"You Make Your Own Luck" Building Cultural and Social Capital in a Major-Based Career Course

Presentation Year

2022

College or Department

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

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This poster presents a pilot assessment of a career seminar required for sophomore or junior Sociology, and Criminology & Justice Studies Majors. On the first day, students completed a self-assessment survey measuring confidence in any existing materials and professional skills. All students indicated that support of their professional tool kit was "very important" to "important." Post-course assessment indicated that most engaged heavily in assignments supporting low confidence areas such as networking, translating their major skills and experiences for a job or internship search, and developing organizing systems for their job/internship search.

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