Get Credit for CAR110

The Career Center offers two credit-bearing courses to help you understand the career decision making process, relate your academic planning and career choices, set goals, and devise action plans. We will lead you through the process step by step and engage you in activities to reach your goals. Below you will see a description of CAR 110. See description for CAR 210 here. You may enroll in these classes using the SOLAR System.

Career Course: CAR 110

Career Development & Decision Making Course is designed primarily for freshmen and sophomores who are exploring career fields and deciding on a major. It will also benefit any student who wants to know more about career development as a life long process. The course addresses the decision making process and teaches students how to explore choices, set goals and pursue them. The Career Development Course teaches students a systematic approach to developing one's career. It examines two steps in a career decision progression: self-assessment and career exploration. Components of self assessment that will be analyzed: skills, interests, values, personality traits. Different career fields will be studied using all available resources - Internet, books, periodicals, personal interviews with professionals in the field. At the end of the course students will develop a written plan for their own careers.