This course will explore potential careers for English majors and prepare students to apply for jobs using rhetorically targeted application materials.
Athena Title
Careers for English Majors
Prerequisite
Two 2000-level ENGL courses or (one 2000-level ENGL course and one 3000-level ENGL course) or (one 2000-level ENGL course and one 2000-level CMLT course)
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will learn to work productively in a group and successfully give and receive feedback, by completing a Group project in a team environment.
Students will research careers that utilize an English major’s skills, identify entry-level positions in those fields, and craft rhetorically targeted application materials for at least one actual position.
Students will participate in the UGA Mentor Program and other career programming available to them.
Students will learn about a variety of potential careers and have the experience of identifying their own skills and incorporating this research into rhetorically targeted employment materials.
Students will craft a professional ethos, understand the ethe of others, and will have started networking and building professional relationships.
Topical Outline
Required books
Designing Your Life: How To Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
Team Writing: A Guide to Working in Groups by Joanna Wolfe
University of Georgia Career Guide
Readings from the Purdue OWL on crafting professional documents (resumes, cover letters, memos, etc.)
Other online readings about navigating interviewing and social media use from outlets like LifeHacker and Forbes.com
Ethos
The Importance of Social Media
Emailing and other professional communications
Understanding Cost of Living and salaries
Employment documents including resumes and cover letters
Finding and reading job ads and rhetorically targeting materials
