UCRS 2100 Career Development/Self Exploration

Course Syllabus

Career development is not about finding a job. It is about discovering your life’s purpose and then finding ways to express this purpose so that you may live your life with joy and satisfaction, with integrity and intention, with quality and meaning.

INSTRUCTORS: Jen Horton, John Thompson, Julie Kirland, Lindsey Fields and Stacy Dooley

OFFICE: GAB 220

OFFICE HOURS: 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday - Friday

PHONE NUMBER: (940) 565-2051

MATERIALS: The instructor will provide informational handouts through out the semester. Students should keep a file of these handouts and assignments for review. In addition, several assessment inventories will be used in the course; the Self-Directed Search, the Major-Minor-Finder and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

ASSIGNMENTS: Each student will be responsible for one Informational Search paper and one Informational Interview (these assignments will be explained in detail during the semester) in addition to the regular in-class assignments. Also, students are encouraged to schedule an appointment to meet with the instructor during the semester.

GRADING: UCRS 2100 is offered on a Pass/No-Pass basis. A passing grade will be based on the satisfactory completion of ALL class assignments, and on class participation and attendance.

ATTENDANCE: ONLY ONE UNEXCUSED ABSENCE WILL BE ALLOWED

FOR A PASSING GRADE ( Being late to class 3 times will be

counted as one absence.)

NOTE: Only a signed note by the attending physician will be considered for an excused absence. Work schedule conflicts are not excused absences. If you are working, inform your employer of your class schedule.

The University of North Texas does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the recruitment and admission of students, the recruitment and employment of faculty and staff, and the operation of any of its’ programs and activities, as specified by federal laws and regulations. The student has the responsibility to notify the course instructor of any disabling conditions which may require modification to avoid possible discrimination.

 

 

UCRS 2100 Career Development Course Schedule

 

Class Topics Include:

Course overview: Activities and Goals, Career Theory.

You and your Values: Values clarification exercises and Issues exercise.

Values and Abilities: Effects on Career choice. Personal and Work Values, and Abilities exercises.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

Personality and Performance; Holland’s Typology Theory, (RIASEC ). Self-Directed Search.

MBTI Interpretation, Introduction to Type.

Major-Minor-Finder

Interpretations of SDS, MMF. *Information Search Project assigned*

Career Library, Center For Career Choice, Career search resources, DOT & OOH. Exploring majors and occupations.

Faculty / Advisors Presentations (presentations are from various departments/majors on campus and are chosen by the class).

Faculty / Advisors Presentations Continued.

Faculty / Advisors Presentations Continued.

Decision Making Skills. Exercise.

Decision Making Skills. Assessment and Models.

Final meeting: Overview. Action Plan.


COURSE GOALS

Objectives: THIS COURSE WILL…

Assist you in gaining a greater understanding of what your values are and how they effect career choices.

Help you examine more closely your self-concept, personality and interests and to learn how these areas relate to and effect career decisions.

Increase your awareness of options and resources available for exploring career interests.

Assist you in identifying and exploring possible career/major options.

Help you become more aware of your personal decision making style and to better understand the importance in making career-related decisions and the steps involved in those decisions.

THIS COURSE WILL NOT…

Make a decision for you. Find you a major or an occupation.

Give you all the answers.

Provide employability skills training.

We do not expect you to have selected a major/career at the completion of this course and no one will ever guarantee that by taking this course you will find that perfect major or job. Nor do we profess that you will learn all there is to know about the various careers you may be interested in. The ultimate goal is that you learn the essential components necessary to continue your exploration through out your life-time, that you become an active agent, or "self-directed" in your career search and that you learn how (and begin) to make considered decisions about your future.