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Career Educational Planning Courses:
| CEP102 - Health Career Planning |
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| Credits:
3 Catalog Description: Explores health career opportunities and their educational requirements. Includes decision-making, goal-setting, and self-assessment skills as related to career choice. Successful completion of the course enables students enrolled in the Health Studies certificate program to complete their mandatory educational plan. Lecture: 3 hrs. Student Performance Outcomes: 1. Submit a portfolio of career assessment activities (SIGI, Focus, information interviews, employer site visit) including a one-page summary of at least two personal career choices based upon the portfolio information. 2. Participate in a minimum of 2 job shadowing experiences within the health care field and share those experiences with the class through oral reports. 3. Interview, using approved interview questions, a minimum of 2 health care professionals about their career, and then prepare at least a two page written report on each interview, responding to designated questions. 4. Demonstrate knowledge of the career planning process as evidenced by scoring a minimum average of 70% on weekly quizzes. 5.*Prepare and submit a personal career and educational plan according to a career/education plan rubric with 70% proficiency. * This course objective has been identified as a student learning outcome that must be formally assessed as part of the College's Comprehensive Assessment Plan. All faculty teaching this course must collect the required data (see Assessing Student Learning Outcomes form) and submit the required analysis and documentation at the conclusion of the semester to the Office of Assessment and Special Projects. Content Outline: Course Introduction My Vocational Situation assessment Review outline, grading, and assignments Career Opportunities in the Health Care field Career Planning Process Overview Succeeding in College Active Learning Strategies Learning Styles Getting to Know Yourself Interests Skills Values Why Work? Workplace Needs Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Career Decision Making Stereotyping and Non-traditional Careers Interests and Interest Inventory Skills and Skills Inventory Values and SIGI Workplace Personality Theories - John Holland Information Interview Employer Visit Shadowing Experience Workplace Skills Planning Setting Goals and Objectives Determining Priorities Time Management Job Searching Resume Writing Cover Letter Writing Interviewing Succeeding in the Workplace Workplace relationships My Vocational Situation assessment Grading: Homework assignments 30 percent Weekly quizzes 30 percent Career and Educational Plan 30 percent Class participation 10 percent Effective Term: Fall 2003 |