CJC-202 Capstone in Criminal Justice
This course is a culminating experience for the AAS Criminal Justice Students. Students will build upon previous work and practice career skills through job searches, resume and cover letter creation, application submission and mock interviews. Students will reflect on their growth as a learner and as an aspiring professional. This will facilitate an awareness of the skills needing further development.
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Course Outline
Course Description
This course is a culminating experience for the AAS Criminal Justice Students. Students will build upon previous work and practice career skills through job searches, resume and cover letter creation, application submission and mock interviews. Students will reflect on their growth as a learner and as an aspiring professional. This will facilitate an awareness of the skills needing further development.
Credit Hours
1Course Learning Outcomes
- Practice essential skills to gain entry-level employment (e.g. resume writing, cover letter creation, interviewing).
- Produce an assessable reflection to articulate connections between your chosen area of study and your educational path, including the relevance/impact on your peers, the institution, and the community as a whole.
Topic Outline
- Course Introduction
- Learning objectives
- Expectations
- Grading
- Job searching and applications
- Using college job searching resources
- Using relevant online job searching resources
- Application process
- Building and tailoring a resume and cover letter
- Organization of information
- Effective cover letter writing
- Peer review
- Rewrites
- Interviewing
- Typical questions
- Effective responses
- Do's and don'ts
- Preparing for Civil Service exams
- Purpose of Civil Service exams
- Online resources
- Typical Questions
- Creating a reflective work
- Expectations and requirements
- Submission and/or presentation of work