Career Integration Course Designations: Policies

Policies and Procedures

The Career Integration Course Designation Steering Committee is comprised of Career Services staff and current/past Faculty Fellows. The administrative contact for this program is Emily Flositz with Career Services. The Review Committee is comprised of faculty members from a varying colleges and departments.

For general inquiries, contact careereducation@ucf.edu. Also visit our FAQ page for more information!

GENERAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

  1. Review the information and rubric criteria for the Career Integration Course Designation you seek.
  2. Prepare your course syllabus to ensure it meets all required rubric criteria.
  3. Fill out the Career Integration Course Designation Submission Form. Within this form, you will provide general course information, and will copy and paste text from your syllabus to demonstrate that your course meets the rubric criteria. You will also upload your syllabus. Supplemental materials, such as more detailed assignment descriptions or assessment rubrics, may be included as needed.
  4. Discuss with your department chair your plans to submit prior to submitting your course for a designation.
  5. Once you have completed the form, you will receive an email confirmation. All correspondence throughout the review process will be via email.

Consider requesting a consultation with the Career Integration Steering Committee to review your plans to submit your syllabus for this designation! Fill out the “Contact Career Education Team” form to request a meeting.

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CAREER FOUNDATIONS TIMELINE AND REVIEW PROCESS

  1. Submission: Submissions are accepted until the second Friday of Fall and Spring semesters.
  2. Review 1: Once the submission window closes, the Career Integration Course Designation Faculty Review Committee will review all submissions. The committee will send back the following recommendations:
    • For courses requiring No Changes or Minor Revisions:
      • If your submission requires no changes, or minor changes, your course will be approved for the Career Foundations Course Designation.
      • A member of the Career Integration Course Designation Steering Committee will email you any minor changes to be made, but the submission will continue being routed for Chair and Dean approval.
      • Minor changes can be submitted via e-mail to careereducation@ucf.edu with an updated syllabus implementing the requested changes.
    • For courses requiring Major Revisions:
      • Should the submission require major revisions, a member of the Career Integration Course Designation Steering Committee will email you with committee feedback. Revisions completed and approved during the same submission cycle will not delay the designation.
      • To complete your revisions, please prepare a new version of your syllabus, implementing the committee feedback. Highlight and/or comment to annotate the changes.
      • Then, please duplicate your original submission by going to your Kuali submissions. Do not make changes to your submission. Instead, on the first question, please select that this is a resubmission. You will then be taken to a place on the form where you may describe the changes you made and upload your new syllabus.
  3. Review 2: The Faculty Review Committee will review resubmissions. Submissions that are denied will receive feedback shared by a member of the Steering Committee.  
  4. Designation: Approved courses will then be routed to Chairs and Deans for final approval; pending that approval, the course will receive the designation beginning the following semester.
    • The course attribute applied to your course that will be displayed in the catalog and on the student’s transcript will be CAREERFDN.
Workflow graphic displaying timeline and process described above.

You can view a schedule of the current semester’s application timeline by clicking the button below.

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REQUESTING CHANGES

Changes to Approved Courses: Approved courses with significant syllabus and/or departmental curriculum changes should route any updated syllabi to the administrative team (see Contacts, above). The Career Integration Course Designation Steering Committee will determine if the Faculty Review Committee needs to re-evaluate the course. 

Course Designation Removal: If a course no longer qualifies for the Career Foundations designation, instructors or a department may notify the administrative team to remove the designation and must remove the course designation’s statement from their syllabus.

CAREER FOUNDATIONS SYLLABUS STATEMENT

Syllabus statements for each designation are provided below. Areas indicated in [bold] must be revised to reflect the course information. Once revised, the updated statement must be included in the course designation application.

Career Foundations Syllabus Statement (Required for Approved CAREERFDN Courses):

[Insert course name and number here] is designated by [University/Department name] as a Career Foundations (CF) course. Career Foundations courses provide students with career readiness skills through activities designed to engage students in career preparation and self-development, helping students build a basic understanding of career planning and professional growth. To receive the CF designation, a course must center career readiness in its syllabus with well-defined objectives that align meaningfully with career exploration assignments. Bringing career readiness from the peripheral to the fore distinguishes CF courses from others that may contain similar elements.  If students have any questions about this designation or CF designation at UCF, please contact career@ucf.edu.  

Our Career Foundations (CF) learning in this course will involve [insert career readiness assignments, e.g. an informational interview, career self-assessment, written reflection paper, creative presentation, etc.]. This will allow students to reflect on career and/or academic interests and goals related to the course objectives and participate in class activities and assessments that are designed to help them make progress in their career planning. If any student has a concern with a proposed CF assignment or activity, they must inform the instructor during the first week of class or before the drop/add deadline to discuss options. 

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