PSYCH 70
Exploring Career Options as a Mental Health Practitioner
This course is designed for domestic and international undergraduate students who are interested in exploring various careers in mental health practice under the U.S. context. The course will utilize lectures, small group discussions, career assessment tools, online research, panel discussions, informational interviews and readings to help students formulate a future career plan. Students will have opportunities to communicate and network with clinical practitioners, attend professional workshops and events, explore potential graduate school applications and begin to seek educational and internship opportunities.
Topics
- Identify and discuss social-cultural factors that influence career decision making. Review career assessment tools and results to increase students’ self-awareness. Describe various mental health practice career options and job functions. Introduce resources and strategies for career research in becoming a mental health practitioner.
- Students will be able to examine their interests, skills, values and personality preferences related to the world of clinical practice in psychology through career assessment instruments. Students will be able to conduct research and gather information about career options, graduate schools and internship opportunities in practicing psychology, as well as learn about best practices for building job/internship search skills. Students will be able to clarify cultural and family values which often affect career decision making. Students will be able to create an action plan including steps that they can take to move forward in their career development and planning.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027