Facilitators: Luis Calero, S.J., Ignatian Center and Anthropology and Elizabeth Krishnan, Arts & Sciences and Career Center
What am I good at? What do I love to do? What should I do with my life? The Vocation Pathway will help you answer these questions. Exploring these questions from diverse perspectives, you will develop your own sense of vocation, pursuing a meaningful life, not merely a livelihood. You will reflect on your life to discover your gifts--your talents and strengths--and discern your deepest values to live with greater joy, integrity, and balance. Considering the world’s most pressing needs, you will discover your own path of contribution, developing the clarity, courage, and conviction to make a positive difference in the world.
Associated Courses
Foundations Courses
(Please note that only the specific Foundation course topics qualify for the Pathway requirements,
and only one Foundations course may be applied to a Pathway)
ENGL 12A Leadership & Vocation
ENGL 2A Identity, Vocation & Community
Anthropology
ANTH 159 Globalization & Culture Change
Business Administration
BUSN 144 Entrepreneurship: Bringing New Ideas to the Marketplace
Communication
COMM 101A Vocation & Gender:Seeking Meaning in Work and Life (cross-listed with WGST 160)
* COMM 186B Global Interpersonal Communication
Economics
* ECON 164 Vocation and Gender: Seeking Meaning in Work and Life
English
ENGL 72 Poetry Writing
ENGL 73 Life Writing
ENGL 126 Creative Writing & Social Justice
ENGL 172 Advanced Poetry Writing
* ENGL 175 Creative Nonfiction (topics: "Introduction to Literary Nonfiction" and "Writing Your Life" only)
ENGL 189 Literature and Religion
Experiential Learning for Social Justice
ELSJ 23 Careers for the Common Good (two units)
French
FREN 182 Women in French Literature: Authors and Characters (cross-listed with WGST 176)
Management
* MGMT 164 Entrepreneurship Management for Technology Ventures
Philosophy
PHIL 116 Ethics, Authenticity, Freedom and Vocation
Religious Studies
* RSOC 86 Buddhism
* RSOC 106 Zen in Theory and Practice
* RSOC 108 Buddhist Spiritual Practices Today
* TESP 54 Meditation
* TESP 71 Mysticism in Catholicism
* TESP 72 Comparative Mysticism in World Religions
* TESP 118 Clare of Assisi and Ignatius of Loyola
* TESP 132 Telling Your Story: Discerning Vocation
* TESP 171 Mysticism in Action
* TESP 181 Christian Sexual Ethics
Sociology
SOCI 170 Applied Sociology
Theatre and Dance
DANC 189 Social Justice and the Arts
THTR 9 Defining the Performing Artist
THTR 66 People's Theatre
Women's and Gender Studies
WGST 160 Vocation & Gender:Seeking Meaning in Work and Life (cross-listed with COMM 101A)
WGST 176 Women in French Literature: Authors and Characters (cross-listed with FREN 182)
* Indicates Course Has Prerequisites
