Faculty Contact Information:
Education Center DIST_ED_EUROPE_GRAD
Faculty Member Dr. Asia Gorg
Consultation:
By e-mail or phone.
Secondary email: Goerga@aol.com
Phone from the US: 011-49-176-22 00 21 67
Phone from Europe: 49-176-22002167
Phone from Germany: 0176-22002167 | |
Consultation:
| Available by email beginning day one of class. | |
Required Texts and Readings:
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Niles, S.G., and Harris-Bowlsbey, J. (@004). Career Development Interventions in the 21st Century. (2nd ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. | |
Supplementary Readings:
Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling by Richard Sharf.
All graduate students should be prepared to utilize at http://www.umuc/library/. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students’ research and writing skills.
Betz, N. (1992). Counseling uses of career self-efficacy theory. The Career Development Quarterly, 41, 22-26.
Meir, E., Rubin, A., Temple, R. & Osipow, S. (1997). Examination of interest inventories based on Roe’s clarification. The Career Development Quarterly, 46, 48-59. | |
Recommended Journals:
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Course Description:
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This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of career development as it impacts on individuals throughout the life span. A basic assumption of the course is that understanding the adjustment of individuals is highly dependent upon understanding the choices they have made throughout their lives. Emphasis is placed on career and vocational choice theories, counseling delivery systems, career information, and social and psychological factors in career decision-making. Formal and informal occupational classification systems are covered. A great deal of emphasis is placed on practical applications of career theory to individual counseling, group guidance, job search and placement, and career adjustment. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: GUCO 508 or EDCP 611. | |
Course Goals:
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The course focuses on theory and the development of skills needed to offer career counseling. The class examines the developmental and longitudinal changes people experience in a life span. Information is provided on service delivery models, application of counseling skills, and discussion of key professional issues. The course provides opportunities for students to administer, score, and interpret select career assessment instruments. | |
Course Objectives:
- Understand, compare, and contrast the different theories of career development through their own life and through the journey of others.
- Understand and apply the process of assessment to their own career development.
- Understand cultural and cross-cultural issues related to career development and career counseling.
- Identify resource information systems for career guidance and counseling which will include on-line computer resources.
- Develop appropriate entry-level skills and strategies to assist individuals in educational, occupational, and career decision making.
- Develop appropriate entry-level competencies in acquiring, evaluating, and programming for the dissemination of career information.
- Understand the role of current research that refines, and updates theories of career development.
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Grading Information:
| Student’s performance will be graded upon a percentage of a total of possible 100%. In general, it will be necessary to obtain a minimum of 90% of the course points to achieve an A, at least 80% of the points for B, at least 70% of total possible points for a C, and anything below 70% is an F. | |
Course Requirements:
1.Reaction Papers for every three weeks:.....................30%
2. Student Participation for every three weeks:..............20%
3.Reasearch Paper and Group Work:............................20%
4.A Self-reflected of paper of your career self-assessment:..30% | |
Description of Course Requirements:
REACTION PAPER: Each student is responsible to write a self-reaction paper of each assigned chapter every three weeks. For example students should write a reaction paper describing their understanding, comparing and contrast of the different theories of career development. This will count 30% of your grade. This reaction paper should be 3 to 5 pages in length single spaced, expressing your likes and dislikes about the reading chapters assigned every three weeks. Part of this paper can be also a short summery of what you read – may be 20% to 50%.
STUDENT PARTICIPATION: Each student will be responsible to write at least two students every three weeks about what they think of their comments used in their reaction papers. Students are allowed to express encouraging thoughts, critical comments and feedback about their work. This student participation will count 20% of your grade. Each comment written to each student should be approximately one to two paragraphs in length single-spaced.
RESEARCH PAPER AND GROUP WORK: A group of students will be assigned -- by the instructor -- to work together on a research paper about a chosen topic on cross-cultural issues related to career development and career counseling. Each group of students will chose a career article review as it relates to any cross-cultural issue related to career counseling and development. This research paper and group work will account for 20% of your grade. This research paper and group work should be at least 5 to 7 pages in length single-spaced.
A SELF-REFLECTED PAPER OF YOUR CAREER SELF-STUDY PROJECT:
This self-reflected paper should be 5 to 7 pages in length single-spaced describing:
1. Your own understanding and application process of assessment to your own career development. For example you can describe the key concepts from each theory. In addition you can discuss the extent to which they explain some of your experiences. This gives you a deeper understanding of your career development. You may include any limitations that you notice when applying a particular theory.
2. Then use various career assessments instruments to generate your personal data to add to the pool of information.
3. Then you can include your personal reaction to the instruments you used and discuss your willingness to use them with your clients.
4. Then summarize your self-study at it applies to your personal career.
This career self-study project will be counted 30% of your grades. | |
Course Schedule:
Week 1 to week 3
August 29 Mo to September 16 Fr, 2005
Chapters 1 to 3 of the book:
Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling by Richard Sharf.
Reaction paper is due on September 16 Fr, 2005
Student Participation is due on September 20 Tue, 2005
Week 4 to week 6
September 17 Fr to October 7 Fr, 2005
Chapters 4 to7 of the book:
Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling by Richard Sharf.
Reaction paper is due on October 7 Fr, 2005
Student Participation is due date is on October 11 Tue, 2005
Week 7 to week 9
October 7 Fr to October 28 Fr, 2005
Chapter 8 to chapter 10 of the book:
Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling by Richard Sharf.
Reaction paper of chapter 8 to chapter 10 is due October 28 Fr, 2005
Student participation is due on November 1 Tue, 2005
Week 10 to week 12
October 28 Fr to November 18 Fr 2005
Chapter 11 to chapter 13 of the book:
Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling by Richard Sharf.
Reaction paper of chapter 11 to chapter 13 is due on November 18 Fr 2005.
Student participation is due on November 22 Tue 2005
Week 13 to week 15
November 18 Fr to December 9 2005
Chapter 15 of the book:
Applying Career Development Theory to Counseling by Richard Sharf.
Reaction paper of chapter 15 is due on December 9 Fr 2005.
Student participation is due on December 13 Tue 2005.
Research paper and group work is due on December 13, 2005
A Self-Reflected paper of your career self-study project is due on December 13, 2005 | |
Academic Policies:
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Note: Any written assignment in this course may be submitted to TurnItIn.Com. This statement constitutes prior notice.
The official university policy on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty can be found at http://www.umuc.edu/policy/aa15025.shtml. Section I.C. states: "Faculty may determine if the resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC), partially or in its entirety, is acceptable when assigning a grade on that piece of course work. Faculty must provide this information in their written syllabi. If the resubmission of course work is deemed to be unacceptable, a charge may not be brought under this Policy and will be handled as indicated in the written syllabi."
Please refer to Description of Course Requirements for specific information on how resubmissions will be treated in this course and to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
Nondiscrimination
Students with Disabilities
Hard copies of the catalog are available at your local Education Center. | |
Faculty Bio:
| Dr. Asia Gorg is a licensed Mental Health Counselor is the State of Florida. She is a National Board Certified Counselor and is a Certified Guidance Counselor in the State of Florida. Dr. Gorg has practice as a School Counselor for over 12 years. She has worked as a School Counselor and as a Psychotherapist in private practice, churches, and mental health institutions in Miami, Florida for over 12 years. She has worked as a school guidance counselor in the elementary, secondary, and vocational schools dealing with a variety of multicultural issues. She has been able to work as a psychotherapist and provided many psycho-educational workshops through exploring and serving the multicultural population in Miami in the field of cross-cultural counseling and psychology. As a psychotherapist in Miami, she has dealt with clients that experience many issues of multicultural concerns. Her Doctoral Degree is in the area of Multicultural Counseling. Dr. Gorg has worked over 5 years as a Guidance counselor for a vocational technical center. She has experience in guiding students to achieve their educational and career goals. Her special interests are in issues of Vocational Counseling, Multiculturalism and Diversity, Multicultural Issues in Education and Career Development, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Abuse Victims, Psychopharmacology, Bibliotherapy, Health and Wellness Psychology. She is presently teaching for the Graduate Program at UMUC Europe and currently living in Germany. | |