Community and Industry Research Project   (CIRP)

School of Liberal Education

Community and Industry Research Project 2989

Career Core: An Introduction to Work-integrated Learning (WIL) and Career Development

Credit hours: 3.00

Contact hours per week: 3-0-0

Other hours per term: 0-0-20

Career Core provides students with the tools they need to engage in the career development cycle. Students will learn how to recognize, build, and articulate their skillset using the Career Core competencies framework. Students will understand how to leverage work-integrated learning, experiential learning theory and practice, as well as tools such as the MyExperience transcript, to become work/life ready.

Community and Industry Research Project 3989

Community and Change Industry Research Project

Credit hours: 3.00

Contact hours per week: 3-0-0

Other hours per term: 0-0-60

Community and Change is a work-integrated learning course designed to integrate a student's academic studies with quality experiences within a workplace setting. Students are given the opportunity to develop employment skills, explore career options, and network with an employer as part of a community-based research project. Students will expand their knowledge through the application of their discipline's theories and approaches to 'real-world' problems. Work Integrated Learning (WIL) incorporates reflective practices, an essential activity to recognize and articulate skills and competencies developed through academic and applied learning. Students learn strategies for engaging with the career development cycle through community involvement. WIL is used to reinforce the intersection between academic training, personal and professional development.

Prerequisite(s):Second-year standing (a minimum of 30.0 credit hours) AND
A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50 AND
Approval of the Career Bridge

Note:This course will have project or volunteer work that may fall outside of normal course times.