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Job Development Course Descriptions

JOBDV 100: Career and College Success: Business

Credits: 3.0

Course is designed to enhance student success and transition into college for students pursuing degrees currently offered in the Business Division. It emphasizes self-assessment, goal setting, effective study habits, campus resources, effective communications, and education planning as well as exploration of career development and opportunities. Additional topics include diversity, team building, academic honesty, and the use of online tools to aid in academic success. Prerequisite(s): Placement in ENGLP 93 or AENGL 93.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Demonstrate the use of learning strategies to comprehend, retain, and apply class content.
  2. Identify your individual strengths, skills, characteristics, and interests in order to pursue personal, academic, and career goals.
  3. Apply effective communication skills when engaging with your peers, instructors, and the college community within a culturally diverse environment.
  4. Identify, access, and navigate college resources for program success.
  5. Demonstrate the ability to find credible and contextually appropriate sources for research and evaluation and to incorporate those sources ethically into your work.

JOBDV 110: Resumes and Interviewing

Credits: 1.0

Students create a resume and cover letter. Also covers how to prepare for and conduct great job interviews. Class includes preparing and practicing answers to difficult interview questions. S/U grade only.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Identify and discuss key elements of different resumes, cover letters, and other job search tools.
  2. Develop personalized tools to be used in job search.
  3. Discuss elements of interpersonal communication and the variations of those interactions in the context of a job interview, in the work culture of different companies, and in the work norms in the United States.
  4. Write and practice a brief introduction to be used in a job interview.
  5. Explore different methods of job interviews and develop specific tactics and answers to interview questions.

JOBDV 130: College and Career Success

Credits: 1.0 - 4.0

Design your own academic, personal, or career success plan. Individualized conference sessions help identify resources needed to successfully implement your plan. Flexible class times with group interaction. Registration permitted first seven weeks (six in summer) as space is available.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Assess and identify short term goal related to personal, academic, and/or career success.
  2. Discuss goal setting techniques and write a clear, short term goal statement related to personal, academic, and/or career success.
  3. Identify, record, and evaluate action steps to take to complete quarterly goal for success.
  4. Identify and utilize relevant campus and community resources needed for completion of action steps.
  5. Complete action steps identified for successful completion of goal.
  6. Evaluate results of short term goal and discuss future options for continued success.

JOBDV 155: Special Topics in Job Development Skills

Credits: Maximum of 5.0 possible

Topics related to current job development trends. S/U grade option.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Demonstrate learning objectives as determined by the supervising instructor.

JOBDV 198: Individual Project in Job Development

Credits: 1.0 to 5.0

Special courses and topics may be designed for student's individual programs in Job Development. Registration permitted first seven weeks (six in summer) as space is available.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Demonstrate learning objectives determined through collaboration between the student and instructor which incorporate student interests and goals.

JOBDV 255: Special Topics in Job Development Skills

Credits: Maximum of 5.0 possible

Topics related to current job development trends. S/U grade option.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Demonstrate learning objectives as determined by the supervising instructor.

JOBDV 298: Individual Project in Job Development

Credits: 1.0 to 5.0

Special courses and topics may be designed for students' individual programs in Job Development. Registration permitted first seven weeks (six in summer) as space is available.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Demonstrate learning objectives determined through collaboration between the student and instructor which incorporate student interests and goals.
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