Syllabus

Course Code: MSE-304 - C    Course Name: Guidance and Counseling

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Education and Career Guidance
1.1 Concept, principles, Objectives and need for guidance at various educational levels
1.2 Types of Guidance: Individual and group, Personal, Educational and Vocational
1.3 Career Development needs of students. Changing scenarios in a global world
1.4 Tests and Techniques for Guidance: Testing techniques (Aptitude, Interest,Achievement & Personality) Non-testing techniques (Interview, Case study,observation, Diary, anecdotal and commutative record)
1.5 Essential services in a school guidance program
2 Vocational Guidance
2.1 Factors influencing choice of career
2.2 Theories: Vocational Choice, Vocational development and Career development theories
2.3 Assessment of Vocational maturity
2.4 Occupational information in Guidance
2.5 Guidance for students with disabilities.
3 Fundamentals of Counselling
3.1 Concept and nature of counselling
3.2 Scope and objectives of counselling
3.3 Stages of the counselling process
3.4 Counselling techniques
3.5 Ethical principles and issues
4 Group approaches in Vocational Counselling and Guidance
4.1 Types, areas and approaches of Counselling
4.2 Steps and skills in the counselling process
4.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Group Guidance techniques
4.4 Essential services in school and community based guidance programs
4.5 Placement, research, evaluation services and Job study- i) Job description, ii) Jobspecification, iii) Job analysis, iv) Job satisfaction
5 Assessment in Educational and Vocational Guidance and Counselling
5.1 Assessment of underachievement and challenges
5.2 Assessment of giftedness and special strengths
5.3 Career test construction, administration, scoring and interpretation
5.4 Crisis Intervention; Grief, relationships, depression, Academic, stress, violence, abuse
5.5 Role of counsellor in the contemporary context
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