Social & Behavioral Science 250 - College to Careers
Spring
2026
02
1.00
Karen Miller
W 1:25PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
82641
Integ. Learning Center S231
kmiller@umass.edu
This highly-participatory course will take a comprehensive and integrated approach to teaching students how to translate their academic, co-curricular, experiential, and work-related accomplishments into purposeful careers, service, and/or further study. Students will develop the core competencies of leadership, teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving, public speaking, written and verbal communication skills, and professional presentation. We will spend considerable time discussing the SBS Pathways philosophy and resources. This will give students an integrative framework through which to be reflective and proactive in their college and career pursuits. In addition to cultivating critical insights, students will create tangible resources and gain experience with online tools so that they may be achieve success in whatever they choose to pursue.
Open to any SBS student. Open to SBS students