School
Student Affairs
Division
Counseling
Department
Counseling
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
Counseling
Course Number
120
Course Title
Career Exploration
Credit Hours
1.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
16.00 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
16.00 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Catalog Course Description
Examines how to perform a career assessment, create a genogram,and research potential career opportunities.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
Goal Statement
Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:
Core Course Topics
- Career Assessment
- Analyze data from interest, values, and need assessments to identify overlapping areas.
- Create a personal career profile based on the assessments.
- A career versus a job
- Illustrate the difference between a career versus a job.
- Produce a genogram showing a student's family history as it pertains to career and/or job.
- Analyze the genogram, and identify career patterns that exist within a student's family structure.
- Exploring career options
- Research a variety of possible career options based upon the assessments.
- Select three (3) careers that appear most advantageous.
- Interview workers employed in the advantageous careers in order to identify compatiblity.
- Identify which career options, if any, are realistic possibilities, and what goal can be set accordingly.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of Academic Achievement
Assessment of student learning may include, but not be limited to, writing assignments, special research reports, career inventories, interviews and oral reports.
Approval Dates
Effective Term
Fall 2019
Review Semester
Fall 2019