Course Title: College and Career Counseling Credit Units: 3 L T P/ SW/ No of TOTAL

S FW PSDA CREDIT
Course Level : PG Course Code: PSYC774 UNITS
2 0 0 2 3 3

Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to study the concept, principles of career and college counseling .It is designed to offer a proficiency based
syllabi in the field of career counseling which will help the students gain expertise in this field and apply it in practice.

Pre-requisites: A basic understanding of counseling psychology.

Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
Module I : Overview to College and Career Counselling 20%
Descriptors/Topics

 Role of Guidance in career counselling

 Responsibilities of a college & career counsellor

 Ethics and principles of career counselling

Module II : Strategies & Approaches in Career Counselling 20%
Descriptors/Topics

 Computer assisted career guidance

 Solution focussed approach to career counselling

 Vocational Guidance in current scenario

Module III : Assessment in Career Counselling 20%
  Psychometrics & Career counselling

 Myer’s Brigs Type Indicator

 Comprehensive Interest Schedule

 David’s battery Of Diffrential Ability

 Holland code career test

 Vocational Attitude Maturity Scale By Manju Mehta

 Career Maturity Inventory By Nirmala Gupta

Module IV : Issues & Challenges in Career Counselling 20%

 Person fit approaches

 Emerging Theories of Career Development

 Adjustment & Transition in youth

20%
Module V : Cultural Barriers in College Counselling

 Cross Cultural Diversity (Effective functioning )

 Financial problems

 Health & Safety

 Social isolation

 Stereotyping and discrimination

Course Learning Outcomes:

 The course will help to cultivate skills to identify the needs of career counselling
  The course will help to recognize and comprehend the concepts , principles & college counselling .

 The course will help to being well equipped to provide vocational guidance.

Pedagogy for Course Delivery:

 Students will be trained fully for career counseling through various methods . They would also be exposed to issues and challenges of college
counseling.
 Remote Learning

List of Professional Skill Development Activities (PSDA):

 Case-Analysis
 Role Play
 Project

Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

Theory L/T (%) Lab/Practical/Studio (%) End Term Examination

30% NA 70%

Theory Assessment (L&T):

Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment End Term
Examination
Components (Drop
down)

Weightage (%) Presentation

project Home assignment Attendance
Linkage of PSDA with PSDA 3
Internal Assessment
Component, if any PSDA 1, 2

5%
10% 10% 5% 70%

Lab/ Practical/ Studio Assessment: NA

Text & References:
 Career Counselling : Robert Nathan
 Understanding Career Counselling : Theory Research & Practice By Jenifer M Kidd
 Career Counselling b: Sushil Kumar Srivastava
 Career Guidance and Counselling : Principles and techniques : Shashi Prabha Sharma.

Mapping Continuous Evaluationcomponents/PSDA with CLOs

Bloom’s Level > Remembering Understanding Applying Analysing Evaluating Creating

Course CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 CLO4 CLO5 CLO 6
Learning
Outcomes

Assessment
type/PSDA
Case-analysis  √  √ √
Role √  √ √ 
play
Project  √ √ √ √ 