Students of the Dutch bachelor’s programme, see Perspectief op Carrièreplanning (POCP)
Entry requirements
Students are strongly advised to first follow the first-year Academic Skills Tutorial.
Description
This course consists of two modules. Module 1 centers on the question: “What can I expect from my future work field?” This module focuses on topics such as careers, orienting towards your future career, making potentially difficult career choices and dealing with insecurities relating to one’s planning and career path. Module 2 centers on the question: “What does the future work field expect from me?” This module addresses the professional and ethical conduct of the psychologist, as well as a fundamental aspect of a psychologist’s work: their ability to solve problems.
Course objectives
- Students learn to discover what they can and want to achieve, and how to shape their own careers;
- Students gain an understanding of how careers progress;
- Students acquire an understanding of the role of analytical and problem-solving skills in the psychologist's future field of work;
- Students acquire insight about managing their own career which enables them to handle uncertainties in this field;
- Students learn to use scientific theories to analyse practical problems;
- Students learn to present scientific information and discuss it with an audience;
- Students learn to deal with ethical issues.
Exemption
An exemption from POCP will only be granted in very exceptional situations. Students can be eligible for an exemption if they meet three criteria:
(1) They can demonstrate that they have made several career choices in the past and can substantiate these choices adequately.
(2) They are demonstrably familiar with the professional field of psychologists on the basis of their own experience. In other words, their work experience has included contacts with psychologists.
(3) They can demonstrate and present arguments showing that they have been able to learn about themselves (e.g. core qualities, pitfalls, skills & knowledge) and ways to manage their own behaviour (e.g. through reflection assignments).
Age or work experience alone are not enough to make you eligible for an exemption.
Exemption must be requested at least 6 weeks before the start of the course, by submitting a ‘petition’ via uSis, and must be well-substantiated. Exemption requests that are not sufficiently substantiated, are submitted late or are not submitted via the correct channels will not be accepted for consideration.
Timetable
Introductory meetings will take place in block 1. Lectures, seminars and mentoring interviews will take place in block 2 and 3.
For the timetable of this course please refer to MyTimetable
Registration
Education
Students must register themselves for all course components (lectures, tutorials and/or practicals) they wish to follow. You can register up to 14 days prior to the start of the course.
Exams (if applicable)
You must register for each exam in My Studymap at least 10 days before the exam date. Don’t forget! For more information, see the enrolment procedure.
You cannot take an exam without a valid registration in My Studymap.
Carefully read all information about the procedures and deadlines for registering for courses and exams.
Students who take this course as part of a LDE minor or a premaster programme, exchange students and external guest students will be informed by the education administration about the current registration procedure.
Mode of instruction
Knowledge clips (online available)
8 2 hour seminar sessions
1 introductory meeting with the mentor and 2 mentoring interviews.
Attendance at the seminar sessions is mandatory. See Brightspace for more information.
Assessment method
The grade for POCP includes several subassignments. A resit of the module assignment is rewarded with max. a 6.0. For the other subassignments no resit can be taken.
The Institute of Psychology uses fixed rules for grade calculation. It also follows the policy of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences to systematically check student papers for plagiarism with the help of software. All students are required to take and pass the Scientific Integrity Test with a score of 100% in order to learn about the practice of integrity in scientific writing. Students are given access to the quiz via a module on Brightspace. Disciplinary measures will be taken when fraud is detected. Students are expected to be familiar with and understand the implications of these two policies.
Reading list
The reading material consists of scientific articles and will be announced via Brightspace. Examples of the articles that need to be studied are:
Mitchell, K. E., Al Levin, S. and Krumboltz, J. D. (1999), Planned Happenstance: Constructing Unexpected Career Opportunities. Journal of Counseling & Development, 77: 115–124. doi: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1999.tb02431.x
Lent, R.W. & Brown, S.D. (2013). Social cognitive model of career self-management: Toward a unifying view of adaptive career behavior across the life span. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60, 557-568
Contact information
Esther van Leeuwen, Chris Verhoeven POCP@fsw.leidenuniv.nl