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When you have a knowledge of the educational opportunities available to you,
then it is time to choose.
Have Your Educational Plan Checked
Don't trust the final draft of your program of study to the evaluation of any
one person. Have many different people review your plan. Listen to their
reaction. But only consider each reaction as another opinion. After all, you are
the person who will make the decisions as you proceed. You will live with them.
So what if you run the risk of a few "I told you so's"? At least you
have had some control over your destiny. Ultimately you may be pleased with your
decision simply because it was your choice.
The people to let in on your plan as it evolves include:
Check With These People
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Name Of Your Contact
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Representative Employer
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People Currently Doing The Work
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Career Planning Counselors
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Employment Agency Workers
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Family
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College Faculty
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College Counselors
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Other Students
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Layout A Program Of Study
Course plans are available for you for most occupations. These plans are called
curricular guides. Often curricular guides are designed by advisory committees
made up of employers and faculty in the subject area. The curricular guide is a
good source to begin with. But beware of curricular guides until you verify that
the courses indicated as required are actually appropriate to your particular
career goal. Perhaps only a slight change in the curricular guide you follow can
make a significant difference in how well prepared you are for your future job.
Remember: Curricular guides are for the average person. If you feel the plan is
correct for you, go to it. But if you need a program of study for yourself,
designed based on your interests and ambitions, then probably no curricular
guide has been designed for that. Therefore you must set up your own. Make
changes to the curricular guide as you like. Select electives which match up to
your ambitions.
Once you have set up a plan just for you, remember that the most important
person to agree that your plan will get you the job you want is the person who
will eventu9ally give you that job. And also remember that if you expect your
program of study to lead to a degree, then you must also run your plan past the
college or university where you will eventually obtain a degree.
Program Of Study
A program is defined as an arrangement of related courses in which planned
instructional activities are provided for the attainment of educational goals. A
program can be as short as one semester or as long as an unlimited number of
courses over a lifetime.
Occupational specialty courses teach the special skills, knowledge,
techniques, applications, procedures, materials, processes, operation, and
services that prepare you for a career in a particular occupation.
Supportive study courses teach the related science, mathematics, and
technical principles, methods, and concepts necessary to the development of
particular job skills.
General education courses consist primarily of the social sciences,
humanities, and communication studies. These courses provide you with basic
reading, writing, and citizenship skills.
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