Batch 6: Career Services Write Up

In preparation for 2016 spring semester, I met Nicole Boryczka the graduate counsellor to finalize my education plan for the master’s program. I am finishing off my undergraduate’s degree this semester as well as starting courses for the master’s program under reservation. Officially next semester is the commencement of my graduate studies even though I was granted the opportunity to pick up graduate courses fall 2015.

We finalized the courses for 2016 with anticipation of graduating December 2016.

SPRING 2016	SUMMER 2016	FALL 2016
PAF 501 (3 units)	PAF 502 (3 units)	PAF 509 (3units)
PAF 505 (3 units)	PAF 504 (3 units)	PAF 506 (3 units)
PAF 507 (3 units)	PAF 541 (3 units) elective	PAF 540 (3 units) elective
PAF 508 (3 units)		PAF 573 (3 units) elective
PAF 574 (3 units) elective		PAF 591 (3 units) elective
TOTAL – 5 classes (15 units)	TOTAL – 3 classes (9 units)	TOTAL – 5 classes (15 units)

I will be doing the master’s program full time and I am optimistic that I can do it. During the meeting with Nicole, I asked her about the doctorate degree program here at ASU to further my studies. This year I decided that I would pursue my education all the way to the doctorate program. I was a bit disappointed though that I was informed that I must apply elsewhere for the doctorate program. If I remembered it correctly, the academic requirements for a teaching profession one must graduate from at least two colleges.

Ever since that meeting I had been tossing between three universities namely University of Arizona, University of Kansas and University of Indiana. I don’t really want to move out of Arizona though so I would hope that University of Arizona would accept me this time next year. The career services that Nicole and I worked on seemed feasible though extremely difficult but manageable. Wish me luck!