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2026-2027 Pierce College Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Pierce College Catalog
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MNGT 186 Professional Development (3 credits)



Course Description
Develop practical skills and techniques for the world of professional employment. Students will learn strategies to increase workplace effectiveness.

Course Content
A. Personal and Professional Development Strategies B. Resume Writing / Job Application
Process Professionalism C. Life and Career Plan Processes D. Networking Interviewing Skills

Student Outcomes
1. Analyze application products to effectively tailor the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for meaningful and gainful employment.

2. Develop methods to strategically expand professional networks and evaluate each for potential impact on desired career path.

3. Formulate professional action plans that outline steps needed to achieve education plans, career goals, and professional aspirations.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome:

Strategic Thinking. Use quantitative and qualitative business principles to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate business problems in order to design and execute effective and ethical business solutions.

Entrepreneurial Mindset: Demonstrate an action-oriented entrepreneurial mindset open to innovation, opportunities, and change in order to capture, create, and communicate value in business settings.

 

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 30
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 30

Potential Methods
Portfolio Self-evaluation Oral presentation Peer-evaluation Simulation or role play Instructor observation  Tests/quizzes Written assignments



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