Online Career Exploration
CAP 194 - Career Pathways: Exploring Your Future
Overview
Welcome to Career Pathways: Exploring Your Future! This course is designed to help you understand yourself better by assessing your personal strengths, interests, and values to uncover potential career opportunities. You’ll gain insight into various career clusters, such as STEM, the arts, and skilled trades, while learning to set both short-term and long-term career goals that align with your aspirations. Throughout the course, you’ll also build essential job search tools, including professional resumes, cover letters, and thank-you notes, and develop foundational interviewing skills to confidently navigate the application process. Whether you’re just beginning to explore your options or preparing to take the next step toward your future, this course will equip you with practical knowledge and skills to support your journey.
View syllabusCourse prerequisites and requirements
To be successful in this course, we recommend English language fluency and computer literacy. We also encourage you to make sure your laptop or desktop computer meets the technical requirements.
Quick facts
Next start date:
Jan. 14, 2025 (8 weeks)
- Credits: 3
- Length: 8 weeks
- Cost: $25 + $400
What you’ll learn
- To assess personal strengths, interests, and values to identify possible career pathways
- To demonstrate knowledge of various career clusters (e.g., STEM; the arts; skilled trades)
- To develop short-term and long-term career goals
- To produce key professional documents needed for their job search (i.e., resume/CV, cover letter, and thank yous)
- To demonstrate basic interviewing skills
What to expect in class
Video lectures, readings, writing assignments, discussions, use of AI, peer discussions
Exams and grading
50%
Harmonize Discussions (8)
50%
Canvas Writing Assignments (3)
Transcript
This course appears on your transcript identically to how it appears on the transcript of an enrolled ASU student who has taken the course on one of ASU’s campuses. Course attendance dates will be listed on your transcript. An on-demand course will appear on your transcript in the session you complete the course.
This course satisfies 3 credit hours at Arizona State University. It is strongly encouraged that you consult with your institution of choice to determine how these credits will be applied to their degree requirements prior to transferring your credit.
Faculty and course staff
Francisco
Sanchez
Director of Undergraduate Training & Associate Professor,
College of Integrative Sciences and Arts - School of Counseling and Counseling Psychology
Arizona State University
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