COURSE SYLLABUS

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The overall purpose of this course is to enable students to attain basic knowledge, skills and competence necessary in individual career counseling and in planning programs for educational and career counseling. To accomplish this goal, this course will provide an opportunity for students to examine the meaning of work in contemporary society, to explore the new and changing job demands and to assess how people make career choices which are suitable to the person and are viable in society. The course will focus on counseling theories and strategies in promoting career planning and decision making. Students will be provided as much opportunity as the classroom experience will allow to build and experience counseling procedures for specific objectives. Students will be allowed considerable leeway in developing career counseling objectives and implementing appropriate intervention strategies to accomplish established career counseling theories.

Expectations and Evaluation:

• Write a career development paper (30%). Guidelines for the paper are in the class handbook.
• Write a resume for a counseling position (10%)
• Two group presentations: 1. Present a video clip to analyze a case with career counseling theories(25%);
  2. Developa career education/counseling program (25%)
• Participation in class activities and discussion is essential for meeting the stated purposes for this course (10%).

Textbooks & Tests:

1. Sharf R. S. (2000).Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling, 3ed edition. CA: Pacific Grove, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.
2. Self-Directed Search (SDS)
3. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
4. Strong Interest Inventory
5. Class Handbook (available at Associate Student Printing Shop).

Tentative Schedule:

Session 1 Course overview
Aug. 26

Session 2 Labor Day (no class)
Sept. 2

Session 3 Working in contemporary society and career planning
Sept. 9 Readings: Textbook Ch. 1,2, 15 Complete all your career inventories

Session 4 Trait factor theory
Sept.16 Readings: Textbook Ch. 3, 4, 5

Session 5 Holland's theory
Sept. 23 Readings: Textbook Ch. 6,7,8,9,10

Session 6 Supper's developmental theory
Sept 30 Readings: Textbook Ch. 11,12,13

Session 7 Adlerian theory and assessment in career counseling
Oct. 7 Bring all your test results

Session 8 Group presentation I
Oct. 14

Session 9 Decision making, career information on internet
Oct. 21 Readings: Textbook Ch. 14, 16

Session 10 Job skills and resume writing
Oct. 28 Career Development Paper due

Session 11 K-12 career counseling
Nov. 4

Session 12 Online career information
Nov. 11 Resume due

Session 13 Career counseling in organizations
Nov. 18 Readings: Textbook Ch. 5

Session 14 Group meeting
Nov. 25

Session 15 Group presentation II
Dec. 2

Session 16 Group presentation II
Dec. 9