Navigating Your Career Landscape

Catalog description

In this seminar course, students will begin to acquire the resources and skills needed to successfully navigate their journey toward graduate school and/or further study in STEM fields. Open to all, from freshmen to seniors, students will begin to develop their online presence, identify potential mentors, create resumes and personal statements, and gain practice in ways of communicating their work in the form of abstracts, elevator pitches, and posters. Students will receive support and guidance from the instructor and their peers towards applying for internships, paid internships, fellowships, and Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (or REUs). Through self-reflection and mapping their assets, students will construct a basic professional development plan tailored to their academic stage to help guide them toward their future careers. Diverse perspectives and options for careers will be presented through in-person guest lectures and online Zoom sessions. Students will also be exposed to the vast professional and networking opportunities available in the San Antonio area. TSI Restriction(s): Reading, Writing and Math