B1 Assignments

There will be various minor assignments we will do in class to help you learn about yourself and how to plan your education. There are a few larger assignments that are outlined below. Follow the link for details on the assignment and any downloadable forms. Note that you are required to complete a Comprehensive Student Educational Plan (CSEP) to pass the class.

Catalog Exercise

Catalog Exercise

Purpose & Instructions

This exercise is intended to help you become familiar with the current BC Catalog.

Instructions:

Using a hard copy catalog (may be purchased at the BC Bookstore) or the online BC Catalog , answer the questions on the Catalog Exercise. To fill out the Catalog Exercise form .pdf in Adobe Acrobat Reader, follow these steps:

  1. Save the file to your computer in a place where you can retrieve it. Do not try to fill out the form in your web browser.
  2. Open the saved form on your computer in Adobe Acrobat Reader
  3. Fill out the form using the online BC Catalog .
  4. If you get stuck on a question, hover your cursor over the answer box and a hint will appear.
  5. Save the document with your answers to your computer. Close and open the document to make sure that your answers are still there.
  6. Upload your assignment where designated in the online class software.

If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, get Adobe Acrobat Reader for free.

Career Research Outline

Career Research Outline

Purpose & Instructions

This assignment is to help you prepare to write the Career Exploration Research Paper (see below).

Instructions:

  1. Complete the Personality Mosaic to find your three letter Personality Mosaic code (Holland’s RIASEC Hexagon) by printing and filling out the Personality Mosaic test and score sheet .pdf or using the Personality Mosaic self‐calculating form .pdf. You will need to attach the Personality Mosaic Results to your Outline.
  2. Complete the O*NET matching occupation portfolio. Follow these instructions: How to Obtain O*NET Results .pdf. Print the results to attach to the Outline.
  3. Use Career Coach, My Next Move o*net Interest Profiler, or other sources of your chosen occupation to fill out the Career Research Outline .docx form. See the Career Research page for more Resources.
  4. Attach the results from the Personality Mosaic O*NET, and EUREKA, or other sources of your chosen occupation, to the hard copy of the Outline and turn in. Online students will upload Outline and all attachments in the online class software.
Career Research Paper

Career Research Paper

The average American worker will have three careers and eight different jobs over a lifetime, multiple careers in environments of constant change.

Candice Carpenter ~Author, Chapters (2002)

Note: It is important that you complete the first part, the Career Exploration Research Outline (above), before beginning the Career Exploration Research Paper. Here are printable directions for this assignment.

Purpose & Instructions

This assignment may help students select an initial career pathway or at least begin to explore possible careers. For some of you this is your first step in this process; others of you may be returning to school to open up other career and life opportunities. Wherever you are in the process, this exercise will help you.

Developing a career plan helps relieve some of the anxiety we all face when making important life choices. Choosing an initial goal motivates students to complete both their educational and personal goals. Life is a series of choices and education and training are ways to create a better life. You are the only one that can choose to create a quality life for yourself.

Instructions:

Complete a 250‐word typed essay based on the answers to the Career Exploration Research Outline (above). Make sure to address the following:

  • Identify and list the things you like about your favorite occupation.
  • What is it about this specific career that is meaningful or important to you? (i.e. knowledge, skills, abilities, interests or work values)

Additional Resources

The following are additional strategies/resources and information to help you choose a career pathway and/or write your essay:

Student Education Plan

Student Education Plan

The Student Educational Plan (SEP) is the plan of courses to complete your education goals. This is often called the Comprehensive Student Educational Plan (CSEP) because it is a comprehensive plan or map to your education goals. We will complete the CSEP for this class.

Note: a completed CSEP is required to pass this class. It is also a requirement for matriculation.

CSEP Assignment

In CANVAS, the Comprehensive Student Educational Plan (CSEP) ingredients are divided into weekly modules.

  • CSEP 1: Major
  • CSEP 2: Choose one of three General Education Patterns
    • Option 1 – BC General Education AA or AS
    • Option 2 – CSU General Education
    • Option 3 – UC (IGETC) General Education and IGETC STEM
  • CSEP 3: Semester by semester plan
  • Final CSEP: Corrected CSEP 1, 2, and 3 on one form digitally signed by you

How to create a Comprehensive Student Educational Plan (CSEP)
Expanded Directions

Note: Like all other PDF forms on my site, make sure that you download and save the forms to your computer, open in a PDF reader, like the free Adobe Acrobat DC, fill out the form, and save. Simply filling out the form in your browser is likely to result in losing your work.

CSEP 1: Input courses required for your major.

Use the CSEP Part I – Major .pdf to collect the information and turn in.

  • For an Associate degree, get your list from the BC Catalog online
  • For an Associate degree for transfer (AA-T), get your list from the BC Catalog online
  • For transfer to a CSU or UC, go to assist.org and make a copy of the pre-major courses required for your transfer college and major
  • For private or out-of-state colleges and universities, go to their website, click on admissions for undergraduate and then the link for transfers. We usually recommend that you send an information request email to their transfer advisors so that you can get the most up-to-date information

CSEP 2: Review the appropriate general education plan you follow.

  1. Choose one of three General Education Patterns from the BC Catalog online and fill out the corresponding form:
  2. Read through the list of general education courses required and highlight those you have already taken or are currently enrolled in.
  3. Read the course descriptions in the online Bakersfield College catalog and choose the general education courses you still need to take and indicate your choices by circling them on your general education pattern

CSEP 3 Semester‐by‐Semester Plan

Now that you have determined which classes you are required to take, it is time to plan when you will take them.

  • Use the CSEP 3 Semester‐by‐Semester Plan .pdf to map out each semester to reach your goal. See this CSEP 3 Semester-by-Semester Worksheet example .pdf.
  • Begin with the current semester on page 1.
  • Match numbers on the education plan with the numbers on the general education pattern from the catalog.
  • Input course in the abbreviated format found on the general education. For example, “ENGL B1a.”
    • Do not write “Expository Composition,” “English B1a.” or just “B1a.”

Final CSEP

A corrected CSEP 1, 2, and 3 on one form and digitally signed by you is required to pass this class.

  1. Transfer the information from your corrected  CSEP 1, CSEP 2, and CSEP 3 to the Comprehensive Student Educational Plan (CSEP) .pdf .
    • Be sure to total all units in your major, general education and/or electives
    • Do not count units that are not degree applicable, such as Math B70 to transfer.
    • Do not double count units for a course that meets both a major and a general education requirement.
    • 60 units are required to graduate from Bakersfield College, which include your major and general education.
  2. Be sure to digitally sign your Final CSEP.
  3. Upload to CANVAS.