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Programs and Courses
Counseling and Personal Development
General Information
For Information: Joseph Bednorz
Phone: 623.845.3055
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
Course Descriptions
Course Availability: (F) Fall, (S) Spring, (D) Day, (E) Evening, (Su1) Summer 1, (Su2) Summer 2, (O) Occasionally
Counseling & Personal Development (CPD)
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)
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)
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)
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)
CPD160
Introduction to Multiculturalism / 3 credits 3 periods
Examination of the multiple cultures and subcultures within the contemporary United States. Personal exploration of awareness and appreciation of multiculturalism. Activities for experiencing diverse cultural perspectives. Skills for recognizing, analyzing, and mediating cultural and psychological factors impacting conflict and accord between diverse cultures. Credit (P) or no credit (Z). Standard grading available according to procedures outlined in catalog. Prerequisites: None.
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.
