By preparing this professional self-assessment report, students will evaluate their learning in this course and begin to prepare themselves for the next stage in their professional growth. They will accomplish this by reflecting on-and responding to-the following questions:

1. How have I satisfied the learning objectives in this course and contributed to team and course outcomes? Cite each learning objective and refer to details in your journal.
2. What is the impact of this course on my career objectives and professional goals?
3. What have been the major factors in my life that got me to where I am today?
4. What are my primary strengths and weaknesses?
5. Where would I like to be professionally five years after graduation?
6. What lifelong-learning steps must I plan to undertake in order to achieve this five-year professional goal?

Each individual in the class must prepare his/her own professional self-assessment report. While the report must address the six questions posed above, it might also address other issues as well. For example, the implication in the sixth question is that learning more will be the key to achieving a professional goal. However, there might be other impediments; e.g., family or financial considerations that must be addressed or changes might have to be made in personal lifestyle in order to fulfill the five-year professional goal.

Additional expectations for this report include the following:

1. The report should be broken into two parts: the main body of the report (i.e., responses to the six questions) and an appendix. The responses should be written as complete sentences, etc.
2. The appendix should contain the student's curriculum vitae.
3. The body of the report should be formatted to conform to the standard style for a report as recommended by the Document Preparation Skill Team.
4. The body of the report should be approximately five pages in length. However, this should only be viewed as a guide since individuals may want to expound more or less on their learning and professional plans.
5. Before preparing the body of the report, each student should read the following paper: Storey, W.E., "How to Develop a Career Plan: Basic Theory and Methodology for Self-Directed Career Planning," Proceedings of the Third Annual IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, April 1973, pp. 226-230.