B 100 - Career Development Syllabus

“They will be natural leaders who know how to teach and how to learn. They will have the power to innovate and improve without requiring more of what money can buy. Those graduates of BYU‐Idaho will become ... legendary for their capacity to build the people around them and to add value wherever they serve.”
Henry B. Eyring, “A Steady Upward Course”, BYU‐Idaho Devotional, 2001

“Revelation comes most often when we are on the move.”
Elder Dallin H. Oaks, “Sharing the Gospel”, October 2001 General Conference

“Revelation comes on the Lord's timetable, which often means we must move forward in faith, even though we haven't received all the answers we desire.”
Elder Robert D. Hales, “Personal Revelation”, October 2007 General Conference

Course Description

B 100 Career Development Orientation is designed to help you be successful in the business program as well as either prepare you for employment upon graduation or increase your effectiveness in your current career. Success in the professional world often depends on your ability to utilize a variety of resources to accomplish goals. This course has been designed to help you learn how to use different resources both within the class as well as outside the class. The collective goal at the end of the class is that you will be armed with knowledge, resources and tools to help you achieve your full potential.

Learning Objectives and Expectations

Objectives

Gain a better understanding of the mission of BYU‐Idaho and further your development in becoming a Disciple of Jesus Christ.

Expand your understanding of the main functional areas of business and the careers associated with them.

Understanding of what is needed to prepare for a chosen career or prepare for a different career.

Be able to make a better‐informed decision on career and academic plans.

Learn how to effectively network with business professionals, mentors and influencers Prepare/update professional resume.

Textbook and Resources

Return by Elder Robert D. Hales
1. Online students: It is imperative that you purchase the eBook version of this text.
2. Campus students: You may purchase the eBook online as noted above, or the physical text from the University Store.
3. Compare prices for your textbooks through the University Store Price Comparison They will show you all of the options from the University Store plus several online options to help you find the best price.

Career Leader.com
1. As part of this Business Orientation course you will be asked to complete a career exploration assessment. This assessment called Career Leader is considered by many as the top assessment for business related careers. It was developed by professors at Harvard Business School and is used by many of the top schools in the country. Career Leader will measure your Interests, Skills, and Motivators and match these with potential job types.
2. To simplify the process of ordering while allowing you to quickly complete the assessment we have arranged with the BYU Idaho bookstore to have your student financial account charged $25.00 after the add/drop date. The normal price for this assessment is more—you are receiving a student discount. If you have already taken the Career Leader assessment in a prior class please let your instructor know early in the semester to avoid having your account charged a second time.

There is also an additional class fee of $8 included in tuition.

Key Questions to Help Determine Career Direction

Where are my interests? What do I like to do?
What am I good at? What are my skills? What are my aptitudes?
What areas will provide for my needs and the needs of my family? What areas will provide the needed economic security?
What careers would fit my faith and allow me to serve God, as I would desire?

Course Expectations

Portfolio

One key learning objective in this course is to allow you to practice and improve on your time management skills. Throughout the course you will be putting together pieces of this portfolio. Although weekly assignments are designed to help emphasize key part within the portfolio, any assignment that is directly part of the portfolio will only be submitted with the corresponding part of the portfolio. If you stay on top of each item each week you should have no problem submitting a completed portfolio. Your ability to manage your time wisely will be important both for this assignment as well as the rest of your career.

The portfolio is worth 65% of your grade.

Since this portfolio assignment is such an important component to this course we want to ensure you have every opportunity to be successful so we have broken it up in two parts:

Part 01 will be submitted at the conclusion of Lesson 05: Info. Technology

Part 02 & 03 will be submitted at the conclusion of Lesson 10: Portfolio Due

You will notice that the portfolio has three sections; all sections are required to get full credit. Since there are a number of assignments contained within the portfolio it is incumbent upon you to review the detailed instructions contained in the course to ensure you are clear about what is expected.

Read about the portfolio and get started right away so that you can reserve a slot in a resume review workshop (from career services) and complete the assignments to successfully submit a quality portfolio.

Portfolio Assignment Substitution Opportunity

If you are working full‐time and are not looking to switch careers, you may be able to substitute items for key assignments within the portfolio. These include:

Industry and company analysis
Career Leader Assessment
Resume review

You must contact your instructor before the end of Lesson 02 to be eligible to be excused from these activities. If you do not contact your instructor by this time and receive approval to skip these assignments you will be responsible to complete them as part of the portfolio.

Discussion Boards

The ability to engage with both classmates and your instructor is a key component to the learning model at BYU‐I. One of the best ways to allow this to happen is by the use of Discussion Boards. Each discussion board provides the opportunity for you to share your personal thoughts and insights as well as engaging with your classmates by commenting on their posts and asking questions. The discussion boards will take place during the following weeks:

Introduction week: Ice Breaker
Lesson 3
Lesson 6
Lesson 11

For each discussion board your instructor will post the question by Monday morning of the week it is due. You will need to post your initial response by Wednesday at 11 PM of that week. Then you will need to respond to a minimum of a least two other classmates by Saturday at 11 PM. Understand that the minimum of two posts does not mean you will get full credit. Since student-to-student interaction is so important to the learning model, going beyond the two minimum will ensure full credit. Points will be deducted for posts that do not address all the questions, do not demonstrate appropriate effort in answering, or that have spelling and grammar errors.

Key Business Understanding

Understanding the role and key definitions from key business areas is essential to understanding the industry. There is not enough time within this class to go over all terms for each topic we will be covering. However, we do want you to have a good base understanding of key terms that will help you in business. There will be a Key Business Term Exam that can be taken as many times as needed during the week it is available. Although you can take it as many times as you need during the week, the test is not open note.

Board of Review

During the final two weeks of the semester you will be required to take part in a board of review session with your instructor to discuss your key learnings and take a ways from the course. Your instructor will provide more detailed information on both the process of signing up for a time as well as the expectations for your session. It will be important that you are prepared for this board of review since it will be a part of your overall grade.

Note

While the Board of Review will be held during the final two weeks of the semester you only need to participate one of the weeks.

Overall Course Grading

Your grade will be based on the following:

Portfolio part 01	25%
Portfolio parts 02-03	40%
Weekly assignments (including weekly assessment, discussion boards, etc.)	15%
Key business terms exam	10%
Board of review	10%

Important Reminders

Workload

The workload will be heavier than most one credit courses you may have taken and will require you to take initiative to complete assignments. You will want to plan on spending approximately 3 hours a week outside of class to do well in the course.

Late Work

It is critical that you do not fall behind in your weekly and portfolio assignments, plan ahead. All assignments and due dates are listed in the weekly overviews. Turning work in on time is a sign of professionalism.

University Policies

One of the major goals at BYU‐Idaho is that of providing quality educational opportunities in a rich spiritual environment. To obtain this desired level of spiritual influence, students are asked to observe all points of the Code of Honor including the dress and grooming standards. We take this opportunity to remind you of the commitment you made to live the Code of Honor when you signed your application form to BYU‐Idaho. In all of your BYU‐I classes you are expected to observe the Code of Honor. Be sure you review the honor code, Dress & Grooming and Student Life links below to ensure you are clear on the expectations from BYU‐I.

Honor Code
Dress & Grooming
Student Life

Disability Services

In compliance with applicable disability law, qualified students with a disability maybe entitled to a reasonable accommodation. It is the student’s responsibility to disclose to the teacher any special need he or she may have before the end of the first week of class. In order for students to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, they must contact

Title IX‐Sexual Harassment

Sexual harassment refers to unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment may include 1) unwelcome sexual advances, 2) requests for sexual favors, and 3) other verbal, non‐verbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment may also include denying or limiting, on the basis of sex, the student’s ability to participate in or receive benefits, services, or opportunities in university programs. BYU‐ Idaho’s policy against sexual harassment extends not only to employment situations but to academic situations as well.

Academic Honesty

All BYU‐Idaho Instructors expect the highest levels of academic integrity from their students. Those failing to demonstrate academic integrity will be referred to the Dean of Students office and discipline from their instructor may include any or all of the following: Reading/writing assignments to teach, failure on the assignment/exam, failure in the class, and/or a service/learning experience. The university policy regarding academic integrity is listed below.

Academic Honesty Policy – Definitions

Intentional Plagiarism is the deliberate act of representing the words, ideas, or data of another as one’s own without providing proper attribution to the author through quotation, reference or footnote. Inadvertent Plagiarism involves the inappropriate, but non-‐ deliberate, use of another’s words, ideas or data without proper attribution. Although not a violation of the Honor Code, it is a form of academic misconduct for which an instructor can impose appropriate academic sanctions. Students who are in doubt as to whether they are providing proper attribution have the responsibility to consult with their instructor and obtain guidance. Plagiarism may occur with respect to unpublished as well as published material. Examples include:

Direct Plagiarism—the verbatim copying of an original source without acknowledging the source.
Paraphrased Plagiarism—the paraphrasing, without acknowledgment, of ideas from another that the reader might mistake for the author’s own.
Plagiarism Mosaic—the borrowing of words, ideas or data from an original source and blending this original material with one’s own without acknowledging the source.
Insufficient Acknowledgement—the partial or incomplete attribution of words, ideas or data from an original source.

Fabrication or Falsification is a form of dishonesty where a student invents or distorts the origin or content of information used as authority. Examples include:

Citing a source that does not exist.
Citing information from a source that is not included in the source for which credit is given Citing a source for a secondary proposition that it does not support.
Citing a bibliography source when it was neither consulted nor cited in the body of the paper Intentionally distorting the meaning or applicability of data.
Inventing data or statistical results to support conclusions.

Cheating is a form of dishonesty where a student attempts to give the appearance of a level of knowledge or skill that has not been obtained. Examples include:

Copying from another person’s work during an examination or while completing an assignment allowing someone to copy from you during an examination or while completing an assignment Using unauthorized materials during an examination or while completing an assignment.
Collaborating on an examination or assignment without authorization.
Taking an examination or completing an assignment for another, or permitting another to take an examination or to complete an assignment for you.

Other Academic Misconduct includes other academically dishonest, deceitful or inappropriate acts that are intentionally committed. Examples include but are not limited to:

Inappropriately providing or receiving information or academic work so as to gain unfair advantage over others.
Planning with another to commit any act of academic dishonesty.
Attempting to gain an unfair academic advantage for oneself or another by bribery or by any act of offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting anything of value to another for such purpose.
Changing or altering grades or other official educational records.
Obtaining or providing to another a test or answers to a test which has not been administered Breaking and entering into a building or office for the purpose of obtaining an unauthorized test Continuing work on an examination or assignment after the allocated time has elapsed.
Submitting the same work for more than one class without disclosure and approval Getting equal credit on group assignments when equal work was not done.

Academic Honesty Policy – Adjudication Procedures

Faculty members are responsible to establish and communicate to students their expectations of behavior with respect to academic honesty and the student’s conduct in their course. The instructor will be responsible to investigate any incident of academic dishonesty or misconduct, determine the circumstances, and take appropriate action. Examples include but are not limited to the following:

Reprimanding the student orally or in writing.
Requiring work affected by the academic dishonesty to be redone.
Administering a lower or failing grade on the affected assignment, test, or course Work with the Dean of Students to remove the student from the course.
Recommending to the Dean of Students that the student be put on probation or dismissed.

If the incident involves the violation of a public law, e.g., breaking and entering into an office or stealing an examination, the act should be reported to University Police. For the purpose of tracking, suspected or proven violations of the Academic Honesty Policy should be reported to the Dean of Students office—name, incident, action taken. If the occurrence is sufficiently egregious or if a pattern of dishonesty or misconduct is discovered additional action may be taken on behalf of the university based upon the nature of the infraction. If an affected student disagrees with the determination or action and is unable to resolve the matter to the mutual satisfaction of the student and the instructor, he/she may have it reviewed through the university’s grievance process.

This syllabus is subject to change, based on the demands (learning or otherwise) of this course, the university, and the students in the class. As such it is your responsibility to check your University e‐mail daily and refer to the most current copy of the syllabus on I-learn.