Education and Career Exploration

Course code ACED 0709

Credit 2.0

Length 48.0 hours

Course outline View

This course provides students with an opportunity to research education and career options and develop individual education and career action plans. Students complete a variety of assessment tools to help them generate ideas for appropriate individual career and educational directions. Students develop decision-making and goal-setting skills.

ACED 0707, ACED 0709, ACED 0710, and ACED 0711 are required for completion of ABE Provincial level Career Planning.

Prerequisites

English 9 or equivalent.

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What you will learn

  • Personality Dimensions (assessment)
    Career Cruising Interests (assessment)
    The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (assessment)
    Values Inventory
    Skills Inventory
    Introduction to Library Research
    Labour Market Information
    Effective decision making and goal setting

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

Select your program to see the available course schedules.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.