LFC - Life Calling

This course is the introductory class in a four-art module of Life Calling courses. It will facilitate the initial stages of life calling discovery and equip students to begin to assess and make life decisions based on understanding of industry trends and personal convictions.

This course is intended to equip students to thrive academically in their college journey. Using a Strengths-based approach, this course will empower students to explore their potential as successful learners in a college environment, identify personalized strategies for success, and build critical connections to campus personnel and resources.

This course focuses on students developing an understanding of the concept of life calling and the discovery of one's God-given design as a basis for this calling. Students then are led to understand how work and individual leadership is best understood from the life calling perspective. Students will evaluate values, spiritual gifts, interests, abilities, personality traits, and experience. Students will combine each component in an in-depth self-assessment paper, and will integrate this into a life and leadership plan. Additional fees required.

This course is the second module in a four-part series of Life Calling courses. It will facilitate the next stages of life calling discovery and equip students to begin to assess and make life decisions based on understanding of industry trends and personal convictions. Prerequisite: LFC-100 or permission of instructor.

This course focuses on developing students in the understanding and practice of leading their peers, both individually and as a group. The participants will minister and serve freshmen students in their breakout group through small group meetings, individual contact, mentoring, and community service projects. The student's experience will be facilitated by purposeful reflection, group discussion, interaction with faculty, and class assignments.

This course focuses on developing new transfer students and properly acquainting them with the culture of Indiana Wesleyan University. Transfer students will explore Life Calling and Liberal Arts in a supportive seminar course designed to ease their transition to the IWU academic community.

This course is the third module in a four-part series of Life Calling courses. It will facilitate the subsequent stages of life calling discovery and equip students to begin to assess and make life decisions based on understanding of industry trends and personal convictions. Prerequisite: LFC-200 or permission of instructor.

This course helps prepare upper division students of any major to transition into the workforce following graduation. The course focuses on preparing for a life of leadership after college by understanding how to develop life skills that will allow them to integrate their unique life calling into work environments and career interests. Four broad areas will be addressed: 1) Job Search, 2) Professional Development, 3) Personal Financial and Time Management, and 4) Lifelong Leadership and Learning. Students will prepare a personal portfolio and develop a strategic life and leadership plan.

In this class students will discover experiential learning opportunities that align with their life calling, engage in meaningful assignments in the local community and the classroom, and learn to thrive by exhibiting gained skills in their personal and professional lives. Through the course, students will learn Kolbs Experiential Learning Model and understand how to utilize reflection in future life experiences. Note: This course serves as an elective credit only and may not serve as a substitute for, or fulfillment of a major requirement course or internship.

This course is focused on facilitating and supporting for-credit internship opportunities for students seeking to integrate classroom learning with applied learning in the community. Students will participate in an internship experience and the course concurrently. Students from various academic disciplines will be brought together to process and reflect upon the impact of their internship on their overall understanding of self-directed learning, career exploration, faith integration and professional development. Note: This course serves as an internship credit only, and may not serve as a substitute for, or, in fulfillment of a major required internship.

This course is the fourth module in a four-part series of Life Calling courses. It will facilitate the subsequent stages of life calling discovery and equip students to begin to assess and make life decisions based on understanding of industry trends and personal convictions. Prerequisite: LFC-300 or permission of instructor.

This course covers one or more special topics in Life Calling and Integrative Learning that is not covered in the normal curriculum. It is always offered with a subheading describing the specific topic(s) to be covered and is repeatable under a different subheading. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.