PSY 6706 - Career Development Theories and Techniques

(3 units)

This course will a) Offer key theories of career development, focusing on career decision-making; b) Review selected career assessments that assist with career decision-making; c) Explore how career experiences begin early in life well before a young person may be actually consciously “prepare for a career” per se; d) Discuss theories in context to i) life roles (e.g., work, family, community service) and ii) multicultural and international identities and ways of life; e) Identify tactical and strategic techniques to problem-solving in career counseling; f) Engage in continuous career counseling role plays with a class partner in order apply the theories and techniques; and g) Incorporate the social justice advocacy competencies in career counseling.