Progression to Profession (P2P)

Progression to Profession (P2P)

Progression to Profession is the University’s current Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The focus of P2P is Professional and Career Development. UM wants to do all we can to ensure students graduate prepared for graduate school or a career. The Progression to Profession QEP was named by marketing major Jodi Martin. P2P is focused on students’ professional and career development efforts with a customized emphasis on those tasks that are essential within each academic program.

Through a systematic and enhanced partnership with the Career Development Center (CDC), advisors, and program faculty, students will identify career aspirations, craft and refine career plans, and create professional artifacts to be kept in digital portfolios for use in preparation for graduate school and/or career applications. The P2P five-year implementation plan emphasizes the importance of early and sustained career planning through a University-wide commitment to improve students’ overall career readiness.

Goal: Enhance student career planning and preparedness.

1. Explore and Plan – Level I
   • SLO 1: Students will demonstrate an ability to describe relevant pathways to their chosen professions.
     • Students will acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities to set career goals, identify potential careers, make salary projections, identify educational requirements, and develop strategies to reach their goals.
2. Engage and Refine – Level II
   • SLO 2: Students will demonstrate an ability to revise and refine their career plans in response to relevant information.
     • Students will acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities to reflect on strengths, skills, and progress toward goals in order to revise career plans and goal achievement strategies effectively.
3. Create and Implement – Level III
   • SLO 3: Students will demonstrate an ability to create appropriate artifacts for chosen profession.
     • Students will acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities to identify the materials required for the interview process and/or graduate school application process in their disciplines and create materials that positively showcase their attributes.