Assignment task: Write a 3-page Career Plan Reflection
Write a journal entry of approximately 3 pages (approximately 750 words) reflecting on what you've learned in this course and how you plan to integrate your skills and self-understanding in a career plan.
Make sure your reflection addresses all of the following:
1. Begin by doing some critical self-reflection: What are your key areas of strength and why? How will these strengths aid you in your career plan? What are your key areas for improvement and why? How do you intend to improve? What do you value most? How do you intend to incorporate those values in a career plan?
2. Then, reflect on this capstone course and the program outcomes: What have you learned through this course, particularly the team project and the research project? How do you plan to incorporate these ideas and skills into your career plan? As a reminder, the Bachelor's in Liberal Arts program outcomes are:
- PO1: Articulate complex concepts to a targeted audience in written and oral form.
- PO2: Analyze the influence of cultural diversity when addressing global issues.
- PO3: Collaborate within a team to solve interdisciplinary problems or achieve a common goal.
- PO4: Evaluate perspectives of an ethical dilemma and present evidence-based solutions.
- PO5: Develop a plan that integrates academic and professional experiences for achieving career goals.
3. Then, consider your future and articulate a career plan: Imagine that in 10 years you are being interviewed by Excelsior's Marketing department for a Life at Excelsior article like those you read in the Module 8 Presentation Part II. What will your article be about? Understanding your own strengths, abilities, and values, where do you plan to be in 5 or 10 years and how do you plan to get there? How did your degree and Excelsior help you get there? Incorporate at least 2 Excelsior resources from the links below that you have explored throughout these Roadmap Journals that can help you in your career plan: