Navigating Career Options
General Studies 350D (SLN:
14514)
http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/WIN2014/genst.html
Curious
how to link college to careers? Do you need to choose a major? Not sure
what academic and career options are out there? Interested in finding
‘what is right for you’? Looking for support
in figuring things out?
Course
Topics: * Strengths & Self Exploration * Career & Academic
Options/Exploration * Experiential Learning; Internships * Job and
Internship Searching * Social Media * Professional Networking
* Resumes, Cover Letters & Interviewing * Career Fairs *
Informational Interviewing.
This
career and academic exploration course is offered primarily for 1st and
2nd year students and/or for new transfer students. This class is
targeted to students who have earned roughly
0-105 credits. General Studies 350D, Navigating Career Options, is a 3
credit course (graded CR/NC) and includes a lecture and quiz sections.
Students register for the lecture and one quiz section. We are
team-teaching this class. Guest speakers from throughout
our campus and city will interact with students in both the lecture and
sections. There is no text book for this course. Course materials will
be provided. For questions about this class, please email or call
Patrick Chidsey (206.616.5803,
chidsey@uw.edu).
For
students exceeding 105 credits, yet interested in career support and
information, they are encouraged to access Career Center offerings,
including our awesome
Career Success Certificate program (which
offers students a structured yet flexible plan for optimizing career and job-search success),
in-house and online workshops, big, medium and small career and
employer events, career counseling appointments and much more.
http://careers.washington.edu/
http://careers.washington.edu/Students/Career-Success-Certificate
