Test/Measure for Career Guid
Spring 2024
Description
This is a course in career assessment. Students explore the foundational issues in psychometrics, including the nature and uses of paper and online tests, ethical considerations, and concerns in test administration. Students administer assessments such as the Myers Briggs, Strong Vocational Interest Inventory, Barriers to Employment Success, Offender Reintegration Inventory, Military to Career, The COP System, and various Holland assessments. Classes of vocational assessments and their exemplars will be presented. Assessment batteries for special needs clients will also be examined. Students consider issues which are of specific concern when using formal assessment tools in decision making in career interventions. Interpretations of specific instruments and the relationship of formal assessments to other modes of information gathering will be discussed.
Class Notes
The class is offered entirely live online and meets at set days/times. Students may attend the live class online synchronously on Wednesdays at 5:30 - 8:20pm OR watch recordings of the class asynchronously.
Class Details
Instructor
Instructor Name (static text):
Ryan, Shawn W
Location
WWW ONLINE
Class Registration Information
Class #
1771
Course
SOSC 510 -
SECT 72
SECT 72
Units
3
Fees
Price TBA:
- $ / unit
Capacity
20/21
Class Meeting Dates
01/22/2024 - 05/17/2024
Days
TBA
Times
SOSC 510 - SECT 72
Test/Measure for Career Guid
Class:
1771
Units:
3
M-F
01/22/2024 - 05/17/2024
TBA
This is a course in career assessment. Students explore the foundational issues in psychometrics, including the nature and uses of paper and online tests, ethical considerations, and concerns in test administration. Students administer assessments such as the Myers Briggs, Strong Vocational Interest Inventory, Barriers to Employment Success, Offender Reintegration Inventory, Military to Career, The COP System, and various Holland assessments. Classes of vocational assessments and their exemplars will be presented. Assessment batteries for special needs clients will also be examined. Students consider issues which are of specific concern when using formal assessment tools in decision making in career interventions. Interpretations of specific instruments and the relationship of formal assessments to other modes of information gathering will be discussed.
Class Notes
This is a course in career assessment. Students explore the foundational issues in psychometrics, including the nature and uses of paper and online tests, ethical considerations, and concerns in test administration. Students administer assessments such as the Myers Briggs, Strong Vocational Interest Inventory, Barriers to Employment Success, Offender Reintegration Inventory, Military to Career, The COP System, and various Holland assessments. Classes of vocational assessments and their exemplars will be presented. Assessment batteries for special needs clients will also be examined. Students consider issues which are of specific concern when using formal assessment tools in decision making in career interventions. Interpretations of specific instruments and the relationship of formal assessments to other modes of information gathering will be discussed.
Instructor
Instructor Name (static text):
Ryan, Shawn W
Location
WWW ONLINE