PSU: Academic & Career Advising, Summer, 1 credit, on-line class
Christine Cress
PSU PACE Program: Postsecondary, Adult, and
Continuing Education
Interested in Academic Advising & Career
Counseling positions?
Want to enhance your professional knowledge and skills for academic advising, career counseling, life skills coaching, and mentoring roles?
Hoping to advance your career in higher education
leadership, K12-postsecondary education pipeline student
facilitation, community/non-profit support roles, and/or
human resources professional training and development?
Portland State University, Summer 2025, Fully On-Line, 1 Credit Course, ELP 508: Academic Advising and Career Counseling. Only 4 weeks: June 23-July 18. Asynchronous with optional Zoom meetings.
EASY Enrollment Process: Take as a Non-Degree
Student (course will count if you decide to later enroll
into a PACE Graduate Certificate or Master's degree
program). Other graduate programs may allow you to
count course as an elective.
https://www.pdx.edu/admissions/apply (see options for Non-Degree)
Enrollment/Registration Questions: Stefanie Randol, Admissions Adviser, ask...@pdx.edu, 503-725-4689 (call or text)
Course Description:
Explore professional skills and knowledge for careers in academic advising, career counseling, and life mentoring/coaching in higher education and human resources organizations including Graduate Certification and Master's Degree options.
The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the theoretical research, conceptual frameworks, and professional knowledge and skills associated with effective academic advising and career counseling. Whether you are new to the field or already have direct experience in these realms, the course is intended to provide you with an understanding of contemporary approaches and strategies for guiding students toward their academic and professional goals. Given the interactive nature of the PACE program, students will also gain insights from each other as we share accounts of receiving and providing effective academic and career advising. In sum, this class will be an informative and provocative foundation for those interested in and pursuing their own careers in academic advising and career counseling including professional roles in life skills coaching and mentoring.
Course counts as part of the PACE Master's Degree. Specializations and Graduate Certificates include: Student Services Leadership; Teaching Diverse Adult Learners; and Training and Instructional Design. https://www.pdx.edu/academics/programs/graduate/postsecondary-adult-and-continuing-education-pace
More Information: Dr. Christine Cress, Professor, PACE
Program, cre...@pdx.edu
-- Christine Cress, Professor PACE Program (Postsecondary, Adult and Continuing Education) Educational Leadership & Policy Department College of Education Portland State University cre...@pdx.edu