This document summarizes the objectives and tasks of the COMA 399 Campus to Career course. The course aims to help students maximize their university experience, develop critical thinking skills, and prepare for their career. Key tasks include meeting with an advisor to create a 2-year academic plan, gaining career development experiences like practice interviews and informational interviews, and beginning work on a capstone project to demonstrate competencies in research, assessment, and public presentation. The overall goal is for students to strategically develop both their academic and career paths.

1. COMA 399, Campus to Career
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2. Keystone Importance
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3. Campus to Career
Keystone Internship Capstone
399 classes, fieldwork, 499
extra & co-curricular
Between the two courses you are working
strategically on career and academic
development.

4. Capstone
Demonstrations of
Competency:
1. Research Project
2. Assessment Portfolio
3. Public Presentation

5. General Trends and Goals
I. Maximizing today’s university experience
 being mission-driven
 holistic understanding
 liberal arts & professional study integration
 SOAC, needs assessment
II. The Professional/Career Outlook
• evidence use and assessment
• self-assessment
• group planning and problem solving

6. Objectives
• Critical thought & reflection of
academic choices and how they fit
together (academic plan with advisor).
• To assess & express your
understanding of those choices
(capstone proposal).
• To discover & develop your career
capacities (internship preparation).
• To be prepared for 495 & 499
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7. Academic Tasks
1. Meet with Academic Advisor / Mentor
2. Develop a two-year plan – strategy
• Classes that optimize your interests
• Post-Graduation goals & how to get there
• Extra & Co-curricular activities
3. Turn in the plan and document the meeting

8. Career Development
• Practice Interview
• Informational Interview (or) Career Fair
• Job Shadow
• Researching internships
• Maybe even securing an internship
• Tools: resume, cover letter, business card,
networking file

9. Capstone Preparation
• Determining your lines of academic inquiry –
ANYTHING!
• Writing a Proposal
• Grounding your interests in communication
theory and capacities
• Attend Communication Capstone Presentations
• ILO Self-Assessment

10. Products
• Class assignments (for class sessions)
• Portfolio
• Panel Presentation