CAREER COUNSELING

General Studies Course 121

Personal Life and Career Planning

GENL 121 is a 2-credit general studies course and is designed to teach students the process of decision-making and the application of this process to career and life choices. This course is offered in the Fall and the Spring semesters. NOTE: This course does not fulfill a GUR/General Education requirement.

Why Take GENL 121?

• To assist you in selecting a major
• To help you to develop a sense of career directionality and maturity
• To link a choice of major with possible career options
• To improve your awareness of the world of work and the requirements and strategies for success
• To improve your decision making skills and confidence
• To take action toward achieving satisfactory life planning, in the context of a decision making format
• To earn 2 elective credits toward your degree

Sample of Course Topics:

• Needs, Wants, and Values: Spotlighting You
• Personality and Performance: Pieces of the Puzzle
• The Career Connection: Finding Your Job Satisfiers
• Work: Challenges, Options, and Opportunities
• Workplaces/Work styles: Companies that Work
• Time styles/Work styles: Alternatives that Work
• The Job Hunt: Tools for Breaking and Entering
• Decisions, Decisions: What's Your Next Move
• Work Affects the Soul: The Final Analysis