Through Curriculum and Careers (C&C), we are more intentionally integrating career readiness into our undergraduate liberal arts curriculum. Faculty have created a map for each undergraduate major, allowing students to better understand how their academic journey over four years — including the skills and knowledge they acquire through coursework — will benefit them in the workplace.

Through these efforts:

• As part of the first-year advising process, students will fill out worksheets that allow them to reflect on their academic journey and career goals and make decisions about their paths to graduation.
• Students can more easily link what they are learning in courses with their other college experiences: clubs, internships, and community engagement.
• Through the support of course development grants, faculty have redesigned or created courses to integrate the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ (NACE) career-readiness learning outcomes and to help students see connections between a liberal arts education and post-graduation success.
• Faculty who developed C&C-related courses participated in learning communities to engage in collective problem-solving and to share practices with other recipients.
• To develop and implement the major maps, faculty have worked closely with the Career Connections Center, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and Dean of the College’s Office.

C&C received initial funding from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation.