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CD201 CAREER DEVELOPMENT FUNDAMENTALS

Page 1 of 5 Version 1.7 Revised 6/26/2012

Clock Hours in Lecture 16

Credit Hours in Lecture 1.5

Out of Class Hours: 4

COURSE PREREQUISITES: None

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This series of lectures and discussions concentrates on developing habits of personal success. Emphasis is

placed on social soft skills, interpersonal communications, critical thinking, and ethical decision making.

Students who apply themselves should learn these job skills or knowledge.

TEXTBOOK(S): Job Savvy: How to Be a Success at Work. Ludden, JIST Publishing. 2008

COURSE OBJECTIVE:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Understand the importance of employability skills;

2. Understand the importance of social soft skills and identify and assess their own skill sets;

3. Recognize, accept, and be able to work successfully in culturally diverse environments;

4. Understand and be capable of effective interpersonal communication;

5. Be able to use prescribed decision making techniques and understand the need for critical

thinking;

6. Apply effective life skills, time management and self-discipline.

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:

This course may be taught all or in part in an asynchronous manner. Instruction may include chapter

readings, online lessons, and/or audio-visual presentations. Learning activities and assessment will include

a combination of group discussions, individual and/or group projects, role plays, writing assignments, and

exams. Many assignments may also require library and internet research.

COURSE OUTLINE:

Week Topics

1 Employment Environments; Workplace Behavior and Ethics; Absenteeism

2 Effective Social Soft Skills; Diversity; Adaptability and Change

3 Interpersonal Communication, Verbal and Non-Verbal; Self-Awareness

4 Assertiveness; Anger Management; Decision Making and Critical Thinking

SUGGESTED RESOURCES:

An Online Resource Center is provided which includes but is not limited to electronic libraries such as

ebrary; journal article locators such as Info Trac: and personal, professional, and writing resources.

Additional subject specific resources may also be provided by the instructor.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

The student must actively participate in class discussions, activities, and role-plays, and be prepared to

successfully complete all tests, quizzes, and assignments. Additionally, students should utilize learning

resource system materials to complete assignment(s) for this course. This may be conducted by utilizing

learning resources located in the Information Resource Center (library) such as reference books, texts,

periodicals, audiovisual aids, and electronic libraries, including ebrary and InfoTrac.

All students are expected to read materials associated with previous and subsequent class periods. Student

are also expected to practice curriculum related skills and concepts outside class to increase the retention of

the material. The typical time for outside class practice is one hour per week. Students will participate in

the completion of „soft skill‟ studies designed to enhance their communicative and cognitive abilities.

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COURSE EVALUATION:

Student progress will be determined by the evaluation of presentations, quizzes, and exams. Classroom

participation measures the amount of active involvement a student has in the class in discussions, activities,

role-plays, questions, journal entries and responses in a timely submission of all work and assignments.

Requirements Points

Participation 30%

Assignments/Homework 20%

Quizzes 20%

Midterm Assessment 10%

Final Assessment 10%

Research Project 10%

Total Points 100%

Academic standing at the College is based on the grading system below. The following grading scale shall

apply to all students:

Grade Quality Score Points Included in GPA

A Excellent 90% to 100% 4.0 Y

B Very Good 80% to 89% 3.0 Y

C Good 70% to 79% 2.0 Y

D Poor 60% to 69% 1.0 Y

F Failing 0% to 59% 0.0 Y*

I Incomplete 0.0 N

TR** Transfer Credit 0.0 N

TR-A*** Transfer Credit 90% to 100% 4.0 Y

TR-B*** Transfer Credit 80% to 89% 3.0 Y

TR-C*** Transfer Credit 70% to 79% 2.0 Y

W Withdrawal 0.0 N

*For exceptions, see Repeating a Course section of the catalog.

**TR designates credits transferred from any college other than a Remington College.

***TR-A, TR-B, and TR-C designates credits transferred from another Remington College. The A, B, or C indicates

the grade the student received at the other Remington College.

Withdrawal From a Course

Students who withdraw (voluntarily or involuntarily) from a course after the drop/add period will be

assigned the following grade(s):

• A “W” if before 50% of grading period is completed.

• A “W” if passing at any point in the grading period.

• An “F” if failing after 50% of grading period.

• For externship courses only, an “F” if the externship is not successfully completed.

EVALUATION SCHEDULE:

Assessment Week

Assessments/Quizzes Instructor Discretion

Assignments Instructor Discretion

Midterm 2

Project Instructor Discretion

Final Assessment 4




LATE-WORK POLICY

All coursework must be completed and submitted by the deadline established by the instructor. No

coursework will be accepted past the deadline unless the instructor is notified before the deadline and

approves the special circumstances. The instructor can request documentation of the special circumstances.

If the instructor does not approve the submission of coursework after the deadline, the grade for the

coursework will be zero (0). The instructor‟s decision is final and cannot be appealed.

STUDENT EVALUATION OF THE INSTRUCTOR:

Students will evaluate the instructor at least once during the term using the Remington College Online

Student Survey of Instructor. Responses to the survey are anonymous and will be used for professional

development and improvements to the course.




LESSON GUIDE

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1

Lecture:

4 hours

Outside

class:

1 hour

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

Lecture

Employment

Environments

Lecture

Workplace Behavior Lecture

Ethics Lecture

Absenteeism

Outside Class

Students are expected

to read chapters on

employment

environments and

workplace behavior

and asepsis and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

ethics and complete

associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

absenteeism and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

social soft skills and

complete associated

assignments.

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E

E

K

2

Lecture:

4 hours

Outside

class:

1 hour

Lecture

Social Soft Skills

Lecture

Diversity Lecture

Adaptability and

Change

Lecture

Midterm

Outside Class


to read chapters on

diversity and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

adaptability and

change and complete

associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to prepare for the

midterm.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interpersonal

communication and

complete associated

assignments.

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E

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K

3

Lecture:

4 hours

Outside

class:

1 hour

Lecture

Interpersonal

Communication

Lecture

Verbal

Communication

Lecture

Non-Verbal

Communication

Lecture

Self-Awareness

Outside Class


to read chapters on

verbal

communication and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

non-verbal

communication and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

self-awareness and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

assertiveness and

complete associated

assignments.

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Added to meet new ACCSC requirements.





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4

Lecture:

4 hours

Outside

class:

1 hour

Lecture

Assertiveness Lecture

Anger Management Lecture

Decision Making and

Critical Thinking

Lecture

Final

Outside Class


to read chapters on

anger management

and complete

associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

decision making and

critical thinking and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to prepare for the

final.

Outside Class


CD202 CAREER DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES



Credit Hours in Lecture 1.5

Outside Class Hours 4


COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This series of lectures and discussions concentrate on developing habits of personal success and personal

money management. Emphasis is placed on assessing qualifications, developing a job search network,

preparing résumés, cover letters, and applications, as well as successful interviewing strategies and follow-

up. Students who apply themselves should learn these job skills or knowledge.

TEXTBOOK(S): Job Savvy: How to Be a Success at Work. Ludden, JIST Publishing. 2008

COURSE OBJECTIVE:


1. Apply effective life skills, which include personal money management and budgeting, time

management and self-discipline;

2. Develop an effective professional resume, cover letter, reference list, and job application

documents, career portfolio;

3. Be able to execute effective interviewing techniques, including post interview.


This course may be taught all or in part in an asynchronous manner. Instruction may include chapter

readings, online lessons, and/or audio-visual presentations. Learning activities and assessment will include

a combination of group discussions, individual and/or group projects, role plays, writing assignments, and

exams. Many assignments may also require library and internet research.

COURSE OUTLINE:

Week Topics

1 Money Management; Career Portfolio; Cover Letter

2 Mechanics of a Resume

3 Interview Dynamics and Techniques

4 Mock Interviews; Final Exam


An Online Resource Center is provided which includes but is not limited to electronic libraries such as

ebrary; journal article locators such as InfoTrac: and personal, professional, and writing resources.

Additional subject specific resources may also be provided by the instructor.


The student must actively participate in class discussions, activities, and role-plays, and be prepared to

successfully complete all tests, quizzes, and assignments. Additionally, students should utilize learning

resource system materials to complete assignment(s) for this course. This may be conducted by utilizing

learning resources located in the Information Resource Center (library) such as reference books, texts,

periodicals, audiovisual aids, and electronic libraries, including ebrary and InfoTrac.

All students are expected to read materials associated with previous and subsequent class periods. Student

are also expected to practice curriculum related skills and concepts outside class to increase the retention of

the material. The typical time for outside class practice is one hour per week. Students will participate in

the completion of „soft skill‟ studies designed to enhance their communicative and cognitive abilities.

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COURSE EVALUATION:




Requirements Points

Participation 30%


Quizzes 20%




Total Points 100%






C Good 70% to 79% 2.0 Y

D Poor 60% to 69% 1.0 Y


I Incomplete 0.0 N





W Withdrawal 0.0 N

*For exceptions, see Repeating a Course section of the catalog.

**TR designates credits transferred from any college other than a Remington College.

***TR-A, TR-B, and TR-C designates credits transferred from another Remington College. The A, B, or C indicates

the grade the student received at the other Remington College.









Assessment Week

Assessments/Quizzes Instructor Discretion


Midterm 2

Project Instructor Discretion

Final Assessment 4




LATE-WORK POLICY





coursework will be zero (0). The instructor‟s decision is final and cannot be appealed.



Student Survey of Instructor. Responses to the survey are anonymous and will be used for professional

development and improvements to the course.




LESSON GUIDE

W

E

E

K

1

Lecture:

4 hours

Outside

class:

1 hour


Lecture

Money Management

Lecture

Money Management Lecture

Career Portfolio Lecture

Cover Letter

Outside Class


to read chapters on

money management

and complete

associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

the career portfolio

and complete

associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

cover letters and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

resumes and complete

associated

assignments.

W

E

E

K

2

Lecture:

4 hours

Outside

class:

1 hour

Lecture

Resume

Lecture

Resume Lecture

Resume Lecture

Midterm

Outside Class


to read chapters on

resumes and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

resumes and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to prepare for the

midterm.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interviewing and

complete associated

assignments.

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E

E

K

3

Lecture:

4 hours

Outside

class:

1 hour

Lecture

Interviewing Lecture

Interviewing Lecture

Interviewing

Lecture

Interviewing

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interviewing and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interviewing and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interviewing and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to prepare for mock

interviews.

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Added to meet new ACCSC requirements.





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4

Lecture:

4 hours

Outside

class:

1 hour

Lecture

Mock Interviews Lecture

Mock Interviews Lecture

Mock Interviews

Lecture

Final

Outside Class


to prepare for mock

interviews.

Outside Class


to prepare for mock

interviews.

Outside Class


to prepare for the

final.

Outside Class


CD1101 CAREER DEVELOPMENT



Credit Hours in Lecture 3

Outside Clock Hours 32


COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This series of lectures and discussions will concentrate on developing habits of personal success. Emphasis will be placed on assessing qualifications; developing a job search network; preparing resumes, cover

letters, and applications, as well as successful interviewing strategies and follow-up. Students who apply

themselves should learn these job skills or knowledge.

TEXTBOOK(S): Job Savvy: How to Be a Success at Work. Ludden, JIST Publishing. 2008.

COURSE OBJECTIVE:


1. Understand the importance of employability skills;

2. Understand the importance of social soft skills and identify and assess their own skill sets;

3. Recognize, accept, and be able to work successfully in culturally diverse environments; 4. Understand and be capable of effective interpersonal communication;

5. Be able to use prescribed decision making techniques and understand the need for critical

thinking;

6. Apply effective life skills, which include personal money management and budgeting, time

management and self-discipline;

7. Develop an effective professional resume, cover letter, reference list, and job application

documents, career portfolio;

8. Be able to execute effective interviewing techniques, including post interview.


Lecture, demonstrations, role-play, written journals, and activities will be used in this course. The course materials presented at the college are supplemented by topical out-of-class assignments designed to

enhance and support the classroom experience.

COURSE OUTLINE:

Week Topics

1-2 Employability

3-4 Social Soft Skills

5-6 Interpersonal Communications

7-8 Decision Making

9-10 Money Management (Budgeting), Cover Letter and Resume

11-12 Interview Dynamics


Textbooks, internet, periodicals, reference books, audio-visual aids, and community resources are available

in the Information Resource Center

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Students must actively participate in class discussions and activities and be prepared to successfully

complete all tests, quizzes, and assignments. All students are expected to read materials associated with

previous and subsequent class periods. Students are also expected to practice curriculum related skills and

concepts outside class to increase the retention of the material. Students should be able to complete

assignments for this course by utilizing learning resources available from the Information Resource Center

(library).

All students are expected to read materials associated with previous and subsequent class periods. Students

are also expected to practice curriculum related skills and concepts outside the class to increase the

retention of the material. Typical time for outside class practice is 32 hours.

COURSE EVALUATION:




Requirements Points

Participation 30%


Quizzes 20%




Total Points 100%






C Good 70% to 79% 2.0 Y

D Poor 60% to 69% 1.0 Y


I Incomplete 0.0 N





W Withdrawal 0.0 N

*For exceptions, see Repeating a Course section of the catalog. **TR designates credits transferred from any college other than a Remington College. ***TR-A, TR-B, and TR-C designates credits transferred from another Remington College. The A, B, or C indicates the grade the student received at the other Remington College.












Assessments Instructor Discretion


Midterm Week 6

Projects Instructor Discretion

Final Assessment Week 12

LATE-WORK POLICY





coursework will be zero (0).



Student Survey of Instructor. Responses to the survey are anonymous and will be used for professional development and improvements to the course.




LESSON GUIDE

W

E

E

K

1

Lecture:

3 hours

Outside

class:

2.67

hours


Lecture

Employability

Lecture

Employability Lecture


Employability

Outside Class


to read chapters on

employability and

complete associated assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

employability and


Outside Class


to read chapters on

employability and


Outside Class


to read chapters on

employability and


W

E

E

K

2

Lecture:

3 hours

Outside

class:

2.67

hours

Lecture



Employability

Lecture

Employability

Outside Class


to read chapters on employability and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class



complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class



complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on social soft skills and

complete associated

assignments.

W

E

E

K

3

Lecture:

3 hours

Outside

class:

2.67

hours

Lecture

Social Soft Skills Lecture



Social Soft Skills

Outside Class


to read chapters on

social soft skills and complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on


assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on


assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on


assignments.

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New - Added to meet ACCSC's outside class hours requirements.





W

E

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K

4

Lecture:

3 hours

Outside

class:

2.67

hours

Lecture

Social Soft Skills

Lecture

Social Soft Skills

Lecture

Social Soft Skills

Lecture

Social Soft Skills

Outside Class Students are expected

to read chapters on


complete associated

assignments.


to read chapters on


complete associated

assignments.


to read chapters on


complete associated

assignments.


to read chapters on

interpersonal

communications and

complete associated

assignments.

W

E

E

K

5

Lecture:

3 hours

Outside

class: 2.67

hours

Lecture Interpersonal

Communications


Communications


Communications


Communications

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interpersonal

communications and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interpersonal

communications and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interpersonal

communications and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interpersonal

communications and

complete associated

assignments.

W

E

E

K

6

Lecture:

4 hours

Outside class:

1 hour

Lecture

Interpersonal

Communications

Lecture

Interpersonal

Communications

Lecture

Interpersonal

Communications

Lecture

Midterm

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interpersonal

communications and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interpersonal

communications and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to prepare for an

exam.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

decision making and

complete associated

assignments.





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E

E

K

7

Lecture:

3 hours

Outside

class:

2.67

hours

Lecture

Decision Making

Lecture

Decision Making

Lecture

Decision Making

Lecture

Decision Making


to read chapters on

decision making and

complete associated

assignments.


to read chapters on

decision making and

complete associated

assignments.


to read chapters on

decision making and

complete associated

assignments.


to read chapters on

decision making and

complete associated

assignments.

W

E

E

K

8

Lecture:

3 hours

Outside

class: 2.67

hours

Lecture Decision Making




Outside Class


to read chapters on

decision making and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

decision making and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

decision making and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

money management

and complete

associated

assignments.

W

E

E

K

9

Lecture:

3 hours

Outside class:

2.67

hours

Lecture



Budgeting

Lecture

Budgeting

Outside Class


to read chapters on

money management

and complete

associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

budgeting and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

budgeting and

complete associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

the cover letter and

complete associated

assignments.





W

E

E

K

10

Lecture:

3 hours

Outside

class:

2.67

hours

Lecture

Cover Letter Lecture

Resume

Lecture

Resume

Lecture

Resume


to read chapters on

resumes and

complete associated

assignments.


to read chapters on

resumes and

complete associated

assignments.


to read chapters on

resumes and

complete associated

assignments.


to read chapters on

interview dynamics

and complete

associated

assignments.

W

E

E

K

11

Lecture:

3 hours

Outside

class: 2.67

hours

Lecture Interview Dynamics




Outside Class


to read chapters on

interview dynamics

and complete

associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interview dynamics

and complete

associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interview dynamics

and complete

associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interview dynamics

and complete

associated

assignments.

W

E

E

K

12

Lecture:

3 hours

Outside class:

2.67

hours

Lecture

Interview Dynamics

Lecture

Interview Dynamics

Lecture

Interview Dynamics

Lecture

Final

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interview dynamics

and complete

associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to read chapters on

interview dynamics

and complete

associated

assignments.

Outside Class


to prepare for an

exam.

Outside Class

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