SDS 106: Career and Life Planning

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Class Program

Student Development Skills

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091306

Meets Degree Requirements For

Restricted Elective

Description

An opportunity to explore career options that best fit with student's personality, interests, abilities and values. Emphasis is on personal assessment.

Grading Basis

Graded

Course Learning Outcomes

Apply their clarified values and increased awareness of self in the areas of personality preferences, strengths and interests to make more congruent career and life choices.

Apply their increased clarity regarding career choice to better select college classes and a major.

Apply knowledge of a variety of career research methods to explore future career possibilities.

Communicate more skillfully and confidently in job interviews and in networking using increased awareness of their strengths.

Core Topics

Self-assessment in the areas of values, personality preferences, strengths and interests.
Researching career possibilities.
Evaluating which career possibilities will be the best fit, based on what the student has learned in part A, and presenting their findings to the class.