L&S majors and courses prepare students to excel in whatever paths they take after graduation. Through Career Integration, L&S departments and SuccessWorks collaborate to show students how to realize the lifelong value of their degrees.
Career Integration is the intentional inclusion within academic coursework and experiences of ways for students to identify, articulate and apply the foundational skills learned through a degree from the College of Letters & Science.
SuccessWorks is committed to supporting L&S departments in this vital work. These Career Integration resources for faculty and staff are designed to complement existing course materials.
Course Materials
Incorporate these plug-and-play class assignments into your courses. Reflection questions can also be quickly added to existing assignments. Topics include:
- Career Exploration
- Personal Brand
- Job Analysis
- Interview Practice
- Transferrable Skills
Presentations & Videos
Invite SuccessWorks into your class to deliver a career readiness presentation. Or, share a video version of these presentations with your students. Topics include:
- Resumes
- Interviewing
- Jobs/Internship Search
- Transferrable Skills
- Introduction to SuccessWorks
Canvas Modules
Share these non-credit Canvas modules with your students so they can access career guidance and support at their own pace:
- Jobs, Internships & How to Get Them
- Graduate School & Gap Year
- Resumes & Cover Letters
- Interviewing Tips & Tools
- Career Conversations (Alumni Networking)
Syllabus Language
Include language about career readiness in your course syllabi and in Canvas to ensure students know how SuccessWorks advising and programs can complement the foundational academic skills they’re learning in the classroom.
Contact Us
Not sure where to start? Want to learn more about how SuccessWorks can support Career Integration in your work with students? Get in touch!
“SuccessWorks has made it easier for our students to leave Madison prepared for exciting careers in communication. In the process, our alumni community has become more engaged as SuccessWorks events give us all a reason to rally support for the communication leaders of tomorrow.
“Through our partnership with SuccessWorks, our department is reaching its strategic goals and helping students and alumni both to make a real impact.”
Dr. Derek Johnson
Professor and Chair, Communication Arts
Student Outcomes Data: First Destination Survey
College of Letters & Science faculty & staff are important partners ensuring all L&S graduates complete the First Destination Survey, which helps L&S learn about the post-graduation plans of our bachelor’s degree recipients, and understand how their UW experiences prepared them for their next steps. SuccessWorks helps faculty & staff share the survey with students to increase response rates.
L&S Major Skills & Outcomes Resources
SuccessWorks partners with faculty and staff in every L&S major to create Skills & Outcomes resources, listing each major’s transferable skills, common alumni jobs and employers, and words of advice from alumni who have found success in a wide range of fulfilling career paths.
Your department has already made an important investment in creating these resources in partnership with SuccessWorks. We can also help you make the most of them with students. Department faculty and staff can use Skills & Outcomes resources to:
- Advise and teach students more confidently on what they are learning in their major and why it matters
- Spark students’ imaginations for possible career paths
- Build students’ confidence in the career outcomes of their major
- Make referrals to SuccessWorks advising, programs and other valuable career resources
Major Skills & Outcomes resources are also an integral part of the Syllabus Language and Course Materials available above.
How Can We Assist You?
Get in touch with feedback, ideas or questions about how to share Skills & Outcomes resources for students.