Career Success Project

About this course: The purpose of the Capstone Project in the Career Success Specialization is for you to apply the methods and techniques you learned in the series of courses to a personal experience, giving you a way to communicate your value to potential employers. You’ll focus your communication, management, negotiation, problem solving, business writing, time management, finance, entrepreneurship, and project management skills into a single project that demonstrates your career readiness. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Apply the methods, techniques and skills you have learned throughout the Specialization to add value, every day, to your organization by effectively gathering, synthesizing, analyzing and presenting information 2. Develop and hone your critical thinking skills as you evaluate ideas, concepts, approaches and assumptions to arrive at a practical, yet innovative, solution to an organizational problem 3. Learn to skillfully use a powerful strategic planning tool 4. Effectively communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to senior-level decision makers

Created by:  University of California, Irvine

• Taught by:  Patricia Bravo, MBA, SPHR , Instructor, University of California, Irvine Extension

• Taught by:   Dave Nagy, Instructor, University of California, Irvine Extension

• Taught by:  Rob Stone, PMP, M.Ed., Instructor, University of California, Irvine Extension

• Taught by:  David Standen, MBA, Instructor, University of California, Irvine Extension

• Taught by:  Margaret Meloni, MBA, PMP, Instructor, University of California, Irvine Extension

• Taught by:  Sue Robins, M.S. Ed., Instructor, University of California, Irvine Extension

  University of California, Irvine Extension

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Syllabus


WEEK 1


Capstone Project Assignment
Welcome to the Career Success Capstone course! This week you will review the directions for the assignment and begin researching a business to evaluate using the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the coursework in the Career Success Specialization.


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1. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Project Overview
2. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Project Assignment Instructions
3. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: FAQ
4. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Company Selection and Research

WEEK 2


Week 2 Progress Check
In Week 2, you will conduct a SWOT analysis to better understand and describe the organization, its resources and its environment.


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1. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: SWOT Analysis

WEEK 3


Week 3 Progress Check



In Weeks 3 and 4, you will use your SWOT matrix, created in Week 2, to write your SWOT Analysis Report. You will select and focus on one specific people- or process-related current problem (identified as a weakness or threat through the SWOT analysis you have conducted) facing the organization that would be of personal and professional interest to you; develop a detailed analysis of the problem, including affected stakeholders and impact; explore options; and select and write about a viable solution to the problem.


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1. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Analysis Paper

WEEK 4


(Optional) Project Peer Feedback
You have the optional opportunity to submit a draft of your project for Peer Feedback. You can also self-evaluate your project draft to see how you would do on the grading rubric and identify areas to improve.


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1. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Overview of Peer Review and Grading
2. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Self- and Peer Assessment Rubric
3. Взаимная оценка: Capstone Project Ungraded Peer Feedback Review (optional)

WEEK 5


Final Assignment Submission and Graded Peer Review
Submit your Final Capstone Project and Peer Review the projects of 3 classmates.

Graded: Capstone Project Final Graded Peer Review

WEEK 6


Specialization Wrap-Up
Congratulations on making it to the end of the Career Success Capstone and Specialization! Make sure you have submitted your Final Project and completed your 3 required Peer Reviews well before the final deadline.


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1. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Message from UCI Extension