| Course ID: | HDFS 3110. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Professional Development/Community Activities |
Course
Description: | Students will explore career interests and options, personal
attributes, and professional competencies as they relate to
seeking internships, employment, and/or graduate education in
human development and family science related fields. |
| Oasis Title: | Pro Develop Community Activity |
| Nontraditional Format: | Individualized instruction organized as lectures and service learning experiences. |
| Prerequisite: | (HDFS 2100 or HDFS 2100H or HDFS 2100E) and (HDFS 2200 or HDFS 2200H or HDFS 2200E) and HDFS 2300 and (HDFS 2950-2950L or HDFS 2950E) and 9 hours of HDFS courses at the 3000-level or above |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Explore the variety of helping and human services in the
human development and family science profession
2. Examine and identify the workings and functions of a human
development and family science related agency, organization, or
healthcare setting
3. Develop professional documents, including resumes, online
profiles, cover letters, and related documents
4. Assess internship, job and career requirements, outlooks,
and projections for future internships, employment, and
professional decision making
5. Plan, establish, and complete their applied internships in
agencies and institutions serving individuals and families
6. Identify skills, traits, and competencies that build
professional success and workplace environments
7. Identify methods of professional communication and skills
associated with working in teams
8. Identify and implement the ethics and legal considerations
when working and conducting research with individuals and
families
9. Examine professional documents (case files, grants, annual
reports) |
| Topical Outline: | 1. Professional self-exploration: career assessment, personality
assessment, internship process
2. Understanding community agencies, organizations, and
healthcare settings
3. Writing, preparing, and disseminating professional documents
4. Pathways from college, including internships, employment,
graduate school, gap years, and offers and negotiations
5. Professional communication (email, team work) and skills
(technology)
6. Personal well-being (finance and budgeting, self-care)
7. Legal issues in researching/working with families
8. Ethical issues in researching/working with families
9. Understanding professional documents, including case files,
grants, annual reports
10. Preparing for the next professional step |