Course Description

Career Development Counseling is designed to meet state licensure and examination requirements as it provides coverage of the lifelong processes and influences that lead to work values, occupational choice, creation of a career pattern, decision-making style, integration of rules, self- and career-identity and patterns of work adjustment. Special attention will be given to the process of career development and career identity formation throughout the lifespan, the use of assessments in career counseling, and an overview of prominent career development theories will be pursued. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, the student shall be able to: 1. List the primary components of career development theories and career counseling models. 2. Examine the implications of career development theories and counseling models for specific populations as they are applied to the counseling setting. 3. Identify common assessment instruments utilized in career counseling. 4. Articulate a refined understanding of the impact of psychosocial and spiritual factors influencing career choices. 5. Describe the changing nature of the employment environment and the need for integrating work and family roles