GCC General Catalog 2005-2006

Programs and Courses

Counseling and Personal Development

General Information
Course Descriptions

General Information

For Information: Susan High
Phone: 623.845.3052

Student Goals: Personal.

The college’s counseling courses focus on personal, educational, and career interests of students. These courses are NOT designed as pre-major courses for professional counselors. Most CPD courses transfer as elective credit to ASU and NAU.

Students who are new or returning to college are strongly encouraged to register for the following classes to increase their academic skills or explore career options:

CPD104 Career and Personal Development
CPD102AB Career Exploration
CPD150 Strategies for College Success
CPD150AB Study Skills Development
CPD160 Introduction to Multiculturalism
(transfers to ASU as Cultural Diversity awareness)

Courses designed for personal development include:

CPD102AA Assertiveness Training
CPD102AB Eliminating Self-Defeating Behavior
CPD102AH Stress Management
CPD102AN Anger Management
CPD103BJ Dynamic Parenting

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Course Descriptions

Course Availability: (F) Fall, (S) Spring, (D) Day, (E) Evening, (Su1) Summer 1, (Su2) Summer 2, (O) Occasionally, (+) indicates course prerequisities

Counseling & Personal Development (CPD)

CPD100
Orientation for Student Development / 1 credit 1 period
Offered to orient new students to college life. Emphasis on assessing students’ academic potential, facilitating curricular advisement and registration procedures, learning academic survival skills, and becoming aware of all services available to students on campus and in the community. Prerequisites: None. (O)

CPD102AA
Assertiveness Training / 2 credits 2 periods
Designed to help students, differentiate assertive, non-assertive and aggressive behavior, overcome blocks to acting assertively, establish boundaries, and develop effective verbal and nonverbal assertive behavior. Group discussion, role playing, and videotape feedback are used to enable students to express feelings, beliefs, and opinions in a direct appropriate manner. Prerequisites: None. (F,S,D)

CPD102AB
Career Exploration / 2 credits 2 periods
Designed to assist students making career choices. Focuses on self-assessment in terms of educational and career opportunities and reasonable possibilities in the world of work. Includes assessment for personal/career interests, values, needs, attitudes, skills, and other potential, and exploration of occupational information to establish career and educational goals. Prerequisites: None. (F,S,Su1,2,D,E)

CPD102AD
Eliminating Self-Defeating Behavior / 2 credits 2 periods
Designed to help students change behaviors that work against their potential, i.e., inferior feelings, shyness, nervousness, stage fright, under achievement, etc. Focus on identifying undesirable thoughts, emotions and behaviors, for the purpose of developing alternative, and more desirable thoughts, emotions and behaviors. Prerequisites: None. (F,S,Su1,D,E)

CPD102AE
Exploration of Values / 2 credits 2 periods
Designed to explore values as guidelines to directions taken in life. Emphasis on value definition and personal value clarification. Includes strategies for implementing knowledge of personal values in various life roles. Prerequisites: None. (O)

CPD102AH
Stress Management / 2 credits 2 periods
Reviews the sources of stress, the physiological effects and the psychological impact of stress on the individual. Provides strategies to reduce stress. Prerequisites: None. (F,S,Su1,D,E)

Note: A special section is offered for students who wish to include physical exercise for stress management.

CPD102AN
Anger Management / 2 credits 2 periods
Provides an understanding of the emotion of anger, explores the types, origins and typical reactions to anger. Covers stress and the need for stress management in relation to anger. Examines personal anger patterns and feelings, and the use of effective interpersonal communications in effective anger management. Prerequisites: None. (F,S)

CPD102AT
Building Self-Esteem / 2 credits 2 periods
Practice in specific methods for building and keeping self-esteem. Personal assessment of attitudes, values, support systems, and goals. Prerequisites: None. (O)

CPD103BA
Women in Transition / 2 credits 2 periods
Designed to assist and support women who are experiencing life transitions. Emphasis on assessing self-potential, increasing self-confidence, managing life change, and exploring education/career/life options in terms of the realities of roles for women today. Prerequisites: None. (O)

CPD103BH
Male-Female Communication / 2 credits 2 periods
Designed to provide students with a better understanding of male-female characteristics and how that, along with a renewed emphasis on basic communication skills, will improve communication between the sexes. Prerequisites: None. (O)

CPD103BJ
Dynamic Parenting / 2 credits 2 periods
Designed to provide students with an understanding of parenting dynamics and effective communication between parents and children. Emphasis on building self-esteem, developing coping skills, behavior modification, and other techniques for improving parenting and communication in a variety of circumstances. Prerequisites: None. (O)

CPD103BL
Dynamics of Leadership / 2 credits 2 periods
Designed to provide strategies that may be used when assuming leadership roles. Focus on improving supervisory confidence through the development of appropriate competitive behaviors, problem-solving skills, and techniques of leadership. Prerequisites: None. (O)

CPD104
Career and Personal Development / 3 credits 3 periods
An overview of the process of career/life planning through self-awareness and understanding. Focus on specific skill development such as dealing with change, decision making, goal setting, and understanding lifestyles. Provides opportunity to evaluate interests, skills and values. Emphasis on the development of a comprehensive career search process which includes current occupational information; specific tools for researching the job market and acquiring employment. Prerequisites: None. (F,S,D,E,Su1)

CPD150
Strategies for College Success / 3 credits 3 periods
Focus on increasing student success through college orientation and personal growth, study skills development, and educational and career planning. Prerequisites: None. (F,S,D,E,Su1)

CPD298
Special Projects / 1-3 credits
Organized and tailored around the interests and needs of the individual student. Structured to provide an atmosphere of individualized research and study paralleled by professional expertise and guidance. Professional-type facilities and equipment available for student use. Allows the best aspects of independent study and individualized learning to be combined to maximize student development. Prerequisites: Permission of Program Director or instructor.