Are You Confident in your Professional Skills? Need Some Practice?
Through Build the Skill (BTS), you can develop important skills that will help you personally and professionally in one of three tracks: Leadership, Collaboration or Professional Communication.
Complete the program online through D2L, going at your own pace. This program is open to any UA student, main campus or Online, any major, no previous experience required.
What will you gain? In 10-15 hours per week), you’ll:
- Learn new tools and strategies, like how to build your network or how to deal with difficult people on a team.Apply what you’ve learned directly in your real life activities.
- Demonstrate what you’ve learned by developing your own e-Portfolio.
- Earn a digital badge that you can share on your LinkedIn and Handshake profiles to showcase your skills.
When choosing one of your track, consider this:
- Leadership & Collaboration: You must be involved in a club, group project for a class, internship, job, or other activity where you can practice the tools provided
- Professional Communication: You will practice building your network by completing an informational interview with someone in your field of interest. This be more relevant if you’re pursuing or are already involved in an internship.
Final Summer 2020 Session: August 3 - August 19
