Career Development Emphasis
Teri Quatman (Coordinator)
The Emphasis in Career Development Program at Santa Clara University offers a concentration in career development within each of the counseling degree programs.
The field of career development within counseling psychology has undergone a broadening of both scope and definition within the past decade. The focus of the field has shifted from reactive to proactive modes of thinking and action. Roles for counselors specializing in career development span settings that include working with individuals in career planning or career transition; with organizations in the context of planning for and managing structural changes in human resource requirements; and within school and agency settings. By increasing their portfolio of career-related skills, graduates may be prepared to function in a variety of expanded roles, including work in private-practice or agency-based career development centers, human resource departments, industry-based career centers, outplacement organizations, consulting services, community retraining and rehabilitation programs, and student-related work from elementary through college ages.
The emphasis is available to students in two master of arts program options: Counseling with an Emphasis in Career Development (51 units) and Counseling Psychology with an Emphasis in Career Development (78 units). Only the 78-unit option provides course work leading to the California State License in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT).
Those candidates who present significant work experience in industry (acquired either prior to program entrance or concurrently with participation in the program) will stand to benefit most from the program itself and in subsequent career counseling endeavors. Therefore, in admissions decisions, strong preference will be given to those who have accrued real work experience in industry prior to seeking admission to the emphasis program.
78: Counseling Psychology (MFT track) with Career Development Emphasis - Core courses plus 211, 217, 311, 312, 315, 318, 319, 323, one course from 215, 317 or 383, 333 (three consecutive quarters beginning in the fall) and emphasis courses: 300, 301, 302, 303, and 304.
78: Counseling Psychology (self-designed NON MFT track) with Career Development Emphasis - Core courses plus 217, 311, 312, 315, 318, 331C (two consecutive quarters beginning in the fall), and emphasis courses: 300, 301, 302, 303, and 304, plus five electives.
51: Counseling with Career Development Emphasis - Core courses plus 312, 318, and emphasis courses: 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, plus 331C (one quarter is required (fall term), but student may choose to extend the practicum experience beyond the one quarter minimum).
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