Summer 2020
FT546
Goodman
FT546: LIFE DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER COUNSELING. Goodman.
DESCRIPTION:
This course examines theoretical approaches
and the practical application of career counseling recognizing the pivotal
importance of career life to clinical practice with adults and their families. This
course explores the unique issues of career direction and personal development
common across the life span with a particular focus on adult development.
Special attention is given to exploring the role of vocational narratives in
adulthood and the role of spirituality in shaping an understanding or career
purpose and vocation.
cOURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
(1) Students will understand and apply major theories of life development
and their application to career counseling. (2) Students will understand the
influence of culture and context on career development and decision-making
processes. (3) Students will analyze examples of career decision-making,
planning, and vocational narrative. (4) Students will conduct a brief
literature review of a specific multicultural population and their unique
career issues and needs. (5) Students will improve strategies for advocating
for diverse clients’ career and educational development and employment
opportunities in a global economy. (6) Students will understand and utilize
culturally appropriate formal and informal career assessments.
RELATIONSHIP TO SCHOOL AND SEMINARY
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
This course is
designed to address several School of Psychology learning outcomes. These
include (1) Graduates will demonstrate the ability to provide excellent preventative
and or transformational mental health services to the church and the wider
community. (2) Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of the concepts and
attitudes necessary to serve effectively in diverse communities locally and
globally. (3) Graduates will be prepared to serve underserved populations and
to integrate in their practice and personal lives the disciplines of compassion
and charity. (4) Graduates will demonstrate the ability to identify critical
issues of diversity and make appropriate responses.
As such the course is
designed to address the following seminary learning outcomes: (1) Prepare
students to demonstrate an understanding of Christian theology, ministry, and
spirituality. (2) To further student awareness of ecclesial, societal, and
global issues from Christian theological perspectives; and to pursue careers
consistent with their education.
COURSE
FORMAT:
This course is offered in an online format. Weekly
assignments are scheduled over the full summer term. Final submission of all
written assignments is due September 4 at 5:00 pm.
REQUIRED
READING:
Cunningham, D.
(2019). Hearing vocation differently: Meaning, purpose, and identity in the multi-faith
academy. Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-0190888671
Dweck, C. S. (2006).
Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN:
0345472322.
Payne, K. (2017). The
broken ladder: How inequality affects the way we think, live, and die. New
York: Penguin Press. ISBN-13: 9780143128908
Swanson, J. L., &
Fouad, N. (2015). Career theory and practice: Learning through case studies
(3rd ed.). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9781452256696
Additional readings
are available on the Canvas site.
SUPPLEMENTAL
READING:
Arnett, J. J. (2014).
Emerging adulthood: The winding road from
late teens through the twenties (2nd Ed.). New York: Oxford University
Press. ISBN-13: 978-0199929382, ISBN-10: 0199929386.
Cain, S. (2013). Quiet: The power of introverts in a world
that can’t stop talking. New York: Broadway Books. ISBN-10: 0307352153,
ISBN-13: 978-0307352156.
Pei, A. (2018). The minority experience: Navigating
emotional and organizational realities. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity
Press.
Simmons, R. (2018). Enough as she is. New York:
HarperCollins Publishers.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Forum Responses (22%), Journal Responses (17%),
Case Studies/Interviews (8%), Quizzes (14%), Synthesis Paper (17%), Annotated
Bibliography and Summary (22%).
PREREQUISITES:
Enrollment in MSMFT degree program.
RELATIONSHIP
TO CURRICULUM:
Core requirement for LPCC; elective otherwise.
FINAL
EXAM:
None.