Seminar in Professionalization

Catalog description

This course prepares students for careers inside and outside the academy. It will cover topics from how to manage the MA degree and developing academic goals to acquiring competencies in various professional literacies. Students will meta-cognitively analyze their professional identities and practices of counter-professionalism. They will learn best practices for proposal writing (e.g., conferences, grants, pitches), giving presentations and lectures, collaborating on professional projects, preparing a professional project, maintaining a digital professional presence, and engaging in career preparedness (i.e., developing career goals and objectives, articulating transferable skills to employers, creating CVs and resumes, preparing for informational and job interviews, writing cover letters, applying to PhD programs, and other topics). Assignments will focus on career preparedness and other topics.