EDF5546 Advanced personnel and career development counselling
Faculty of Education
EDF5546 Advanced personnel and career development counselling is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2024 in Semester 1 at Malaysia. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 1
- Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 2 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF5546
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After EDF5546
No unit lists EDF5546 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
The unit advances your understanding of challenges faced by job seekers and currently employed individuals. It enhances your knowledge of the major theories of career development and career counselling. You will learn to plan and implement career development programs at all levels of an individual's development, and empower life choices through career counselling in various cultural settings. You will also learn how to help individuals in understanding and responding to changes and challenges in the workplace.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- Career construction interview and critique (2000 words or equivalent)50%
- Career development program for special population (2000 words or equivalent)50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
apply theories of career development and decision-making to client cases
- 2
identify and utilise major sources of career information and resources available through community agencies, government facilities, and professional organisations
- 3
evaluate challenges faced by those in the work place and those seeking employment
- 4
demonstrate advanced level skills in planning and implementing career development counselling
- 5
identify issues related to career counselling with diverse or special population and apply career counselling process, techniques and strategies to specific populations.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:
(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:
- 36 hours of engagement in online, face-to-face or blended platforms
(b) Additional requirements (all students):
- independent study to make up the required minimum hours during the semester
For the unit teaching schedule, please visit the timetable.
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Adriana Ortega
- Dr Yap Yee Aun
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Adriana Ortega
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5546?
EDF5546 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF5546 offered?
In 2024, EDF5546 runs in Semester 1 at Malaysia.
How much work is EDF5546?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5546 have an exam?
No. EDF5546 has 2 assessment tasks and no exam.