Hidden Curriculum of Life

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Borrowing upon Georgetown’s Jesuit values such as the value of reflection, discernment, and the power of accompaniment, this course is specifically created for you as first-generation, soon-to-be graduates. Post-grad life poses a new set of challenges that might include less financial security than your continuing-generation peers who may have a financial safety net, networks, and stronger professional guidance. Tools to manage complexity around money, your relationship to money, and decision-making will be critical. The biggest aim for this course is to help you build on the resilience you developed throughout college as you transition to your next chapter. This course will provide structure and space for you to engage and interact around a variety of topics related to what GU-GSP alums identified as the the most important considerations to make in your post-grad life. We will combine an academic lens with a tangible, practical lens on financial literacy, identity, and personal and professional relationships. This course will be a launching point to solidify your community of allies in not facing any of these challenges alone. Through this course, our aim is to: ● Empower you to leverage your “first gen mindset” as essential to life after college ● Dispel the myth that “everyone else has everything figured out” ● Offer practical support and preparation for the “fall-off-the-cliff” feeling many graduates experience ● Provide structure and space for you to critically reflect on and prepare for the next decade