Professor Anthony Solano
DS103 - Career Development: Dynamics and Application
Department of Student Development
Germantown, SA175A Phone: 240-567-1997, Fax: 240-567-1985, Department Phone: 240-567-1993 Office Hours: By Appointment via email or phone Anthony.Solano@montgomerycollege.edu
WELCOME MESSAGE
Welcome to DS103 - Career Development: Dynamics and Application,
We will be using the course website on WebCT and the Internet to help you learn about your career related interests, skills, and values and where you might find satisfying opportunities in the world of work.
The career development process will help you learn about yourself, learn about the world of work, and learn where the two come together. You will develop preliminary educational and career decision making skills. You will then develop an action plan to achieve these goals.
During the course you will learn how to plan, establish, or change a career. Includes process of establishing or implementing career goals; assessment of values, interests, and skills plus their relationship to occupations; analysis of labor market needs; identification of employers and sources of occupation information; and means of securing employment (cover letters, resumes, and job references).
My primary reason for creating an online version of Career Development was to use the resources on the Internet to help students make career decisions. The Internet has an overwhelming amount of information - some good and some not so good. The Internet assignments are intended to highlight sites that I have found to be most useful.
FACULTY INFORMATION
Anthony Solano, MA, LCPC
Distance Academic Faculty Counselor/Professor
Germantown Campus.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
Designed for students interested in developing career goals and creating a plan of action. The course provides students with an opportunity to learn and develop skills for a lifetime of career-related decision making. Emphasis will be placed on personal academic and occupational exploration, resume writing, interviewing and effective job search strategies. Two hours lecture/discussion each week. 2 semester hours.
COURSE PREREQUISITES
There are no course prerequisites.
TEXTBOOK
None
ONLINE REQUIREMENTS
This course will run for five to eight weeks based on the start date. Each week students will be required to complete assigned readings, review the Course Content for the week (lecture), complete all the discussion board items, complete any quizzes, and submit any assignments for the week. Each week runs from Wednesdays at 12:01am to Tuesdays at 11:59pm. All work must be completed within that week as outlined in the weekly assignments table.
TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS
Students must be able to access WebCT through MyMC. Students need to have the ability to create and access documents in Microsoft Word, send and receive emails, attach files to emails, use the internet to access sites to complete career assessments and research career topics.
ON-CAMPUS REQUIREMENTS
There are no on campus requirements however, you are welcome to visit me at my office or schedule an appointment.
