Courses are offered each semester to assist students with career-related questions.

• COAS-S 100 Hospital Shadowing Experience (1 cr.) This course is designed to introduce students to careers in the healthcare environment. Students will spend three hours per week for 12 weeks rotating through various hospital departments. The goal of this course is for students to be able to state the purpose of a hospital, identify the roles of the professional nurse and other health care workers, state career opportunities in a hospital, and demonstrate accountable and responsible behavior as a learner/observer in the hospital setting. This course is offered fall and spring only and may be taken for one credit or no credit. Limited seating is available.
• COAS-S 100 Career and Academic Planning (1 cr.) This course is designed to teach students how to use available tools to aid them in the self-exploration of their interests, skills, and values to better inform their major and career decisions.  The goal of this course is for students to develop a systematic major and career-decision making strategy.  Students will define possible schools and majors offered at IUS through thorough research of the majors and their corresponding career options.  This course is offered in the spring only.
• COAS-Q 400 Employment Strategies for Arts and Sciences Graduates (1 cr.) and COAS-X 410 Business Career Planning and Placement (1 cr.) These courses are taught concurrently and are designed for graduating students who are seeking employment. Because these courses prepare students for the job search, they should be taken at the beginning of the senior year or two semesters prior to graduation. The courses include professional resume writing, interviewing techniques, job search strategies, use of the Internet in a job search, how to research employers, success on the job, graduate school information, and much more.