Career decision-making and preparation for job-seeking are major tasks that students face during their university years. A credit course that focuses on understanding higher education, planning a career, learning job search strategies and managing transitions, assists students to successfully deal with their career development process. An outline for this course will be given, course evaluations will be reviewed, and the process used for obtaining academic credit will be discussed.
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