Global Professional Skills Program (GPS)

The Global Professional Skills (GPS) Career Development Program helps students develop career readiness to facilitate success in their professional lives and to foster lifelong career management.

This program is open to all undergraduate students and provides you with the opportunity to sharpen critically important career readiness college to benefit you both during and after your time at AUP.

Through a series of modules, GPS provides a framework to explore opportunities, build confidence in your competencies and advance your career and professional development.

Each activity is aligned with the Career Readiness Competencies from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) which are used by many top universities to guide students in career development.

Key Program Elements

  • 6 GPS Career Core – each workshop offered 3 times per semester
  • GPS Career Practical – Working with Others – students complete individually
  • GPS Career Electives – most workshops offered 2 times per semester
  • GPS Pitch Competition with the Danielle Savage Prize and Awarding of Certificates
  • CCX Credit for those who complete the GPS Career Development Program