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Career, College, and Life Success Course Descriptions

COPSY 055: Special Topics in Counseling Psychology

Credits: 4

Explore issues from counseling psychology related to personal, interpersonal, and professional growth. Topics might include self-actualization, stress management, overcoming math or test anxiety, assertiveness, self-esteem, work relationships, life satisfaction, and improving relationships.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Demonstrate learning objectives as determined by the supervising instructor.

COPSY 096: Choosing A Major/Career

Credits: 2

Identify and examine your motivators, Dependable Strengths, experiences, skills, personality, values, and needs that affect choosing a major and/or making career and life decisions. Discover your best fit career options and design an action plan for success.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Inventory relevant experiences, transferable and job-specific skills, interests, motivators, values, resilience, and strengths and describe how these contribute to college major and career choices.
  2. Navigate and utilize on-campus departments, contacts, processes, and online and community resources to research college major and career descriptions, requirements, and occupational outlooks.
  3. Compare and describe self-assessment with college major and career research to determine compatible, realistic career paths.
  4. Design an action plan integrating self-knowledge and research to progress toward current and future educational and career goals.

COPSY 098: The Personality Effect

Credits: 2

Discover the effects of personality type on leadership, inspiration, and success in career, teamwork, and personal relationships. Learn about strengths and areas for growth, and increase understanding of other people.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Assess personality type preference using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality inventory and self-evaluation.
  2. Describe basic personality type theory and application and identify characteristics of the 16 MBTI personality types.
  3. Select and apply appropriate type language to communicate with different personality types.
  4. Analyze personality strengths and areas for improvement.

COPSY 099: Increasing Happiness

Credits: 2

Apply theory, research, and practical techniques from positive psychology, counseling, and cognitive psychology fields to learn how to increase happiness and satisfaction with life, career, and relationships.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Assess mood and life satisfaction using self assessment techniques.
  2. Describe basic theory underlying positive psychology and cognitive psychology application.
  3. Identify and describe characteristics of happiness and unhappiness.
  4. Demonstrate use of techniques that enhance positive emotions and life satisfaction.

COPSY 101: Personality and Communication

Credits: Maximum of 3.0 possible

Find out how personality differences impact communication in work and personal relationships. Develop knowledge and techniques for increased understanding and improved speaking and listening skills. Uses personality inventory and group interaction for practicing new skills. S/U grade only.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Describe basic psychological theory concerning personality traits and interpersonal relationships.
  2. Assess personal communication skills and describe how these skills can be improved.
  3. Demonstrate listening techniques and empathy to facilitate communication.
  4. Identify, examine, and express feelings productively and appropriately.
  5. Identify personality type preference characteristics and describe best communication approaches.
  6. Describe components of emotionaliIntelligence related to communication in relationships.

COPSY 117: Love and Power

Credits: Maximum of 4.0 possible

Learn about types of love, myths about love, characteristics of healthy relationships and red flags of unhealthy ones. Examine the power of self image, and ways to improve it, to create and enhance positive, loving relationships. S/U grade only.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Evaluate level of self esteem using self assessment tools.
  2. Describe the basic theory that underlies love and various types of loving relationships.
  3. List characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships and apply knowledge to assess their own relationships.
  4. Use active listening, conflict management, and other communication techniques that enhance relationships.
  5. Identify, examine, and express feelings productively and appropriately.
  6. Employ exercises to enhance mood, motivation, and self esteem.
  7. Describe components of emotional intelligence related to communication in relationships.

COPSY 118: The Personality Effect

Credits: Maximum of 4.0 possible

Discover the effects of your personality type on leadership, inspiration, and success in career, teamwork, and personal relationships. Learn about your strengths and areas for growth, and increase your understanding of other people. S/U grade only.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Assess personality type preference using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality inventory and self-evaluation.
  2. Describe basic personality type theory and application and identify characteristics of the 16 MBTI personality types.
  3. Select and apply appropriate type language to communicate with different personality types.
  4. Analyze personality strengths and areas for improvement.

COPSY 123: Increasing Happiness

Credits: Maximum of 4.0 possible

Apply theory, research, and practical techniques from positive psychology and the counseling and cognitive psychology fields to learn how to increase happiness and satisfaction with life, career, relationships. S/U grade only.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Assess mood and life satisfaction using self assessment techniques.
  2. Describe basic theory underlying positive psychology and cognitive psychology application.
  3. Identify and describe characteristics of happiness and unhappiness.
  4. Demonstrate use of techniques that enhance positive emotions and life satisfaction.

COPSY 155: Special Topics: Counseling Psychology

Credits: Maximum of 5.0 possible

Explore issues from counseling psychology related to personal, interpersonal, and professional growth. Topics might include self-actualization, assertiveness, self-esteem, work relationships, life satisfaction, and love. S/U grade only.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Demonstrate learning objectives as determined by the supervising instructor.

COPSY 255: Special Topics: Counseling Psychology

Credits: Maximum of 5.0 possible

Explore issues from counseling psychology related to personal, interpersonal, and professional growth. Topics might include self-actualization, assertiveness, self-esteem, work relationships, life satisfaction, and love. S/U grade only.

Course Level Objectives

  1. Demonstrate learning objectives as determined by the supervising instructor.
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