101)
- Chemical technologist (22100)
- Chemistry statistician (21210)
- Chemist (21101)
- Clinical chemist (21101)
- Cytochemists (21110)
- Data scientist (21211)
- Environmental chemist (21101)
- Food chemist (21101)
- Forensic chemist (21101)
- Medical chemist (21101)
- Nutritional chemist (21101)
- Petroleum chemist (21101)
- Physical chemist (21101)
- Quality control chemist (21101)
- Soil chemist (21101)
- Textile chemist (21101)
- Toxicologist* (21110)
- Water purification chemist (21110)
- Wood chemist (21110)
Health occupations
- Dentist* (31110)
- General practitioners and family physicians* (31102)
- Nurse practitioners* (31302)
- Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine* (31100)
- Medical laboratory assistants* (33101)
- Optometrist* (31111)
- Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses* (31301)
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services
- Chemistry teacher - secondary school* (41220)
- Lawyer* (41101)
- Natural and applied science policy researchers, consultants and program officers (41400)
- Post-secondary teaching and research assistants* (41201)
- University professors and lecturers* (41200)
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport
- Librarian* (51100)
- Library and archives conservator* (51101)
- Medical illustrator* (52120)
- Technical writers (51112)
Sales and services occupations
- Technical sales consultant (62100)
NOC numbers are also searchable in a variety of career-related databases such as the Job Bank, and the Alberta Learning and Information Service’s (ALIS) OCCInfo (occupational profiles for Alberta) and Wages and Salaries (Alberta salary information).
Updated February 2025