About this project

What is this?

We line up what every EWU math (and adjacent) course teaches against what real regional occupations actually do, then check that against labor projections so a student can see which careers their preparation lines up with — and which they'd need to add a project, internship, or elective to reach.

Where the data comes from

• EWU course learning outcomes from the official Course Inventory Management (CIM) system + the public EWU catalog. These are the statements faculty already write for each course (e.g. "Apply differential and integral calculus techniques...").
• Occupational task statements, skills, knowledge, and tools from the U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET 30.2.
• Washington-state pay and 10-year employment projections from the WA Employment Security Department plus BLS OEWS.
• Live regional job postings from CareerOneStop, refreshed nightly.

How the matching works

Every course learning outcome is compared against every O*NET task statement using sentence-embedding similarity — a measurement of how closely two pieces of text describe the same kind of work. Matches that clear a similarity threshold become candidate evidence that the course prepares a student for that task.

Faculty review each candidate match and either confirm it or veto it. Only confirmed matches count toward the program-level readiness totals.

Job postings get the same treatment: each posting's requirements and responsibilities are parsed, then matched against the same O*NET task graph. A student's coursework, projects, and declared work experience all feed the same "what tasks am I prepared for" set — the more you fill in your profile, the sharper the match.

What this site can — and can't — tell you

• It can show how the language of your coursework aligns with the language of real jobs. That's evidence of preparation, not a guarantee — but it's measurable.
• It can surface the actual current regional job market for occupations you might fit, with named employers and live postings rather than aggregate statistics.
• It can name specific tasks an occupation needs that your courses don't yet cover — a roadmap for applied projects, internships, or electives.
• It can't replace a faculty advisor. The numbers are an honest map; the conversation with a mentor is the compass.
• It can't predict the future. Labor projections are 10-year estimates from state and federal sources, not promises.

How to get started

1. Look at the home page's Mathematics BS Sankey to see which occupations the program prepares students for.
2. Click any occupation node to see the full break-down: pay, projected growth, what education incumbents have, the specific tasks the role requires, and which EWU courses cover each.
3. Visit /jobs to browse real regional postings, filtered to the occupations your declared coursework prepares you for.
4. Sign in (GitHub) and fill out /my-profile with your actual courses, projects, and work experience. The more you fill in, the more personally the matching speaks.