Personal and Career Development

Catalog description

Offers students an opportunity to use co-op experience along with this course to clarify their vision of a successful professional and personal future and identify goals to create that vision; identify strengths, weaknesses, and communication and conflict-management preferences; design a career action plan; and develop and practice articulating professional goals, personal brand, and knowledge and experience gained from co-op. Encourages students to engage in a combination of introspection, critical reflection on experiences in the workplace, and with online collaborative learning and group behavior; learn to identify and analyze career and personal development opportunities in the external environment; and practice communication, relationship-building, conflict management, and leadership skills. This companion course to an internship or co-op requires permission of the CPS Office of Cooperative Education.