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Accounting 010
Adminstrative Sciences 011
Business of Fashion 134
Entrepreneurship 382
Finance 390, 393
Business Ethics 522
Leadership and Management 620
Management Science and Information Systems 623
Marketing 630
Supply Chain Management 799
Real Estate 851
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  Newark Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2024 Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate-Newark Courses Adminstrative Sciences 011  

Administrative Sciences 011
29:011:301 Foundations For Your Career Journey
This is an RBS required course and the first in the Professional Development course series. This course is designed to introduce you to the resources and opportunities available to you at the business school and Rutgers University, create the initial materials you will need to begin a job or internship search, and to begin to develop your identity as a business professional.

·       Career Readiness: Career paths, resume prep, interviewing skills, LinkedIn, networking, etc.
·      Skills Development: Business & interpersonal communication, presentation skills, performance management
·        Academic Advising: Choosing majors, mentoring programs, co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities

The class is focused on getting students oriented to the business school and the expectations of professionalism. The goal is for students to build a foundation for success in their academic and career endeavors while enrolled at RBS.

Classes are designed to help you to better understand the courses of study at RBS and resources available to support your academic journey, prepare you for your job/internship search, and provide guidance on Professional Development skills. This course will introduce students to/strengthen your understanding of the job search process and the resources provided by RBS Office of Career Management.
29:011:302 Building Your Brand

This is an RBS required course and the second in the Professional Development course series.  This course is designed to build your professional brand by learning to effectively communicate in professional contexts and translating your personal skillset and competencies into internship and career opportunities.  Students will continue to hone the resume, cover letter, and elevator pitch created in Prof. Development 301, and use them as a basis for speaking confidently and convincingly in the context of career fairs, interviews, and other professional settings. 

·         Career Readiness : Mock Interviews (recorded and live), networking strategy

·         Skills Development : Conducting Industry and Company Research, Professional Writing, communications skills

·         Professional Development : Establishing and executing long term goals, leveraging university and alumni support

The class is focused on helping students to capitalize on opportunities for growth and learning in professional contexts. This may mean securing an internship or co-op experience, but it may also mean finding ways to develop and demonstrate competencies which will inform their future career paths as well differentiate themselves from competitors.

Classes are designed to improve your written and verbal communications skills, to practice professionalism, and learn where the best opportunities are and how to secure them.  

29:011:301 - Foundations For Your Career Journey
29:011:303 Conquering Your Transition This is an RBS required course and the third and final in the Professional Development course series.  This course is designed to translate your accumulated business knowledge and experiences into success in the business world.  Students will demonstrate mastery of their professional branding materials (resume, LinkedIn profile, pitch) and adopt an identity as a lifelong learner who continues to seek improvement beyond the college classroom.

·         Career Readiness : Understand and prepare for workplace culture and performance assessments

·         Skills Development : Identify in-demand supplementary workplace skills and how to master them; understand the principles of sound personal finance, budgeting, and investing

·         Growth Mindset : Understand how professional development, certifications, graduate education, and other on-going learning opportunities are important and how to gain access to them

The class is focused on helping students to navigate their transition from college to the workplace. This will include learning about the full-time job offer process, negotiation of salary, and understanding common raise and promotion practices once in industry.  It will also involve mastering skills necessary to foster a supportive professional network, navigate the challenges of personal finance, and navigate difficult yet common workplace challenges.

29:010:302 - Building Your Brand
29:011:300 Business Forum (Professional Development) (3)
Please note - ONLY students who started prior to Fall 2023 can take Business Forum to complete their RBS Core requirement. Students who start Fall 2023 or later MUST take the new sequence consisting of Foundations For Your Career Journey, Building Your Brand, and Conquering Your Transition.

The 29:011:300 Business Forum offering will be phased out after the Fall 2024 semester.

A 14-week course designed to help the student understand the programs of study at RBS and resources available to support your academic journey, prepare you for your job/internship search, and provide instruction on key personal development skills. The learning outcome is that students will leverage all the course content to become high-performance candidates in a competitive job market. The material covered is relevant to every business student, regardless of major or career objective. Explores key concepts, techniques, and resources students can use immediately to influence the next step in their careers and be successful in any postgraduation employment situation. There are three components to the course: 1) Academic Advising: Majors and related topics, advising, academic success factors, ethics and integrity 2) Career readiness: Career paths, resume, interviewing skills, LinkedIn, networking, etc. 3) Skills Development: Financial literacy, business and interpersonal communication, presentation and technical skills.
This course is writing intensive.
 
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