CG 130B Career Exploration and Planning

Lecture Hours: 2
Credits: 2

Uses an individualized study approach to provide information and resources needed in the careers exploratory process. Explores and assesses how interests, skills, values and personality type influence career choice. Includes career research references as well as on job and labor market trends.

Prerequisite: College-level reading and writing skills.
Student Learning Outcomes:

Analyze current career knowledge and describe individual characteristics that contribute to a satisfactory job and/or career.
Identify personal and work-related values and how they relate to employment and career choice.
Define specific areas of interest and discuss the relationship between individual interests and career decisions.
Identify personal skills and analyze these skill sets within job classifications.
Evaluate personality type and discuss how it relates to both the world of work and the career decision process.
Identify various approaches to decision making and apply a goal setting process to individual career plans.
Investigate systems, programs and materials involving jobs, careers and labor market trends as well as formulate a plan of action regarding job or career choice.

Content Outline

Career Awareness
Values Clarification
Interests Assessment
Skills/Aptitudes Identification
Personality Type Evaluation
Decision Making Process
Career Research