http://www.miracosta.edu/COUN

The Counseling Department offers courses that help students develop the skills they need to succeed in college and make effective career and life choices. The department also offers Special Topics courses related to various areas of academic, career, and personal development.
Contact Information
Full-Time Faculty
Adrean Askerneese
Yesenia Balcazar
Veronica Bloss
Abby Burd
Larry Burns
Laney Collins
Arti Dua
Karina Duarte-Braunstein
Michelle Farnam
Lise Flocken
Hilda Gomez-Zinn
Laura Hayek
Jeffrey Higginbotham
Wendy Horton
Melissa Hughes
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Luke Lara
Sinar Lomeli
Don Love
Rebecca Morgan
Donald Munshower
Ghada Osman
Candelaria Owens
Kris Peck
Oswaldo Ramirez
Jed Schlueter
Krystle Taylor
Cynthia Vasquez Gonzales
Kristi Wish
Afifa Zaman
Magdalena Zepeda
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How to Read Course Descriptions
For more detailed information about a course, such as its content, objectives, and fulfillment of a degree, certificate, or general education requirement, please see the official course outline of record, available on the Courses and Programs webpage at http://www.miracosta.edu/governance/coursesandprograms/courseoutlines.html.
Courses
COUN 100: College and Career Success
Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Enrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit in CRLP 100.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
This course teaches success strategies to enhance academic and lifelong learning while integrating career and academic planning. Students learn self-management strategies such as time, money, and stress. They complete career assessments to explore interests, personality, learning style, transferable skills, and values as they relate to academic major and career options. Students are provided tools and resources to enhance their educational and career success. The course emphasizes taking responsibility for one's education, career, and personal decisions to set goals and achieve satisfaction through work and life balance. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for COUN 100, COUN 105, COUN 110, CRLP 100, or INTR 100.
COUN 101: Orientation to College
Units: 1
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Lecture 1 hour.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer
This course prepares new and returning students to develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors necessary for academic and personal success during a student's first year in college. Topics include college expectations, the function of higher education, study skills, campus resources and policies, and personal development skills.
COUN 105: Transfer Success
Units: 1
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU, UC
Lecture 1 hour.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course promotes academic success by providing students with information that will clarify the transfer process, identify support services on campus, and assist them in developing a comprehensive transfer plan. Topics include a review of higher education options, the process for determining a major, applications and admissions timelines, and criteria for establishing educational goals. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for COUN 100, COUN 105, COUN 110, CRLP 100, or INTR 100.
COUN 292: Internship Studies
Units: 0.5-3
Prerequisites: None
Corequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work per unit.
Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Center approval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperative work experience and/or internship studies concurrently.
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Course Typically Offered: To be arranged
This course provides students the opportunity to apply the theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship position in a professional setting under the instruction of a faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, and examination of the world of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during community college attendance.
COUN 296: Topics in Counseling
Units: 1-3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Lecture 1 hour.
Lecture 2 hours.
Lecture 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: To be arranged
This course gives students an opportunity to study topics in Counseling that are not included in regular course offerings. Each Topics course is announced, described, and given its own title and 296 number designation in the class schedule.