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Advising Career Exploratory Studies (ACES)

Advising Career Exploratory Studies

222 Knight Hall

Richard Miller, Interim Director
Phone: (307) 766-2398 FAX: (307)766-2089
Web site: www.uwyo.edu/aces/index.html

Courses

  • ACES 1101 - FYS: New Geography of Jobs

    Credits: 3
    This course will provide students with a view of the evolving world of work in the United States, with specific attention to Innovation, Manufacturing, Natural Resource Extraction, and Agriculture. The course will survey the history of jobs in the U.S. with specific attention to changes through time, location and events. We will also look ahead to the age of automation. Students will participate in a significant research project, through which they will create a case study of a specific economic ecosystem.


    USP 2003-2014 Code U5FY

  • ACES 1105 - Academic Success Skills

    Credits: 2
    Designed to provide students the necessary skills to succeed at the University and beyond. Skills covered include time management, learning styles, note taking, self-motivation, and more.


    When Offered (Offered each semester)

  • ACES 1150 - Major & Career Exploration

    Credits: 1
    This course is for freshmen who have no idea what to major in, or who are open to investigating possibilities. Students will gain information about themselves, opportunities in higher education, and the world of work, which they can use to make an informed decision about a major.


  • ACES 3000 - Peer Advising

    Credits: 3
    This course is designed to help you develop the skills, understanding, competencies, and dispositions needed to be an effective peer advisor at UW. Course content will cover student development theory, interpersonal skills,

    Ethics of working with college students, UW policies/procedures, UW academic requirements, and advising approaches.


    When Offered (Offered Spring Semester Only)
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing and completion of USP15-C2

  • ACES 3100 - Peer Advising Internship

    Credits: 1-6
    Max Credit (Max. 6)

    Designed to help you apply the skills, competencies, and dispositions that were developed in ACES 3000 . The course will allow you to apply and reflect upon student development theory, interpersonal skills, UW policies/procedures, UW academic requirements, and advising approaches. Each internship credit will require a minimum of 3 hours of work per week in the ACES office. Students and the peer advising supervisor will consult in establishing individual student hours.


    Prerequisite: ACES 3000  and application to ACES Internship.

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