The Career Services Center offers two eight-week career classes.
One is designed for students choosing a major or deciding a career
path and the other focuses on the job search process.
What former students are saying...
"This class gives you the overall tools of how to prepare yourself after college"
"This class was very helpful in getting a sense of the different types of careers out there. "
"It will help you learn a lot about the job search process, it's fun, and it will get you on the ball with your job search. Also, you get to know people in Career Services."
"Once I knew my strengths and weaknesses it allowed me to better align myself with specific career options."
ARSC 1040 (primarily freshmen and sophomores)
Career Planning and Decision Making : As career
planning is an important step toward academic success and job
satisfaction, this course is designed to help you assess your
interests, skills, values, personality characteristics, investigate
career possibilities, and learn how to use a wide variety of resources
in your career search. Students will participate in self-discovery
activities and learn about sound career decision making strategies
as well as the world of work. The course stresses the value of
liberal arts education and places an emphasis on exploring Arts
and Sciences academic majors.
Questions about this course may be directed to Laura Kestner .
ARSC 1050 (primarily juniors and seniors)
Job Search Strategies for Arts & Science: This
course section is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals
of planning and organizing job search strategies. Emphasis is
placed on identification of individual goals, assessment of talents,
exploration of career options, analysis of the job market, effective
use of job search materials (cover letters, resumes) and tools
(interviewing, career fairs, networking), and management of career
direction. The course stresses the value of the arts and sciences
degree in the labor market and develops job search skills that
will be useful throughout lifelong career management.
Questions about this course may be directed to Laura Kestner .
