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Career Readiness Classes

These career prep touch points are spaced throughout the program so you gain hands-on job readiness skills from your first semester to your last.

Each touch point will help you plan, prepare, and practice so that you enter the design industry with confidence.

Your career prep journey starts in semester one with the Career Exploration class, and completes with your capstone courses: Portfolio, Design Studio 2, and Internship. Career Exploration • Learn about careers in design • Plan your major • Learn how to plan for a portfolio Strategies for Viscom Jobs • Learn interview skills • Learn to build a basic portfolio • Resume & cover letter writing assistance • Face-to-face & remote interview practice • Networking experience and strategies Internship / Design Studio/ UX Applied Lab • Gain professional experience • Build skills in professionalism • Apply the studio workflow process to industry projects. • Work with real colleagues and customers • Create portfolio-worthy design projects Portfolio • Tighten, polish, and perfect your portfolio pieces • Create a final professional portfolio • Finalize your self-identity system • Learn job seeking, self-promotion, and interviewing skills

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