Counseling
4 courses · Porterville College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Summer 2026 · Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
COUN P105 College Planning and Success Strategies
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- Total lecture 18 hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Designed for goal setting, college skill building and exercises in critical thinking and stress management, and making informed decisions about academic planning for college and career success. New students should complete the class during their first semester. Not open to students with credit in EDUC P101, INST P105 or STSS P105
COUN P106 Personal & Career Exploration
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- Total lecture 36 hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course is designed for students who are interested in exploring and examining careers and investigate factors that often determine career choices. This class will give students a broad overview of career selection as well as financial literacy. Not open to students with credit in EDUC P102, INST P106 or STSS P106.
COUN P107 Strategies for Personal and Academic Success
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- Total lecture 36 hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This is a comprehensive survey course that focuses on academic as well as personal growth and development strategies as they relate to personal and academic values and priorities, college culture and diversity, procrastination, motivation, self-responsibility and awareness, behavior modification, problem-solving, goal setting and planning, critical analysis, time management, probation policies, and study skills. Recommended for students in transition from high school to college, and re-entry adults returning to school. Not open to student with credit in EDUC P107, INST P107 or STSS P107
COUN P152 College and Career Readiness
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- Total lecture 36 hours
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This classroom-based, guidance experience teaches students a quantifiable decision-making process that will help them identify and plan for their career and education goals. The culmination of this process is the development of an online career and education 10-year plan that can be used for advisory and academic coaching purposes and updated as students change, and/or face transitions. The personalized 10-year plan provides the focus and intrinsic motivation to succeed in college, at work, and in life. Not open to students with credit in INST P152 or STSS P152.