School
Student Affairs
Division
Counseling
Department
Counseling
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Course Subject
Counseling
Course Number
129
Course Title
Personality Type and Success
Credit Hours
2.00
Instructor Contact Hours Per Semester
32.00 (for 15-week classes)
Student Contact Hours Per Semester
32.00 (for 15-week classes)
Grading Method
A-E
Catalog Course Description
Covers personality theory/personality type, how to utilize the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to develop a greater understanding and appreciation of self and others, and how to manage one’s personality and accept the personality of others as it relates to relationships, employment, education, communication, lifestyle, and decision-making.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
Core Course Topics
- What is one's personality?
- Explain how personality theory have evolved through history.
- Discuss specifically how Carl Jung viewed personality type.
- Measuring one's personality using MBTI.
- Experience the MBTI by completing the assessment.
- How to examine personalities according to type.
- Explain the four (4) temperament scales that are used in the MBTI.
- Clarify what each letter of one's personality type actually means.
- Analyze how all of the sixteen personalities mesh together, and the impact each has on relationships, work and school.*
- Understanding personality differences.
- Identify how each personality differs from one another.
- Identify one's opposite personality type and explain why it is the opposite.
- Explain the value of having different personality types.
- Analyze how differences in personality can actually improve classroom learning, relationships and the work atmosphere.*
- Understanding the role personality plays in one's relationships, employment, education, communication, lifestyle and decision making.
- Learn how to manage one's personality and accept the personality of others as it relates to: relationships, employment, education, communication, lifestyle and decision making.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of Academic Achievement
Assessment of student learning may include, but not be limited to, completing the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), role playing, writing assignments and oral reports.
Approval Dates
Effective Term
Fall 2019
Review Semester
Fall 2019