Advising Undecided and Exploratory Students provides a background in the research and issues that defines and describes undecided college students, as well as an example of a specialized advising curriculum, its learning outcomes, and activities with which advisors can use to compare and contrast their advising program's efforts to help these students develop their academic and career plans. 

Upcoming Offering:
JUNE 7 - JULY 1, 2023

What you'll learn:

• Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the nature of college students' undecidedness towards their academic and vocational goals by reviewing pertinent research, literature from the field, appropriate models and approaches to working with these students, and psycho/social theories that can provide insights to the needs of these students. 
• Participants will gain a deeper understanding and critique several critical elements of practice for advising this population of students.

Who this is for:

• Those new to the profession
• Those new to advising this population group

About this eTutorial:

This e-tutorial introduces, during the first week, presents an overview of issues and research related to describing and defining undecided college students, which includes examples of sub-types of students found within this population. The second two weeks provide examples of the advising curriculum, learning outcomes, and some activities developed by Dr. Gordon to help these students develop their academic and career plans. The last week has participants compare and contrast their programs' design and delivery for advising for this population of students and identify where they might improve them with the ideas derived from this e-Tutorial.

Format
Participants will complete in-depth readings, post replies to discussion boards, and complete quizzes and other assignments. Participants can work at their own pace within each week. There will be weekly assignments but no set time to be online. Participants will have the entire week to complete that week's content, which could be completed in several days or done during the week as their schedule allows. By offering this information in an online format, participants are provided a learning opportunity that can be accessed either in their own home or office, and at a time of day that works best for their schedules. Assignments, including discussion posts, quizzes, and readings will be required each week.

The eTutorial is 3.5 (3 1/2) weeks in length. Participants should expect to spend between four-eight hours per week completing the reading, posts, and assignments.

This eTutorial is structured in a manner that allows the participants to develop an international network through interaction with other members of their cohort through virtual chat rooms and discussion boards.

Moderators
Moderators will be assigned to assist those taking the eTutorial by posing questions for discussion, sharing successful practices, and answering questions.

Each week will include an assessment component including questions covering material and participation in topical discussions.
 
Completion
Upon successful completion (70% or better within the eTutorial) of all 3.5 weeks, the participant will receive a certificate of completion suitable for framing.

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