What You’ll Learn To Do: Explore Career Options

Why should you be concerned about what you will be doing after you graduate or transfer from NOVA? The answer is simple: Although it may seem as if it will be an eternity before you complete your education, the time will go by quickly. If you have one eye on the future and what you want to do after college, you can make wiser choices while you are here. Therefore, it is a good idea to take some time to envision what life after college will be like for you.

After you have completed this topic’s activities, you should be able to:

• Articulate three potential careers based on your interests, values, and abilities.
• Identify the steps needed to take in order to achieve your career goal.

Learning Activities

In order to successfully complete this module’s work, you will need to do the following.

Tasks

• Read: Choosing Your Major
• Complete: FOCUS 2 Self-Assessment
• Complete: Virginia Education Wizard Self-Assessment
• Watch: Exploring Career Options Webinar (optional)

• Submit: Career Research Assignment (10 points)
• Submit: Career Exploration Blog (10 points)

For grading, refer to the “Grading, Withdrawal, and Incomplete” section in the Syllabus.