Build your class by example!
This toolkit is intended to provide UWM instructors with resources to integrate career readiness activities into their courses. To accomplish this, UWM’s Center for Student Experience and Talent (SET) brought together instructors from across campus teaching a wide array of courses that attract students in different programs, at different levels, and with different goals. These instructors developed an array of assignments and projects that were designed with career readiness in mind. In addition, the effectiveness of these assignments and projects was assessed using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
| Course Number | Course Title | College | Department | Instructor | Modality | Career Readiness Type | Class size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ART 608 | Art and Design Internship | Arts & Architecture | Art and Design | Erica Meier | Hybrid | Internship | Small (15-25) |
| CJC 305 | Criminological Theory & Policy | Community Engagement & Professions | Criminal Justice & Criminology | Ted Lentz | In-person/Online-async | Service-learning | Large (70) |
| COM 350 | Intercultural Communication | Letters & Science | Communication | Kim Omachinski | Online | Discussion posts and career paper | Large (70) |
| CSD 460 | Adult Neurogenic Communication Disorders | Health Professions and Sciences | Communication Sciences and Disorders | Adam Follmer | In-person | Service-learning | Small (15-25) |
| HON 685 | Community Engaged Experiential Learning (CEEL) | Honors College | NA | Ben Schneider | In-person | Community engagement, service-learning | Very small (4) |
| SOCIOL 260 | Blood, Sex, Money, Power: The Family and Intimate Relationships | Letters & Science | Sociology | Noelle Chesley | Online-async | Portfolio-based reflective practice | Medium (40) |
| WGS 489 | Internship in Women’s and Gender Studies | Letters & Science | Women’s and Gender Studies | Morgan Foster | In-person | Internship | Very small (3-7) |
Assessment Tools
Below is a set of assessments that can be easily adapted across contexts. They are designed to assess learning outcomes that can be applied to any courses with a “career readiness” component.