GPC300 CAREER COUNSELING
| Course Code: | 3780300 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Guidance and Psychological Counseling |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. OYA YERİN GÜNERİ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Students completing this course are expected to:
- Know general history of career counseling
- Know basic concepts in career counseling
- Evaluates major theories of career development
- Recognize career counseling processes and techniques
- Know career intervention strategies
- Distinguish career counseling services for a different school levels
- Apply career planning strategies and steps
- Recognize assessment tools that are relevant to career planning and decision making
- Apply career program development planning, organization, implementation, and evaluation
- Analyze how ethical issues that impact the work of career counselors
Course Content
Survey and critical analysis of theory and research on career choice and adjustment. Definition and correlates of career preferences, choices, motivation, success and satisfaction. Developmental trends in career decision making and career patterns.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students completing this course are expected to:
- Explain the important events in the history of career counseling
- Describe basic terms and concepts related to career counseling
- Compare and be able to offer critique of major career counseling theories
- Know and apply career counseling processes and techniques
- Know how to develop career intervention strategies, using major career counseling theories of career counseling services for a different school levels
- Apply skills and strategies to make educational and occupational decisions and plans, placement, follow-up, and evaluation
- Know career assessment tools and information that are relevant to career planning and decision making
- Apply skills in career program development planning, organization, implementation, and evaluation
- Understand ethical issues that impact the work of career counselors
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Have updated knowledge regarding basic theories and approaches of psychological counseling and guidance | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Know the necessary theories, and own the knowledge and skills to conduct individual, group and career counseling | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Effectively serve for the students' educational, social/individual and vocational guidance needs as a school counselor in the educational system | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Are sensitive about the cultural differences in counseling practices | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Follow national and international publications and developments in the field of psychological counseling and guidance | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Follow and use the technological innovations which the field of psychological counseling and guidance requires | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Know the main curriculum development approaches and procedures, and develop proposals about practices in different fields | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Choose and practice the measurement and evaluation tools in the field by evaluating their validity and reliability; and report the results by truly interpreting with an ethical sense and responsibility | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Have the knowledge and implication skills about main research methods | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Effectively use the statistical programs in the field, accurately use, interpret and report the statistical procedures | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Practice activities such as giving seminars and trainings related to their field | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Adhere to and practice the ethical values and principles in their social lives and professional activities (research, practice) | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Have effective communication skills in English and Turkish (listening, speaking, writing and reading) and effectively communicate with experts in the field, institutions, organizations and colleagues by using these skills | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Produce practical solutions to the social problems by considering conditions and cultural differences | ✔ | |||
| 15 | Adopt an advocate role in professional topics | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution