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CAREER LIFE PLANNING Guidance 1 - Fall 2008
Bill Wilson Office Hours: M/W 11:15am -12:45pmOffice: Cedar 11 T/TH 11:15am -12:15amPhone: 588-5228. Additional Hrs. By Appt.wilsonwh@yosemite.edu COURSE OVERVIEW This course is designed from the viewpoint that work has the potential of meeting more than economic needs. It can also meet personal and social needs such as social interaction, personal dignity and self-esteem, personal identity and physical and psychological health. Many individuals do not recognize these potentialities of work. The course assists each student to view work as having personal relevance, as being critical to his/her way of life, and as a vehicle for self-fulfillment. This course attempts to assist students in translating the aforementioned objectives into an organized and realistic approach to career-life planning. Students will develop knowledge and objectivity in theory, personality, values, interests, skills, decision-making, research, and leisure. Other areas relevant to the life-long process of career-life planning will be covered, the goal being mastery and integration of these into the planning process. hide gridlines REQUIRED READINGMyers, Isabel Briggs, Introduction to Type, Consulting Psychologists Press, 1980. (Library Reserve) Terkel, Studs, Working, Ballantine Books, 1974. RECOMMENDED READINGEhrenreich, Barbara, Nickel and Dimed, Henry Holt & Co., 2002. LECTURES & CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES Lecture/activity and text are intended to complement one another. If after your reading you have questions about the material, ask at the beginning of class, after class, or see me during my office hours. During lecture, questions and discussion are strongly encouraged. It is a mistake to go to class and expect to have knowledge shoveled into your brain. In this course, discussion, debate and interaction with other students and the instructor are critical for understanding. |
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS Attendance: You are
expected to be In Attendance and On time for all class sessions.
If you are absent you are responsible for anything you missed as well as the
on-time completion of assignments and activities.
Tests: There will be three (3) tests during the course. Generally tests are not cumulative. Each test will focus on a particular body of information covered since the previous test. However, from time to time there may be exceptions, so be prepared. Absent prior consultation and instructor
approval there are no make- up tests. (75 points = 37%) Quick Writes: Each student will be responsible for submitting six (6) quick writes. A quick write is a brief summarization of the significant issues from an assigned reading in Terkel. Each quick write will have a time limit of five minutes and will only be accepted on a 3 x 5 index card. There are no make-ups of quick writes (30 points = 15% of course grade) Group Research Assignment: Group Research/Presentation: To increase research skills, writing skills, and presentation skills, students will work in assigned groups to summarize and make a class power point presentation of research on a topic directly related to career life planning. (50 points = 25% of course grade) Please Note: While this is a group assignment, grades
are given on an individual basis. Each
student is independently evaluated and a grade is assigned based on the
quantity and quality of his/her work. Writing Assignment: Each student will submit a written analysis/evaluation of his/her current career life planning situation using course topics as a scaffold. (35 points 18% of course grade) Homework: (10 points = 5% of course grade)
GRADING STANDARD The final course grade is based on the total number of points accumulated from the course requirements listed in the next section. A 180 - 200 (90% - 100%) B 160 - 179 (80% - 89%) C 140 - 159 (70% - 79%) D 120 - 139 (60% - 69%) F 119 or below (59% or below) Extra-Credit: There are no extra-credit opportunities. |
TAPE RECORDERSRecording lecture/class discussion/oral presentations is not permitted. If you have special needs regarding this issue, please see me after class, or during my office hrs. WITHDRAWING
FROM THE COURSE: If necessary, it is the student's responsibility to officially withdraw from class. Failure to drop may result
in a grade of F. CLASS CANCELLATION: If class is cancelled you are still
responsible for that week’s reading and assignments. COURSE CALENDAR: The course calendar provides a brief outline of topics, tests and assignments and is not exhaustive. Additional information regarding in-class and out-of-class assignments, reading of handouts etc. will be provided in class. Dates are approximations and are subject to change, which will be announced in class. Reading assignments are organized so that reading will be completed prior to class lecture/discussion on a particular topic. Please complete the reading on time. It will assist in your understanding of the material and enable you to contribute during class discussions. Estimated preparation time for each class session is three hours. The
instructor reserves the right to revise this syllabus at any time during the
course. Changes will be announced in
class. Week 1: Course Introduction/NormsTheories of Career Choice Barriers to Career-Life Planning Select Research Topics _________________________________________________________________________ Week 2: Planning/Goal Setting Terkel (Introduction & pages xxxi-xxxviii, x1v-x1ix) Research Topics Due
Week 3: Interest Inventory Values Terkel (pages 3-7, 22-26, 29-31, 57-65) _________________________________________________________________________ Week 4: Research (online) Motivation Paradigms Terkel (pages, 66-72, 101-103, 386-389) _________________________________________________________________________ Week 5: Test #1 Change/Transition Risk-Taking Terkel (Pages 110-118, 129-143, 224-229) Week 6: Interpretation Interest Inventory Research Draft Due Terkel (pages 198-218, 483-488, 521-524) ________________________________________________________________________ Week 7 Occupational Research Unusual Occupations MBTITerkel (pages 206-218, 254-256, 527-531, 537-540) _________________________________________________________________________
Week 8: Unusual Occupations DueInterpretation MBTIRead Introduction to Type _________________________________________________________________________ Week 9 Research Presentations _________________________________________________________________________ Week 10: Research PresentationsTerkel (pages 244-247, 257-263, 293-306, 352-356, 437-446) Overview of Work _________________________________________________________________________ Week 11: Test #2 Free Time/Leisure Terkel (pages, 398-404, 414-424, 452-457) _________________________________________________________________________ Week 12: Skills/Aptitudes_________________________________________________________________________Week 13: Decision Making Terkel (pages 405-413, 471-480) Written Analysis Due _________________________________________________________________________ Week 14: Self-ConceptSelf-Efficacy Terkel (pages 481-483, 501-510, 540-543, 558-564)Week 15: Terkel (pages 250-252, 516-520, 545-548)
Week 16: Test
#3 (Check final exam schedule for
date and time) |
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