Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
CAS 2130C - Career Strategies: Internship and Job Mapping
This course equips students with the tools necessary to identify potential internships and helps them develop the requisite skills and documents required for internships. This course is designed to promote self-reflection, assist students in developing a strategy to gain professional experience, and facilitate the creation of a professional portfolio, including formal employment documents and a professional development plan in order to apply for internships in their field of interest during the following semester. Students develop short and long term career goals. Topics include internship searching resources, how to prepare an effective set of application documents for an internship, and how to prepare to be a professional team member.
Credit Hours: 2
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Learning and Doing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to create a professional portfolio
- Students will be able to develop a networking strategy
- Students will be able to identify academic goals relevant to their career interests
- Students will be able to identify internships in their field(s) of interest
- Students will be able to prepare a customized career application
- Students will be able to develop short-term and long-term career plans
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