Academic and Career Skills Courses

Course Code Title & Description Credits Schedule
ACS 111

College Success Seminar

In this course, students will analyze and evaluate the beliefs, attitudes, behaviors and skills that lead to academic, career and personal success. Through self-assessment, readings, activities and journal writing, students will synthesize data in order to improve self-management, increase self-esteem and maximize learning. Other topics include mon...

(3 Credits) View Schedule
ACS 122

Career Decision Making

In this course, students will complete exercises and vocational inventories to assess their interests, work values, skills, abilities, and personality preferences. They will also conduct informational interviews with professionals in their fields of interest. This course is designed for students who are undecided about a program of study or career ...

(1 Credit) View Schedule
ACS 123

Information Literacy

In this course, students receive an introduction to techniques of information retrieval and information evaluation. Students completing this course will have the skills needed to locate and evaluate information, to think critically about research strategies and to apply these concepts to research using library resources and the Internet. Level I Pr...

(1 Credit) View Schedule
ACS 151

Student Success: In and Beyond the Classroom

In this course students will build connections between academic skills, career development practices, and personal success. Using self-assessment tools and journaling, students will develop an awareness of personal strengths, interests, motivations, learning preferences, and skills. Students will apply the SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, R...

(2 Credits) View Schedule
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