Career development theory and research, including a comprehensive review of the principles and techniques of career counseling. Special consideration will be given to the seminal research, development theorists, typological theorists, and social learning theorists.
Athena Title
Career Develop and Research
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ECHD 9050E
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered summer semester every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will improve understanding of basic theoretical constructs and terms of important career development theories.
Students will build greater commitment to career counseling and to other career interventions.
Students will understand developmental and learning bases of career behavior.
Students will develop complex skills of facilitating individual and group career development.
Students will know etiology of proven career appraisal instruments and demonstrate an ability to select appropriate instrumentation and conduct interpretations.
Students will demonstrate skill in conducting career assessment interviews with a wide range of clients across ages and stages.
Students will develop a knowledge base of new theories and innovative application strategies and techniques for implementing appropriate career interventions with persons of color and diversity.
Students will construct a comprehensive career intervention plan for a special client.
Topical Outline
1. History and development of vocational psychology
2. The nature of career development: myths, misconceptions, and mistakes
3. Overview of the career intervention process
4. Theories, principles, issues, and intervention techniques
5. Traditional theories and approaches: Roe, Super, Krumboltz, Holland, Adler, Levinson
6. Special focus on women’s career development
7. Multicultural dimensions and applications of career development
8. Assessment instruments, strategies, and techniques
