Common Core @USM-LAC  Tags: lewiston gen_ed common_core  

You will. . .

• Use research databases in order to find articles on industries and companies of interest.
• Explore research databases in order to find articles concerning life roles.
• Analyze company and industry data in order to make informed career decisions.
• Evaluate database search results in order to determine the quality and relevance of articles retrieved.

 Timberlake (Fall 2009)

In this middle phase course you will begin the process of relating self knowledge to career and life roles. You will learn how to locate, evaluate, and interpret career information through print media, the Internet, and personal interviews to enable you to identify appropriate career choices. You will also learn about and choose effective decision-making strategies.  Emphasis will be placed on reflecting on and making meaning of your college experience, and how the curricular (common core and major course) and co-curricular experiences have shaped your concept of self. You will update and expand upon your e-portfolio. 

Course Outcomes: Students will be able to…

A.    Identify assumptions, beliefs, weaknesses, and circumstances that enhance or create barriers to personal and professional growth and analyze them, creating a plan to overcome barriers.

B.    Evaluate and align information about career options that match their strengths, interests, and values through research and informational interviews.

C.   Envision and identify career options beyond the familiar or comfortable that match an awareness of self with work that will be satisfying and inspirational.

D.   Review and re-evaluate self- knowledge assessments. Update personal autobiographies and write accomplishment statements on their e-portfolios, with focus on career exploration and integrated life roles.

E.    Describe and evaluate a personal decision making process for career decision making that they can use to evaluate and rank preliminary choices. Revise and improve this process as needed and implement it to select 2 to 3 career possibilities.

F.    Articulate the relationship of possible career choices to the themes of democracy, sustainability, difference, and justice.

G.     Describe how the common core, courses in their program and co-curricular activities have informed their self-concept and career decision