SEMINAR: RESEARCH IN VOCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Counseling Psychology or Counseling Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate awareness of yourself and others within the context of career development Audience: Graduate 2. Demonstrate foundational knowledge of theory and constructs that assist us in understanding the development, role, and meaning of work (and lack thereof) in people’s lives across the lifespan Audience: Graduate 3. Develop knowledge of career and life constructs that relate to mental health and to psychologists’ work with clients in psychotherapy Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate skill in recognizing, understanding, and articulating cultural and contextual factors that shape career development and impact our understanding of the role of work (and lack thereof) in individuals’ lives Audience: Graduate 5. Develop knowledge of the structure of occupations, individual and societal issues in career development, the role of work in society, and the role of vocational psychology in health service psychology Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate an ability to identify systemic factors that act as barriers and supports to vocational development Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate application and integration of class content to public discourse Audience: Graduate 8. Recognize key characteristics that are relevant to the future of work Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate awareness of yourself and others within the context of career development Audience: Graduate 2. Demonstrate foundational knowledge of theory and constructs that assist us in understanding the development, role, and meaning of work (and lack thereof) in people’s lives across the lifespan Audience: Graduate 3. Develop knowledge of career and life constructs that relate to mental health and to psychologists’ work with clients in psychotherapy Audience: Graduate 4. Demonstrate skill in recognizing, understanding, and articulating cultural and contextual factors that shape career development and impact our understanding of the role of work (and lack thereof) in individuals’ lives Audience: Graduate 5. Develop knowledge of the structure of occupations, individual and societal issues in career development, the role of work in society, and the role of vocational psychology in health service psychology Audience: Graduate 6. Demonstrate an ability to identify systemic factors that act as barriers and supports to vocational development Audience: Graduate 7. Demonstrate application and integration of class content to public discourse Audience: Graduate 8. Recognize key characteristics that are relevant to the future of work Audience: Graduate