{"id":4,"date":"2025-06-09T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T21:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers-new\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:09:27","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/curriculum-and-careers-banner-copy-1024x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7\" style=\"width:1096px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/curriculum-and-careers-banner-copy-1024x420.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/curriculum-and-careers-banner-copy-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/curriculum-and-careers-banner-copy-768x315.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/curriculum-and-careers-banner-copy.jpg 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left intro is-style-intro\">Through the Curriculum &amp; Careers initiative, Clark has integrated career readiness into our undergraduate liberal-arts curriculum, better preparing students for success after graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working closely with their academic advisors over four years, students identify how to translate their knowledge, skills, and experiences into action \u2014 a critical step that will allow them to thrive in their lives and careers. This action-oriented approach \u2014 linking learning in the classroom to in-depth projects, internships, leadership opportunities, campus engagement, and volunteer work \u2014 is a hallmark of Clark\u2019s liberal-arts education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left abut-end\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Initiative goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns no-gap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-color has-gray-600-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-0d6f432b753efff4a0af55c20b26c72d is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list\">\n<li>Integrate the concept of careers into a liberal-arts education through a holistic and equity-focused lens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-color has-gray-700-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d85a49086d9704dd9edc537642843280 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list\">\n<li>Increase the visibility and connectivity of curricular and co-curricular learning, resulting in student success after graduation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-color has-gray-600-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-add57ed3058c2c16e9417fe3835a49ad is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list\">\n<li>Develop mechanisms to sustain and institutionalize Curriculum &amp; Careers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-color has-gray-700-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a67f4bf956c9af18183c58a5b460740b is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list\">\n<li>Contribute our experiences to national conversations about the value of a liberal-arts education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">How Curriculum &amp; Careers works at Clark<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns equal-height is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/experiential-major-maps\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"biology lab with student dissecting animal\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/Comparative_and_Human_Anatomy_MAR_2025-0023.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Major maps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Experiential major maps&nbsp;help students&nbsp;visualize and&nbsp;design their journeys at Clark and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">Browse major maps<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-curriculum\/problems-of-practice\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"pop course - student looking at book\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/pop-courses.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">POP courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Problems of Practice (POP) courses incorporate project-based learning, community-engaged learning, and ongoing reflection in order to examine an issue of consequence impacting a community, profession, or discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">View POP courses<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/career-readiness-competencies\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"Krishna Gajjar\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/Krishna_Gajjar_13_May_2025-14.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career readiness competencies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore Clark&#8217;s definitions of the eight foundational skills that prepare students for success in the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow-link\">Check out the competencies<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Curriculum &amp; Careers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Clark\u2019s Curriculum and Careers Initiative seeks to strengthen the incorporation of career readiness in the undergraduate curriculum by working with faculty, academic departments, and students. Clark University has received generous financial support from external foundations to support elements of the Curriculum and Careers Initiative, including the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the Davis Educational Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-color has-gray-700-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-fa8c71182ea75984a267cb54b5a74c96 is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fd8d06c0 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions about Curriculum &amp; Careers? 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