BAS 1120 - Career and Life Planning

Credits: 1

Career and Life Planning is a course designed to provide experiences to help individuals develop skills and strategies in making sound career-related decisions based upon personal interests, skills, abilities, and values. This course is also designed to help students move from “job seeker” to “job finder” through its comprehensive step-by-step guide to finding and keeping a job. Students will become engaged in activities such as: the job search process, marketing, networking, finding job leads, writing resumes, cover letters, interviewing and ultimately taking charge of his/her career. Emphasis will be placed on self-assessment, the investigation of career materials and resources, decision-making relative to the academic majors, career selection, career planning, and the use of technology in career planning and career exploration.