Career Courses
Structured learning to accelerate your career development.
From Classroom to Career
Integrate professional development into your academic journey. Career courses provide a structured approach to career exploration, job hunting strategies, and internship learning. Start now to enhance your career readiness and gain the confidence to pursue your dream career.
How to Register
- Log in to the CIS Course Registration Portal at your assigned registration time.
- Search for the course number.
- Add the course.
For more information on how to register for classes, see these tutorials.
Your Career Coach
For personalized training and guidance, your career coach is your best resource. Make an appointment with your coach to discuss which course is best for you.
General Courses
About
Course Description
Engage in hands-on career exploration and self-discovery activities. By the end of the course, you will be equipped to create and pursue an individualized action plan toward your current and future career goals.
Course Outcomes
- Acknowledge that career development is an ongoing and ever-changing lifelong process.
- Increase their confidence engaging in the lifelong process of career exploration.
- Identify and reframe common career myths that often lead to misconceptions and barriers about the career development process.
- Engage in a process of self-discovery by reflecting upon and articulating their values, interests, personality traits, and skills.
- Identify career exploration resources and utilize them to research and gain insights into different career pathways that align with their values, interests, personality traits, skills, and goals.
- Design a plan with concrete action steps to explore different career pathways and make progress toward their career goals.
- Reflect upon their own career exploration process and understand the importance of reflecting throughout their career journey beyond graduation.
About
Course Description
Prepare to apply to internships and post-graduation options, including jobs, graduate programs, fellowships, and more. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to continuously create and pursue individualized action plans toward your current & future career goals.
Course Outcomes
- Engage in a process of self-discovery by reflecting upon and articulating their values, interests, personality traits, and skills.
- Increase confidence in ability to engage in the process as they plan for next steps by implementing a variety of career development skills, which include but are not limited to: resume, cover letter, networking, job search resources, interviewing, negotiating/considering offers.
- Identify and utilize career resources to research and pursue opportunities that align with their values, interests, personality traits, skills, and individual goals.
- Increase familiarity with, and reflect upon, the various career options available during and after their education to gain experience in ways that align with their individual goals.
- Utilize knowledge of self to inform the search process for internships and post-graduation opportunities.
- Identify common skills, experiences, and knowledge recruiters look for in candidates, and articulate how their own skills, experiences, and knowledge translate to different opportunities.
- Design a plan with concrete action steps to explore different career pathways and make progress toward their career goals.
- Students will recognize that negotiation is part of the search process, learn best practices for articulating their worth to recruiters, and identify the factors that go into deciding whether to accept or decline an offer.
About
Course Description
The Career Services Internship Program (CSIP) allows students to earn academic credit for an internship. While participating in the course students will be asked in real time to reflect on their experiences, learning objectives, connect with their professional network, and apply their skills and knowledge to various career development topics.
More information and enrollment information for CSIP is available here.
College-Specific Courses
About
Course Description
HUM 3960 is a comprehensive course designed specifically for humanities majors, providing essential guidance for launching a successful career in their field. Throughout the course, students will explore a variety of crucial topics, including career exploration, resume writing, networking, and negotiation skills.
Students benefit from the cohort model, which fosters a supportive community and enhances future networking opportunities.
Play Career Jumpstart
Looking for a fun way to structure your career readiness prep? Career Jumpstart is a set of challenges you can complete to earn prizes while you set yourself up for career success! Advance from level to level on your own time, boosting your career readiness through exciting activities and workshops.
Meet With Your Career Coach
Ready for more personalized guidance? Schedule a meeting with your career coach today!
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