COUN 5283 - Career Development

3 Credit Hours
This seminar explores the basic tenets of career counseling as it applies to vocational, occupational, and career issues. The focus of the seminar is on the process of career counseling with various populations, using dynamic and didactic models. Special consideration is given to career education, career exploration, career choice, and career counseling. Testing instruments, including appropriate achievement tests, interest inventories, aptitude tests, personality tests, and valued tests, are reviewed. Expected student outcomes include the ability to develop and manage a career counseling program, the ability to identify available resources, and the ability to facilitate career development among diverse individuals throughout the lifespan.