2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

InternshipsThe Bagley Center is the principal contact for internships forstudents in the Departments of Art, Business, English, Healthand Human Performance, and Music, Theatre, and DanceDepartment, as well as the Environmental Planning major, theGeography major, and the Women Studies minor. Studentswith other majors should check with their department chair tosee who coordinates the internships for their major.Check this academic catalog to see if an internship course islisted for your major. If an internship exists, then read thecourse description for that internship to see if you meet theprerequisites.Plymouth State students should consider an internship todevelop new skills and learn more about their field, clarifytheir occupational preference, grow personally and professionally,acquire valuable networking contacts in the field, add“real world” experience to their resumé, gain letters of recommendationfrom their internship supervisors, and increaseemployment opportunities following graduation. For moreinformation contact The Bagley Center: Internship Partners.Career Discovery and Career ServicesFrom their first day on campus, students will naturally startthinking about where they want to go in life. PSU offers a varietyof programs, courses, counseling, and services that helpstudents every step of the way with information on internships,graduate schools, a future career or looking for ways toimprove skills. Students can begin their career developmentthrough the courses listed below and, as they approach graduation,students should take advantage of the staff and skills ofthe Career Services Office in The Bagley Center to put theirdegrees to work.The Career Discovery Program is a set of six courses offeredthrough the Department of Business, designed to help studentsdevelop relevant life, career, and workplace knowledgeand skills. The courses do not constitute a logical or requiredsequence. Rather, they cover a variety of areas that may be ofmore or less value to individual students. Thus, in consultationwith their advisor, students should examine their ownpersonal career goals, knowledge, and skills. In this context,they should evaluate which of these courses, if any, might be ofsignificant personal value. The courses and their essential contributionsto the career discovery program are listed below. Forfurther information, see the course descriptions later in thiscatalog, or contact the chair of the Department of Business.CourseBUDI 2650Career ExplorationBU 2290OrganizationalCommunicationBU 3390Personal Finance andInvestmentBU 3420OrganizationalBehaviorBU 3720Career DevelopmentPurposeFacilitates selection of a college majorand explores post-graduationoccupational possibilitiesdevelops skills in professional writing,interpersonal communication, andformal presentation skills, based on theexpectations of employersdevelops skills in personal moneymanagement designed to allowindividuals to live comfortably andsuccessfully at a variety of salary levelsdevelops skills in individual, interpersonal,and team behavior designedto promote success in the workplacedevelops an understanding of thecharacteristics and expectations of thework world, and as well as skills incareer planning, personal wellness,occupational choice, and job searchBU 4650develops skills needed to succeed in theProfessional Employment professional workplace, includingprofessional behavior, networking, andjob searchThe Career Discovery Program focuses on the developmentof knowledge and skills relevant to workplace success in thecontext of individual courses. It is not designed to provide individualcareer counseling or ongoing assistance in the managementof a job search or personal career transitions. Such careerservices are provided at Plymouth State University throughThe Bagley Center.Career Services: The Bagley Center provides a variety of servicesto full-time and part-time students and alumni. Career explorationoften begins with students logging on to CHOICES, aninteractive career exploration software program available onevery public terminal on campus. Students can use CHOICES toexplore careers, academic majors, and graduate schools. Studentscan save their work on CHOICES while enrolled at PlymouthState, building a comprehensive file of their career explorations.The Web site at plymouth.edu/career is another good place tostart. Full-time opportunities are available here. The Web site alsolists job fairs and on-campus recruiting information, has a hostof valuable links for career and/or graduate school, and offersthe popular resumé writing guide that can be downloaded andprinted. In addition, the Bagley Center gives students access to afree resumé-job matching service for career positions regionallyand nationally and an event calendar for on-campus recruiting.A professional staff member is available in the resource centerdaily (8 a.m.–4 p.m.) to assist students with career questions,resumé editing tips or help in locating appropriate resourcesAcademic ResourcesPlymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008 37