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PSY 463 Career Guidance
Career Guidance
Full Course Title:
Karijerno usmjeravanje
Course Code:
Psy 463
Course Level/BiH cycle:
I cycle, IV year
ECTS credit value:
6 ECTS
Student work-load:
For the whole semester:
Lectures
Tutorial /
Practical training
35
15
Project
25
Individual
learning
TOTAL
75
150
Length:
fall 2013
Faculty/School/Department:
FASS, Psychology Program
Course leader:
Nina Bosankic
Contact details:
Office:
F.2.42
e-mail:
n.bosankic@gmail.com
Office hours:
Thursday 9-12
Phone:
033/957 306
Site:
F2.3
(Main building)
Host Study Program:
Psychology
Course status:
Elective course
Pre-requisites:
PSY 303
Access restrictions:
I cycle students only
Assessment:
quiz I and II, midterm exam, final exam, assignments and presentation
Date validated:
August 2013
To enable students to:
Course aims:
 use key terms and theoretical concepts in both primary and secondary professional orientation
(career guidance and counselling)
 understand complexity of interaction between selection of career path/occupation with
psychological societal and environmental influences
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 understand and implement battery of tests for professional orientation (ability tests,
personality tests…)
 improve their interpretation, organization and presentation skills regarding presentation of
findings in a professional and understandable manner
 asses needs for future client’s additional training/education
On successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
 demonstrate the knowledge of key terms and theoretical concepts in both primary and
secondary professional orientation (career guidance and counselling)
 demonstrate the skills gained in administration of instruments and interpretation of findings in a
written form
Learning outcomes:
 demonstrate the skills in conducting interviews with persons with different background (gender,
age, abilities, education…)
 demonstrate the knowledge and implement it in practice, about contemporary research trends
regarding primary and secondary professional orientation (career guidance and counseling)
 look for alternatives particularly when clients expectations and interests do not match abilities
and/or education
Indicative syllabus content:
Career guidance is a process of enabling individual to choose the best career path/job, i.e.
matching their intellectual abilities, personality traits, and professional interests. It’s both a
process of counseling students about future selection of school/faculty i.e. future occupation, and
of assisting adults in changing career paths. Students will be taught to assist individual to choose
right occupation/job, the one that meets his/her qualifications, abilities and interests. Particular
attention will be given to assisting primary and high school students in making right decision
regarding selection of the future school, and to understanding of individual differences in
guidance approach, and moral and ethical responsibility of psychologists in writing
recommendation/report, in particular when it refers to children and disabled persons changing
career path due to disability.
Teaching occurs via lectures, seminars and tutorials, individual and team- work in-class activities
Learning delivery:
Assessment Rationale:
Assessment Weighting:
In order to provide solid undergraduate foundation in Psychology program and to
enable students to develop a critical and evaluative understanding of Career Guidance,
students are expected to demonstrate commitment and diligence at any time whichever
module they take, therefore appropriate assessment methods to help students stay
focused and active, and fully benefit from the course include quiz i and II, midterm
exam, final exam, assignments and presentation
Presentation
Mid-term Exam
Quiz I and II
Final exam
Assignments
20%
20%
10 + 10%
30%
10%
Essential Reading:
Sharf, R. S. (2006). Applying career development theory to counseling (4th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA:
Brooks Cole. (ca 200)
Recommended readings:
Fouad, J. A. Carter, & L. M. Subich (Eds.), (2013) APA handbook of counseling psychology.
Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Intranet web reference:
N/A
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Important notes:
Quality assurance:
Absence from lectures and tutorials shall not exceed 30%. Students who exceed the limits
without a medical or emergency excuse acceptable to and approved by the Dean of the relevant
faculty shall not be allowed to take the final examination and shall receive a mark of zero for the
course. If the excuse is not approved by the Dean, the student shall be considered to have
withdrawn from the course.
Student surveys, discussion on course, student appeals, e-mails, direct (formal) feedback at the
end of the semester by students, assistants and other colleagues
Course schedule:
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Week
1
2
3
4
Lesson
/ Date
Topics to be covered
7.10.
Introductory lecture
17.10
Class activities
Lab
Problems/
Readings
activities Assignments
(Homework)
/
EID
/
21.10
Introduction to Career guidance:
PP presentations, discussions, review of articles
Objectives, Target groups and Scope
Theory, Practice of Psychological
Assessment
/
28.10
Theories of carrier guidance
/
PP presentations, discussions, review of articles
Chapter 1
Assignment 1
Chapter 2
(draw a life
rainbow,
Holland’s
interests
inventory)
5
6
7
Learning objectives
(After this lesson
student will be able to:)
Describe chronology of career
counseling
and
guidance
movement and beginning of
the counseling profession.
Demonstrate knowledge of
theories
and
understand
priorities in career counselling
today
Quiz/
4.11.
11.11.
Career counseling models
PP presentations, discussions, review of articles,
assignments presentations
/
/
Chapter 3
18.11
Career Guidance and Labour Market PP presentations, discussions, review of articles
/
Assignment 2
Materials to
be provided
to students
and Chapter
5
o
o
o
Developing resumes
Writing cover letters
Seeking job vacancies
(writing
functional and
Describe relevant issues and
concepts emerging from model
development
Identify rationale for, and use
in practise techniques and
tools available for counselors in
the counseling process
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o
8
9
Successful interviewing
chronological
CV)
Midterm
26.11
2.12
Self-assessment
PP presentations, discussions, review of articles,
assignments presentations
/
Assignment 3
Chapter 7
(projective
techniques)
10
11
12
13
14
9.12
Ethical Issues in Career Guidance:
Informed Consent, Client Welfare,
Confidentiality, Release of
Information to competent
professionals, Debriefing.
PP presentations, discussions, review of articles,
assignments presentations
/
/
Chapter 9
16.12
Educational Issues and Professional
Practice in Career Guidance for
children and youth (elementary
school, high school and higher
education)
PP presentations, discussions, review of articles
/
/
Chapter15
and 16
Explore
and use selfassessment as an alternative in
career counseling
Identify and apply ethical
competency
issues
and
boundaries of confidentiality
Explain role of elementary and
high school counselling and use
resources available accordingly
Quiz II
23.12
30.12
Visit to Federal employment bureau /
center for carrier guidance or FEB
guest lecturer
/
/
/
6.1.
Professional Issues and Practice in
Career Guidance for adults
(organizational placement)
/
Presentations
(new career
counselling
Chapter 19
PP presentations, discussions, review of articles
Demonstrate knowledge role
of elementary and high school
counselling
Describe the growing need for
programs and strategies to
assist adults in transition and
differences in counselling
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clients who choose to change
carriers and with clients who
are forced to make career
transitions, and use resource
available accordingly.
model)
15
13.1.
Wrap up
/
/
Presentations
(new career
counselling
model)
/
/
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