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DHHR 0603: Career Choice Skills 1
Effective date
September 2020
Department
Deaf & Hard of Hearing
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
Career Choice Skills helps students explore reasons for working. Students will develop an understanding of their personal interests and apply these to lifestyle and career choices. Students will discuss work experience placements that may lead to a career choice.
This course is part of the full-time Deaf and Hard of Hearing - Job Readiness Program.
Credits
3.0
Year of study
Post-secondary Preparatory
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Interpret the results of a career/personality assessment for self-awareness
- Summarize and present news stories related to employment
- Summarize employment-related field study visits to better understand workplace management
- Summarize career options and requirements for various industry-specific areas
- Discuss and identify factors that may contribute to career decisions
- Identify and use search engines to conduct basic job searches
- Identify and use appropriate career search vocabulary
- Define a company mission statement and its purpose
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 54
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 12
Total Hours: 66
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 12
Total Hours: 66
Instructional Strategies
Discussion, Group and Individual exercises, Lectures, Presentations, Field trips
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
Satisfactory
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Assignments |
35 |
Weekly in-class assignments, career/personality assessment, case study summary, computer lab exercises related to job search |
|
Midterm Exam |
25 |
|
|
Final Exam |
30 |
|
|
Participation |
10 |
According to rubric |
Course topics
- Employment Case Studies Career Assessment/Self-Assessment Professional Behaviour Workplace Conduct Company Management Computer Research/Literacy
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.