Career Planning STEM Explorations (MHS sections 300-306)
Who Am I? Personal Assessment
WEEKS 1-4
- Career Thoughts Inventory; Career Development Inventory; MyPlan Career Assessments (personality inventory, interest inventory, values assessment, and skills profiler).
- Exploration of values associated with STEM career: STEM-related values Card Sort activity
- Personality type and STEM Careers: synthesizing personal assessments
Where Am I Going? The World Of Work in STEM
WEEKS 6-10
- Guest Lectures in Life Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Forensic Sciences); Engineering (Civil, Environmental, Industrial, Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, and Aerospace); Physical and Natural Sciences (Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, and Computer Science)
- Synthesizing the STEM World of Work
- O*Net (Occupational Network Database Online) summary
- Expectations and deliverables discussed for experiential learning component
How Do I Get There? Experiential Learning and Stem Major Identification
WEEKS 11-16
- Experiential Learning Labs (Options of UCF or Industry Labs)
- Synthesizing and integrating experiential learning lab experiences
- STEM comparison and Fit Chart (include personality, interests, values, social, cultural and numerical fit score)
- Major Selection
- Career and Major Action Planning