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ASPD 106 Career Advancement

1 credit hour

This course will help students cultivate practical skills to increase marketability for a new career or advancement in a current career. Students will learn to articulate individual professional goals, assess career interests, navigate job search engines, and create resumes that align with job and company profiles.

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ASPD 185 Academic Tutorial

1 credit hour

This is an individual tutoring opportunity designed to help students learn university-level academic skills. Students concurrently enroll in a designated LACC, ASPD, or major course, and the content, activities, and assignments for that course provide the content for developing academic skills including listening and reading comprehension, note taking, writing, vocabulary, speech, and study skills. (16 weeks, 1 credit) Prerequisite: Enrollment in a designated LACC, major, or other ASPD course.

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ASPD 195 Professional Assessment

1 credit hour

This course is offered in lieu of ASPD 215: Personal and Professional Assessment, and is designed for students who intend to submit professional certifications and do not intend to submit personal essays. Students will develop writing skills by articulating specific learning experiences, producing specific learning outcomes, and submitting professional certifications to the university through the Prior Learning Assessment process.

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ASPD 215 Personal and Professional Assessment

3 credit hours

This course is designed to help students articulate their personal and professional learning as applicable for prior-learning assessment. Students will develop writing skills by practicing various writing strategies to promote analytical thinking and effective communication. Course content includes the development of lifelong learning skills.

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ASPD 226 Developing Your Professional Brand

3 credit hours

This course examines the importance of knowing your professional brand and how to communicate it to your team, manager, or professional industry. You will evaluate your professional goals, discover your strengths through the Gallup StrengthsFinder, identify what motivates you, and define more clearly your purpose. Utilizing your interests, values, inclinations, and strengths, participants will write a brand statement and transfer that brand to LinkedIn. The course will also help students authentically integrate their faith and values in secular environments.

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ASPD 280 Becoming an Exceptional Student

1-3 credit hour

For students who find the return to university-level work challenging, this is an intensive course designed to enhance a student's personal confidence through individualized instruction in study skills, methods, and tools used by successful college students.

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ASPD 285 Selected Topics

1-3 credit hour

A scheduled class with topics chosen to meet the special needs and interests of students, faculty, or visiting professors.

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ASPD 295 Individualized Study

1-3 credit hour

Individualized study or supervised research in an area of special interest to the student which is outside the regular offerings of the major. Additional course fee (per credit) is required.

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