Fall 2016 Course Syllabi

CARS 102 DCB Course Syllabus

Course Prefix/Number/Title:

CARS 102 Career Awareness—2 credits

Instructor:

Aimee Erdman

Office:

None/Home

Office Hours:

Usually evenings

Phone:

Text me at 701-480-9099

Email:

aimee.l.erdman@dakotacollege.edu

Lecture Schedule: Online

Textbook(s):

Making Career Decisions that Count, 3

ed., Darrell Anthony Luzzo, ISBN-

9780131712775

Course Description:

The goal of this course is to assist students in learning about themselves and the world of

work while learning how these two pieces of information relate to each other. Students will be

exposed to each of the 16 career clusters and complete a variety of self-

assessments. Students will create a career and education plan by using the information they

gather about a specific career cluster through informational interviews, job shadows, and labor

statistic research.

Pre-/Co-requisites:

None

Course Objectives:

1. Career Awareness: Achieve a greater knowledge of the world of work by learning its

organization into major divisions of occupations, generating a number of prospective

occupations where one’s personality is best suited, finding accurate information about

one’s occupational prospects, and understanding how economic forces and labor market

trends should impact job choices. Achieve a greater knowledge of a specific career field

through informational interviews, job shadows, and researching current relevant economic

and labor market trends.

2. Self-Study: Achieve a greater knowledge of one’s personality characteristics by identifying

and understanding the personal interests, motives, achievements, abilities, and values

that influence occupational choices.

3. Research & Critical Thinking Skills: Develop efficient research skills by finding labor

market and college cost information relevant to a potential career choice.

4. Decision Making Skills: Develop greater skills in choosing appropriate careers or occupations

by using a rational, systematic method of decision making that incorporates one’s knowledge

of self, occupational prospects, and the world of work.

5. Portfolio: Achieve greater competence in establishing a major and a career path by

constructing a career planning portfolio. Contents of the portfolio would include career interest

& ability assessments, personality assessment, and career field research.