509 / 721
Theoretical Framework
The Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) by Lent, Brown, and
Hackett, (1994) will be used to investigate first-year students’ course
and module choices.
The principal assumption of this theory lies on the interconnection
between the personal, cognitive, and environmental parameters.
Therefore, the students’ choice and performance at the end of the first
year is a function of personal factors, learning experiences, self-efficacy
beliefs, outcome expectations, interests, environmental norms and
values, and intention
10