Career Prep Seminar

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What will YOU do with your Political Science or International Relations degree? Learn how to explore the variety of professional options open to you based on your major and on your unique personality and individual traits. This professional development seminar will help you build practical skills through a series of hands on assignments, a detailed self-assessment, goal-planning for a successful future, and multiple points of engagement with alumni. This course meets once a week to provide instruction and support in topics including internship search and application, resume/cover letter prep, post-grad options, professional communication and networking/interviewing. Is an internship right for you? Do you know the best way to search for one? Why do I need to network - how will that help me? Get the answers to these and many other questions and invest in your future! All majors are required to complete this seminar in the Fall semester of their Sophomore year; graded on a P/NP basis. Political Science and International Relations minors are also encouraged to register.