Career Readiness Competency (CRC) Course Attributes
In 2024, the 51勛圖厙’s Faculty Senate approved a set of Career Readiness Competency (CRC) course attributes. Articulating career competencies in courses benefits students in numerous ways including helping students 1) connect their coursework to future personal and professional growth, 2) leverage their academic learning to amplify career skill development, and 3) support students’ career readiness and likelihood of post-graduate success. Beginning fall semester, 2025, general education courses are required to include one to three CRCs as learning outcomes as per Faculty Senate procedure 202.60.
Like HIPs, faculty and departments are highly encouraged to map Career Readiness Competencies across core curriculum, general education, and electives so that students engage with multiple CRCs throughout an academic program. Intentional placement of CRCs in core curriculum help to scaffold the student learning experience in meaningful ways where one experience informs the next. Definitions of CRCs and associated sample behaviors are here. Faculty and departments must ensure alignment of course design, assignments, etc. with a CRC before attaching a course attribute. UM’s Experiential Learning and Career Success office has resources available to support departments through this process. Please contact melissa.dadmun@mso.umt.edu for more information.
Detailed directions to edit a course section to include an attribute in CLSS can be found here. Directions to add course attributes are found on page 9 of this document. CRCs and their associated attribute code are listed in the table below.
| Career Readiness Competency (CRC) | Attribute |
| Career and Self-Development | CSFD |
| Communication | CCOM |
| Critical Thinking | CCRT |
| Equity and Inclusion | CEQI |
| Leadership | CLED |
| Workplace Performance | CPRO |
| Teamwork | CTEM |
| Technology | CTEC |
| Community and Global Engagement | CCGE |
| Creativity and Innovation | CCRI |