Participants learn to develop their own personal style of psychological counseling by practicing counseling skills in an observed classroom setting. Students examine the psychoanalytic approach, the neopsychoanalytic approach, the trait approach, the humanistic approach, the life-span approach, the cognitive approach, the behavioral approach and the social learning approach to the study of personality. Emphasizes understanding statistical concepts, relating those concepts to work situations, problem solving, and interpreting and communicating results in a professional manner. The study of the psychology of and strategies for personal and professional success. Topics include positive self image, positive self direction, positive self discipline, positive self motivation, positive self awareness, positive self esteem, positive self projection, positive self control, positive self expectancy, and positive self dimension.
Application is made to the student s personal as well as professional life.
This course explores the theories, perceptions and practices of conflict resolution as related to management. Specific skills will be learned and practiced regarding mediation, problem solving, group facilitation, and change management. This course will discuss investment basics, practices, and the external environment. Specific attention in relation to individual and institutional investment is discussed in relation to mutual funds. Includes an application of policies and procedures to real situations.