May 14, 2024  
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CPSY 8010 - Vocational Psychology

Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite: Admission to the Counseling Psychology PsyD program
Description: This course is an advanced, doctoral level seminar on vocational psychology and career counseling. This course will consist of a critical review of the major approaches to understanding traditional career behavior and development and the empirical support for prevailing theoretical constructs. The course will also explore the career development of specific populations, including persons of
color, women, LGBT individuals, individuals with disabling conditions, working class adults, military and veterans, and non-college bound youth. Considerable attention will be devoted as well to the application of work-related issues in psychological practice. The course seeks to integrate research, theory, practice, public policy, and social justice.