COUC 522 - Career Development and Counseling

COUC 522 Discussion Board Forums (3)

Discussion boards are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the forums are designed to develop the student’s critical thinking skills and to stimulate class discussion on relevant topics related to career counseling. As such, the student will be graded on his/her ability to analyze course material and communicate it in a succinct and cogent manner. For each Discussion Board Forum, the student will submit 1 thread of 200–250 words and at least 1 reply of 200–250 words to a classmate’s thread. Each thread must include at least 1 citation in current APA format.

COUC 522 LU Online Career Services Visit & Résumé Critique Assignment

Students visit the online Liberty University Career Services center at

https://www.liberty.edu/academics/general/career/index.cfm?PID=153

One function of the online visit is for students to familiarize with general information provided by Career Services centers. The primary focus of the visit is for students to build a résumé using the components found in the Résumé and Cover Letter link provided by Career Services. Students will submit their completed résumé to Career Services for a résumé critique. School Counseling students include the finished résumé in their portfolio assignment during both of the internship semesters

COUC 522 Spiritual Discernment in Counseling Paper (ASSESSMENT BENCHMARK)

The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize the student with the various views of vocational decision making and the will of God that are advocated in Christian circles today. The student will read a provided article, write an 8–10-page paper in current APA format responding to the article, and incorporate at least 3 scholarly resources in addition to the provided article. This assignment will be submitted via Blackboard and LiveText/Tevera.

COUC 522 Career Inventory (2)

The student will complete 2 Career Inventories. The results will be used in the career development portion of the Who Am I Paper and the Career Exploration Paper.

COUC 522 Who Am I Paper (ASSESSMENT BENCHMARK)

The purpose of this assignment is to summarize career assessment results and interpret them as part of the career counseling and planning cycle. The student will complete 2 self-assessments for this assignment and then write a 4–6-page response in current APA format.

COUC 522 Career Scavenger Hunt

The student will have the opportunity to explore counseling resources in this assignment. The student will respond to a set of questions based on his/her research of each resource.

COUC 522 Career Exploration Paper (ASSESSMENT BENCHMARK)

The purpose of this assignment is to help the student develop a better understanding of the complexities of the career counseling and planning process and to complete his/her individual career counseling and planning cycle. Additionally, the student will apply a counseling theory to his/her own career development and decision-making process. The student will write a 4–6-page paper in current APA format, incorporating at least 2 scholarly references in addition to the provided O*Net web resource.

COUC 522 Quizzes (8)

The student will complete the assigned quiz after reading the Reading & Study materials in each module/week. Each quiz is open-book/open-notes, contains 10 multiple-choice questions, has a time limit of 20 minutes, and is similar to the content found on state licensure examinations.