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COURSE OVERVIEW

The objective of this course is to increase doctoral students’ awareness of key academia cultural skills central for success in graduate school and beyond. This will include identifying appropriate professionalism practices, career exploration, and interpersonal relationship building approaches that enhances well- being. The course content centers empowerment approaches that advance students' intellectual curiosity and self- advocacy skills. Upon completion of this course, students will be​ to equipped to actively pursue their varied professional and personal graduate school goals.

 

This course utilizes a participatory, adult education approach to facilitate learning. The success of this course experiences relies on students' preparation, participation, interaction, and reflection. Assuming this is a shared goal, there will be a strong emphasis on student engagement through online activities within the sessions to practice and apply concepts covered in the readings, lectures, and discussions.

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UNIT 1: Graduate School Cultures & Hierarchies
This unit will focus on students' positionalities and engagement across various graduate school contexts The emphasis will be on developing an empowered lens for negotiating professional relationships, power dynamics and cultural norms of graduate school.

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  • What I wish I knew before moving into my second year of graduate school

  • Graduate School Cultures 101

  • Faculty Advisors, Mentors & other Supervisory Relationships

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UNIT 2: Beyond Surviving...  Centering Thriving
This unit will focus on students' self awareness and well being through the graduate school journey. The emphasis will be on developing an empowered self identity, prioritizing well- being, identifying your purpose(s), and support systems.

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  • Intersectionality, Inclusion & Interpersonal Relationships

  • School/ Life Integration

  • Cultivating your Support System

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UNIT 3: Research, Writing, & Service Responsibilities
This unit of the course will help students maps out skills, strategies, and goals they need to acquire during this phase of their career journey. Key areas that will be explored include research skills and knowledge, responsibilities management,  and productivity. 

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  • Developing your Academic Identity

  • Politics of Publishing & the Publishing Process

  • Exploring Grant & Funding Processes

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UNIT 4: Conceptualizing YOUR Career

The ways to showcase the  core competencies across multiple career paths is the focus of this final unit. Skills and steps you can take to develop and enhance your post graduate career path will be discussed in depth.

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  • Conceptualizing your Career

  • Non Academic Career Job Search

  • Post Doctoral Positions

  • Academic Career Job Search

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