Overview
The focus of GCAP 646 is on career counselling processes and resources for facilitating career-life transitions. An emphasis is placed on applying foundations of career development to counselling practice. Students gain knowledge about common issues associated with career-life transitions with selected populations. Models of career counselling and transition are reviewed as the basis for developing knowledge and skills required in program interventions for individuals and groups. Students also acquire knowledge about various types of career development resources and gain critical skills for selecting and using resources to facilitate career-life transitions.
Outline
The course is divided into 13 weekly lessons, structured as follows.
- Lesson 1: Introduction to Career Counselling
- Lesson 2: Introduction to Career Transitions
- Lesson 3: Working Alliance
- Lesson 4: Exploring Emotions
- Lesson 5: Standardized Assessment
- Lesson 6: Qualitative Assessment
- Lesson 7: Developing Plans of Action and Implementation
- Lesson 8: Selecting Career Resources
- Lesson 9: Career Development Resources on the Internet
- Lesson 10: Program Planning for Clients in Transition
- Lesson 11: Career Counselling For Cross-Cultural Transitions
- Lesson 12: Internet Counselling and Social Networking
- Lesson 13: Ending Career Counselling and Programs
Evaluation
To receive credit for GCAP 646, students must submit all of the course assignments. The passing grade for the course is B- (70%). The assessment structure for GCAP 646: Processes and Resources for Facilitating Career-Life Transitions is based on the following course activities, with the percentage weighting of each activity as indicated. Your final grade for the course will be a composite mark based on your performance in these course activities.
| Activity | Weight |
| Participation in Online Discussions (Grouped Study) or Reflective Journal (Independent Study) | 20% |
| Assignment 1: Transition Issues and Career Planning | 30% |
| Assignment 2: Critique of Career Counselling Resources | 20% |
| Assignment 3: Workshop Plan | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
Materials
Physical course materials
The following course materials are included in a course package that will be shipped to your home prior to your course’s start date:
Gysbers, N., Heppner, M., & Johnston, J. (2009). Career counseling: Contexts, processes, and techniques. Alexandria, VA: American Counseling Association.
Osborn, D., Dikel, M., Sampson, J., & Harris-Bowlsbey, J. (2011). The Internet: A tool for career planning (3rd. ed.). Broken Arrow, OK: National Career Development Association.
Note: Students will be provided with links to the etexts from within their course materials.
Other Materials
All other materials are available to students online