B3029C Career Counselling Project Coursework Assessment 2026 | RP, Singapore

B3029C Coursework Assessment

Instructions To Candidates          

1. This paper consists of SIX (6) pages, including this page.
2. Read the instructions in the following pages very carefully.
3. You may email roy_tan3@rp.edu.sg should you have any enquiries.

Coursework Assessment Brief

This coursework assessment is an individually graded assignment.

There are two (2) components to this coursework assessment:

1) Role-play Practice (40%)
i. ONE (1) Practice Portfolio (PP) (20%)
ii. TWO (2) Reflection Journal (RJ) (20%)

2) Case Report (60%)
i. Video Recording of a Career Counselling or Coaching Session (30%)
ii. Written Report (30% – Reflection on Video Recording)

1. Role-play Practice

i. ONE (1) Practice Portfolio (PP) (20%)

a) Conduct a career counselling session with your paired classmate, during the allocated practical sessions in class, via MS Teams.

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b) submit ONE (1) Practice Portfolio (PP)

• Each student will conduct One (1) session of career counselling during the allocated practical session dates.
• The session, taking about 30 minutes, should be in the form of an Intake
• The career counselling session will be observed and critiqued based on the post-session debrief and the peer-review by the class and the lecturer(s).
• At the same time, the student concerned will self-appraise his/her own performance.
• After the lab practice, each student is required to submit ONE (1) Practice Portfolio (PP), which is a 400-word reflection journal. S/he is:
  ○ to critically evaluate and self-critique his/her own counselling experience and learn from the clinical lab practice.
  ○ to receive and evaluate the feedback and comments provided by his/her peer students and the lecturer(s).
  ○ to identify areas for improvement of his/her career counselling skills in the future.

**NOTE: The practical career counselling sessions will be conducted online via MS Teams.

ii. TWO (2) Reflection Journal (RJ) (20%)

a) Observe TWO (2) career counselling sessions & submit TWO (2) Reflection Journals (RJs)

• Students are required to actively participate during the practical lessons in which they will observe their peers’ career counselling sessions. While observing, they will critically evaluate and take notes for their own practice.
• Each student is required to submit TWO (2) Reflection Journals (RJs), which can be based on any two (2) career counselling sessions observed. Each RJ is worth 10% of the final assessment, and both RJs will collectively constitute 20% of the final assessment.
• Each RJ is a 200-word reflection journal in which a student is to critically comment on the career counselling skills used by a peer student and discuss the insights and/or his/her learning from that session (e.g., In what ways were their assumptions of career counselling changed considering a peer student’s practice).

2. Case Report

i. Video Recording of a Career Counselling or Coaching Session (30%)
ii. Written Report – Reflection on Video Recording (30%)

i. Video Recording of a Career Counselling or Coaching Session

• You are required to conduct one (1) session of career counselling to a client with real and work/career-related issue(s). g., A poly/university student feeling confused and wants to change his/her field of study; a colleague who feels stagnant in his/her job and is considering a job change; someone who is at the crossroads of his/her career and contemplating a career change; etc.
• Decide with the client on the career counselling mode: either face-to-face (F2F) or online session. For online sessions, inform and get consent from the client that he/she will need to turn on the camera during the session and that his/her face will be recorded. Facial expressions are important ways for you to assess and monitor the client’s state of mind.
• It is the responsibility of the student to find a client and to arrange with him/her for the career counselling session.
• A career counselling session, taking about 45 minutes in duration, may be at any stage of the career counselling process.
• You will have to include a minimum of a 20-minute video recording of a section of interaction selected from the recorded career counselling session in the Case Report.
• The session shall take place in a comfortable and quiet meeting room setting.
• During the session, the client should have his/her back facing the camera.
• Acceptable video file formats include mp4, avi, flv, wmv, and mov.

Things to be done before the recording:

• It is your responsibility to find a client (family members and SDCC classmates are not accepted).
• Before taking on a case, you should have consulted your lecturer to determine the suitability of such a case for this coursework assignment.
• It is important that you pre-screen the client and his/her issue(s) to avoid taking on clinical, difficult, and/or mental health issues such as depression, abuse, violence, chronic disease, grief, ethical dilemma, legal problem, etc.
• You will need to obtain written consent from the client to do a video recording for inclusion in this coursework assignment. You are also required to sign and submit a declaration that the video recording is to be used in this coursework assignment only. Refer to Annex A for the student Declaration and Client Consent Form. This form is required for submission in SA3.0.

Things to be done during the recording:

Ensure video recording is switched on.

For face-to-face counselling, the video recorder can be placed behind the client, so that the client’s face is not visible. For online counselling, both parties need to be seen clearly.

ii. Written Report – Reflection on Video Recording

a) The case report is a 1,600 to 2,000-word written reflection report that demonstrates students’ critical evaluation of their communication and career counselling skills.

b) The case report must be based on a video recording of a career counselling session. Refer to the video recording instructions below:

Based on the recorded video, each student must include a 20-minute video excerpt highlighting interactions from the recorded counselling session.

c) The case report and the video recording will provide evidence of:

• understanding of the client’s work/career-related issue(s)
• application of career counselling, communication, and rapport-building skills
• application of concepts and theoretical principles learned in the previous modules.
• a high degree of self-awareness
• active and reflective listening
• empathic responses

You should include all relevant citations or references in the American Psychological Association (APA) format. Sources such as Wikipedia and SlideShare are not allowed.

Assessment Criteria

For this coursework, you will be assessed on:

Important Matters to Note for this Written Assessment

• Submission details:

o Deadline: 2^nd March 2026, Monday by 2359 hours. o Please submit your Practice Portfolio, Reflection Journals, Written Case Report, Video Recording, and Student & Client Declaration forms to the SA3.0 system. You may refer to the “SA3.0 Student User Guide” document that is part of this coursework package:

SA3.0 Submission

Quick Guide.pdf

• Late submission will be subjected to the following late penalty:

• Republic Polytechnic takes a very serious view of plagiarism, which is a very serious academic offence. Disciplinary action will be taken against students who are found to plagiarise, both the party who allows their work to be copied, as well as those who represent or copy the work of another person as their own. Disciplinary action will include, but not be limited to, an outright failure of the coursework assignment and downgrading of the module grade.
• Please refer to the CET Academic Student Guide on the penalties for plagiarism.

CET Student

Academic Guide_11M

• For this assessment, you are prohibited from using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate any materials or content in relation to the assessment task. Any work submitted using AI tool(s) will be considered as plagiarism.
• For more information on LOA, please refer to the CET Student Handbook in the section titled “Examination – Assessment Rules and Regulations.
• Students are required to comply with the APA style of referencing and citation. You may refer to the APA website for reference:

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