Maximizing Mendoza II

(1 Credit Hour) · Undergraduate

This course is intentionally designed for Mendoza first-year students who are considering a career in business. This supplement to BAUG 13100 Maximizing Mendoza I aims to give business students the necessary tools to discern which career(s) will enable their human flourishing, align with their personal aptitudes, and contribute to the common good. The course will include introductions to prudence, the purpose of work, how to approach the anxieties of work/life with reframing, mindfulness, and challenge, and how to lead with professional excellence. Students will begin to consider vocational pathways, global and social trends, professional etiquette and communication, and the availability of resources—including the University Career Center, Notre Dame alumni, and their mentors—and networks throughout their careers. Ultimately, students will finish this course with knowledge of how their unique gifts can be cultivated and directed in a thoughtful, meaningful way during their time in college and in their future professional life. Importantly, they will have also connected with one or more members of the Mendoza community and the professional world in order to encourage ongoing growth and support.