Level up your career readiness while at the University of Rhode Island, and join the Arts and Sciences Center Readiness Badge Program!
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We recommend these courses to juniors and seniors in the college with the goal to optimize job application preparation and build marketable skills to future employers. Once you achieve your Career Readiness digital badges, your job applications and profiles have the opportunity to stand out and support the skills you’ve worked so hard to earn! Each one-credit course is uniquely designed for your central cluster (think fine arts, humanities, sciences). Complete three professional data set skills courses to round out your marketable skills. Reach out to your department coordinator today.
Career Readiness
Earn your Career Readiness badge by completing your workplace readiness course and three one-credit skill-building courses. Once your courses are verified, you will receive your digital badge to share in your email signature and LinkedIn profile for future employers to see. When sharing on your LinkedIn profile, simply add media to your “education” section and detail the merit of your Career Readiness badge as context to future employers.
Workplace Readiness
Our one-credit workplace readiness classes help students to develop writing, networking, media, and culturally-competent workplace skills. They also offer opportunities to engage with field experts and prominent URI alumni working in a variety of industries. Classes are tailored to students in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and communications.
Excel
DSP 101 – Excel Data Analysis for Everyone
Microsoft Excel is a powerful and ubiquitous tool for organizing and analyzing data. The basics of Excel can be applied in nearly any line of work, and can help students as they proceed through their college careers.
R
DSP 103 – Introduction to R for Everyone
R is a statistical programming language widely used in industry and academia. This class gives students with no prior programming experience a strong foundation in this powerful language.
Power BI
DSP 102 – Power BI Data Analysis for Everyone
Microsoft Power BI enables users to turn data into striking visualizations. Students learn the Power BI basics, which can be applied in future classes or after graduation.
“I think this class did a great job in helping people prepare for the future workforce, which was the goal of the class. One exceptional thing was it introduced us to people in the field and encouraged us to connect on LinkedIn, which could be valuable for networking in the future.”Abby Wildgoose ’24
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Chafee Social Science Center
Deans Office – Suite 260
Student Academic Services – Suite 257
142 Flagg Road
Kingston, RI 02881
p: 401.874.4104
f: 401.874.2892
uricas@uri.edu
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm