Career Success Passport

Kevin Carr, a 1992 Stephen F. Austin State University finance graduate and owner of Community Beer Co.

Professional Development

Pictured: Kevin Carr '92, finance graduate and owner of Dallas-based Community Beer Co., speaks at the 2024 College to Career Conference. C2C is a passport points-eligible event.

Equipping you with knowledge and experience to launch your career with confidence, Career Success Passport is a required zero-cost, zero-credit professional development and career readiness program for all business majors to be taken each semester. 

This formalized, structured, activity-based course is designed to help you:

  • develop business skills and knowledge outside the classroom
  • build leadership and personal branding skills
  • and gain access to scholarship opportunities, networking events and support.

Activities progress in difficulty and complexity as you complete your plan of study. Participation begins in your first semester and continues until you graduate.

Examples of activities

The program features a wide variety of activities that are designed for participation by students at all course levels. Each activity offers an opportunity to earn between three and 60 passport points.

  • Exploring career fields
  • Assessing career readiness
  • Creating a LinkedIn account
  • Locating the Center for Career and Professional Development
  • Interviewing a professional
  • Determining personal/professional values
  • Requesting a résumé critique
  • Setting goals
  • Job shadowing
  • Connecting with professionals via LinkedIn
  • Meeting with a CCPD career coach

Scholarship opportunities

The Career Success Passport program provides opportunities to earn scholarships, when available. To earn a Career Success Passport scholarship, you must:

  • be pursuing a degree in the Rusche College of Business
  • be one of the designated top participants in your classification based on points you earn in a full semester
  • accumulate significantly more points than the course minimum
  • and be in good academic standing (minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA) at the time of the award disbursement.

For certain students, the earning of this scholarship may impact other your eligibility for other financial assistance. Speak with your financial aid advisor to discuss the risks of losing current and/or future aid.

Benefits and learning outcomes

Participating in Career Success Passport benefits you in many ways, including:

  • preparing you for your future career
  • offering you fun and interesting program events that help you build your résumé
  • creating one-on-one networking opportunities with prominent SFA alumni, business leaders, chief executive officers and distinguished guests
  • helping you develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • facilitating your personal and career development
  • increasing your business knowledge and skills
  • and providing you with an opportunity to receive scholarship money.
Program learning outcomes

The program learning outcomes align with the career readiness and professional development plans and strategies of various entities, including:

Registering for BUSI 1000

Before you can register for any classes, you must meet with your academic advisor and clear any holds on your account.

Visit the registration page in mySFA and follow the steps to register. You must register for BUSI 1000 each semester and access the class through Brightspace by D2L.

Note: On step two, you will perform a class schedule search. To view all BUSI 1000 sections:

  1. Select "Business" from the subject options.
  2. Enter "1000" in the course number field.
  3. Click "Class Search" to view results.
Arrows pointing to the Business option in the Subject list and the course number field with 1000 entered.

The BUSI 1000 sections are based on student classification. Locate the course section that matches your classification and note the section number (for example, BUSI 1000.501).

Arrow pointing to classification and a circle around the sections

If you need assistance, view the Office of the Registrar's How to Register and Waitlist tutorials or contact the career readiness program director using the information below.

Program Contact

Allison Thornton
Career Readiness Program Director
936.468.3089
cobpassport@sfasu.edu

BUSI 1000 Career Success Passport is one of the business common courses required for all business students. Graduating with a business degree from SFA includes successful completion of this course and associated "passport points."