Career Development

Learn to succeed in the global workforce by combining professional development skill building with experiential learning.

Why

Industry professionals across a variety of STEM disciplines agree they expect the graduates they hire to have strong written and verbal communication skills, to be able to work with others from different backgrounds, and to balance the demands of engineering, science, policy, law, and business in professional practice. Across the board, they also feel that students who have participated in internships or co-ops are more desirable as potential employees.

How

• Complete one course or option in each category below.
• Other courses can be taken in consultation with your advisor.
• The INFEWS Program can help you find internship and civic engagement opportunities.

Communications Course (3 hrs)	Career Development Course (3 hrs)	Internship w/ Independent Study Report (3 hrs)	Civic Engagement (8 contact hrs)	Professional Development Workshops (8 contact hrs)
CMS 386L.3 Communicating in Groups and Teams	BGS 380 Energy Development and Policy	Summer or regular semester internship	Volunteer in Austin with nonprofit or K-12 educational program	Upcoming workshops listed on calendar.
CMS 386P Advocacy	BGS 380E Global Political Economy	e.g. in industry, gov't, nonprofit organization
CMS 389C Conflict and Communication	CE 398T Supervised Teaching in Civil Engineering	Can be double counted if internship is part of INFEWS certificate
CMS 390S.11 Measurement Workshop: Scale Development and Instrument Design	CHE 384T Entrepreneurship
CMS 392P Communication Technology Use in Organizations	CHE 398T Supervised Teaching in Chemical Engineering
	EE 398T Supervised Teaching in Electrical Engineering
	ME 397 Entrepreneurship/Incubation
	ME 397/EE 390V Texas Venture Labs Practicum
	ME 398T Supervised Teaching in Mechanical Engineering
	PA 388L Advanced Topics in Management: Negotiation, Mediation and Dispute Resolution