Life Career Planning is designed to give students an opportunity to use critical thinking skills, group interaction, assignments, and presentations to explore and analyze their values, skills, interests, and career goals. This course introduces students to national and regional employment trends, expected salaries and cost-of-living indexes, and enables students to focus on employment outlooks for their areas of interest. Key elements of the course include values clarification exercises, ethics on the job, interviews with people in career goal areas, an introduction to citizenry through community service, and group discussions regarding interest and personality inventories. Several career assessments are administered and analyzed, including FOCUS, Clifton Strengths, Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and Fundamental Interpersonal Response Orientation-Behavior (FIRO-B). Upon completion of the course, students will be able to describe the process of career development, discuss the role that their values, interests, and abilities play in their career decision making, and focus their academic career toward an area of interest worthy of continued exploration. [Core Curriculum Goal Area(s) 9] Must be TRIO eligible. Permission Required.
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