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Personal Career Management and Service Learning


Course Description

Job search issues and career and life planning. Assists students in making the transition from the academic community to the work environment. At the conclusion of the class, students should be better able to make decisions relating to their future career directions and successfully execute a self-directed job search. Students will be taught skills related to effective internal and external consulting in order to facilitate the service-learning project requirement for ILA fellows.


Athena Title

Personal Career Mgmt and SL


Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in ILAD 5000


Non-Traditional Format

Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of the project(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 25-50% of the overall instruction time.


Prerequisite

Students must be enrolled in the ILA certificate program


Corequisite

ILAD 4100 or ILAD 4100E


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Student Learning Outcomes

  • Students will discover, develop, and make progress toward individual career goals.
  • Students will learn and apply career development tools and networking skills.
  • Students will introduce student to professional career progression and experiences.
  • Students will apply and practice skills to build relationships.
  • Students will co-manage the entering and contracting phase of a client engagement, including creating and validating a simple project charter.
  • Students will develop a work plan.

Topical Outline

  • Resume Writing
  • Job Search process and correspondence
  • Interview skills
  • Networking
  • Consulting process
  • Project management

Syllabus