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ASU English Home > Undergraduate Advising > Careers > ASU Career Classes ENG 385 (27932), Spring 2005 Instructor: Elizabeth McNeil, Academic Advisor Course Description: This course is for students who are interested in exploring career opportunities related to their work in English. The class covers both theoretical and practical aspects of career planning and development. Class time will be used for discussion and presentations by the instructor, students, and outside speakers, such as representatives from ASU Career Services, CLASWorks, and the work world off campus. You will also develop a career narrative over the course of the semester that we will workshop in class. Course Topics
Texts DeGalan, Julie, and Stephen Lambert. Great Jobs
for English Majors. 2nd ed. Chicago: VGM Career Horizons, 2000.
(Available from the ASU Bookstore or Amazon.com.) Folders/Binders You will need to organize the following for easy reference: photocopied articles provided by instructor, Career Services handouts, work related to your career narrative, items that you are collecting to include in your employment portfolio. Student Responsibilities Throughout the semester, you will write extensively to articulate talents, interests, and goals. You will do individual and group work and will gain presentation skills by giving oral reports. Written projects will include a resume and cover letter, various short exercises that build toward your career autobiography, a report on one way of enhancing your degree, reports on three informational interviews, and several brief critical evaluations of career-oriented services and events. Grading (no late work will be accepted) Career narrative 20% Attendance Regular participation is a key element of this course. Therefore, tardies will count against your class participation grade and after two absences, your course grade will automatically drop by one full grade. |
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