EDCP 020 Education and Career Planning
2.5 Credits

The participants in this course will be meeting the learning outcomes by completing projects that pertain to their lives. They will need time, in varying quantities, to achieve these goals and projects. Participants will need to be willing to look at their lives critically and be motivated to change in order to achieve these objectives. They will be facilitated and supported in their decision-making; however, students' success will not be contingent on an actual change in behaviour. The decisions they make will not be judged or rated, but they will be analyzed and discussed. For example: to stop or not to stop smoking. A participant may decide he/she wants to keep smoking. That is his/her decision, but the group will discuss the pros and cons of such decisions. The participants will learn where and how to get the information they need to make informed decisions for this course and for their lives. Each participant will be encouraged to use whatever methods to attain information that he/she is most comfortable with, depending on learning style, literacy level and personality. Participants must have control and power to make the decisions for this course, and for their lives.

Prerequisites
English 010

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EDCP 030 Education and Career Planning
2.5 Credits

Prerequisites
English 020

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EDCP 050 Education and Career Planning
3 Credits

Education and Career Planning is a course designed to help students with employability readiness and life skills. The course focuses on a range of core skills that will assist students in preparing for entering (or re-entering) employment as well as planning for educational goals within a changing and diverse world. The course is designed around six core modules which lead students from a self assessment of their present life situation to learning to take charge of their lives through goal setting and planning. Students will learn about communication skills such as conflict resolution and assertive communication. Nutrition, mental health, financial planning, and study skills are also covered. In the final module, students learn about career searching strategies, how to prepare a resume and a cover letter and how to prepare for an interview. The final outcome of the course will be a series of action plans, which will outline students' career and educational goals in the form of a portfolio containing material from all six modules.

Prerequisites
English 040 or English 045 and Computer Studies 040

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