The Counseling
Department offers a variety of classes to
help you achieve success at Cuyamaca
College.
COUN 120,
College & Career Success 3-units.
This course teaches success strategies to
enhance academic and lifelong learning.
Explore personality, interests and values to
increase self-understanding and select an
appropriate major and career. Learn about
careers of the future. Identify your
learning style and apply psychological
principles of learning and memory to
academic study strategies. Apply life
management techniques such as time and money
management to accomplish personal goals.
Examine adult stages of development and
develop a plan for wellness and living a
long and healthy life. Learn strategies for
motivation and stress management. Practice
creative and critical thinking techniques.
Not open to students with credit in COUN/PDC
124.
COUN 110, Career Decision Making
1-unit, pass/no pass (no letter
grade) Utilization of a group seminar
structure to explore and research various
career and major options. Lecture, group
discussion, experiential activities, and
vocational assessment tools will be utilized
to assist students in identifying their
individual interests, values, and
personality styles. Students will conduct
educational and career research to relate
their vocational assessment results to
setting academic and career goals, and will
learn how to write a resume and prepare for
a job interview.
COUN 130,
Study Skills & Time Management 1-unit,
pass/no pass (no letter grade) Designed
to prepare students to adjust to the
academic community by learning to plan and
study effectively within given time
limitations. Strategies include: time
management, goal setting, textbook mastery,
library research skills, note-taking, exam
preparation, stress reduction, and
educational planning.
COUN 140,
Life Skills & Personal Adjustment, 3-units Study of the cognitive, behavioral,
humanistic, and existential theories as they
relate to the understanding of the self and
the dynamics of healthy adjustment. Students
will learn life skills that are conducive to
achieving a satisfying and healthy
relationship with oneself and others. Using
many of the skills suggested by the above
theories, students will learn and apply
personal achievement techniques, basic
principles of healthy functioning, and
effective coping strategies that facilitate
the process of change and adaptation.
Utilizing the major theories in the field of
psychology and psychotherapy, the
development of a healthy and strong identity
and an empowered sense of self will be
explored. The process of integrating
thoughts and emotions into the development
of identity will be emphasized.
El Cajon,
California
92019