Counseling (COUN)
COUN 421, PERSONAL GROWTH AND WELLNESS IN THE MODERN WORLD, 3 Credits
Explores social and emotional adjustment, growth, and wellness within current social contexts. Examines challenges to wellness and the role of normal development, self-help, and the helping professions in the growth process.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 431, SOCIAL CHANGE: ADDICTIONS AND TREATMENT, 3 Credits
Explores the etiology of addictions in modern society including the history and development of addictions work. Studies many aspects of addiction including historical origins, risk factors, biological and psychological functioning, counseling issues, skills, theories, assessment, treatment, relapse prevention, research, cultural and social justice issues, co-occurring disorders and population-specific information.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 441, INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Provides students with an overview of the counseling profession that includes the history and philosophical foundations of the profession and roles and functions of professional counselors. The course content will critically engage the privilege and responsibility of the counseling profession in a multicultural society.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 499, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 18 credits.
COUN 501, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
COUN 505, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 506, PROJECTS, 1-3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 507, SEMINAR, 1-3 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 508, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 509, PRACTICUM, 1-16 Credits
Designed to develop competencies in basic skills, facilitative dimensions, and counseling process. Self-critique, peer-critique, and supervisor-critique of videotaped interview. Written self-critique, oral case presentation and charting skills are learned.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-18 Credits
The internship is the culminating field experience of the MS in Counseling program. It is designed to provide students with an on-site placement in a public or private mental health or school setting that will create the necessary bridge between training and professionalism. Students are expected to function per the expectations of other full-time employees and counseling staff at the internship site.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 511, COUNSELING PRE-PRACTICUM, 4 Credits
Examines and develops competencies in basic counseling skills and processes. Integrates self-critiques, peer critiques, and supervisor critiques of counseling microskills.
Equivalent to: COUN 513
COUN 512, PRACTICUM IN COUNSELING, 1-4 Credits
Applies knowledge of counseling skills, theory, and ethics to field-based practice with diverse populations of students/clients in school and clinical mental health settings. Integrates feedback received from qualified professional and faculty supervisors and peers in site-based and remote clinical supervision to improve competencies and enhance development of self-as-counselor. Investigates risk assessment, social justice counseling, and student/client advocacy.
Prerequisite: COUN 511 with P or better
Equivalent to: COUN 514
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
COUN 513, COUNSELING PRE-PRACTICUM, 3 Credits
Examines and develops competencies in basic counseling skills and processes. Integrates self-critiques, peer critiques, and supervisor critiques of counseling microskills.
Equivalent to: COUN 511
COUN 514, PRACTICUM IN COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Applies knowledge of counseling skills, theory, and ethics to field-based practice with diverse populations of students/clients in school and clinical mental health settings. Integrates feedback received from qualified professional and faculty supervisors and peers in site-based and remote clinical supervision to improve competencies and enhance development of self-as-counselor. Investigates risk assessment, social justice counseling, and student/client advocacy.
Prerequisite: COUN 513 with P or better
Equivalent to: COUN 512
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
COUN 515, COUNSELING INTERNSHIP, 1-12 Credits
Builds and appraises the growth and development of students as professional counselors in an on-site clinical mental health or school setting. Expands and enhances students’ knowledge base, skill level, and professional identity via guided clinical practice in a public or private mental health or school setting. Guides students through a developmentally appropriate clinical training experience across three terms that creates the necessary bridge between pre-professional training and professional practice.
Prerequisite: COUN 512 with P or better or COUN 514 with P or better
This course is repeatable for 25 credits.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 520, PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, 4 Credits
Evaluates occupational, legal, and ethical aspects of professional counseling practice. Elaborates on advanced application of ethical codes, counselor licensure statutes and rules, professional identity, counseling advocacy and leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion as best practice, continuing education and credentialing, and sustaining a career as a licensed professional clinical mental health counselor.
Equivalent to: COUN 521
Available via Ecampus
COUN 521, PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Evaluates occupational, legal, and ethical aspects of professional counseling practice. Elaborates on advanced application of ethical codes, counselor licensure statutes and rules, professional identity, counseling advocacy and leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion as best practice, continuing education and credentialing, and sustaining a career as a licensed professional clinical mental health counselor.
Equivalent to: COUN 520
COUN 529, DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES IN COUNSELING, 4 Credits
Explores affective, behavioral, cognitive, moral, and physical development for human growth and maturation across the lifespan. Differentiates between theories of personality, learning, and human development. Analyzes internal, situational, and environmental factors and events that impact human development, functioning, and behavior. Identifies and explains ethical considerations in working with diverse clients/students at various developmental levels. Creates culturally-informed intervention plans to facilitate academic, social/emotional, and career development of clients.
Equivalent to: COUN 531
COUN 531, DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES IN COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Explores affective, behavioral, cognitive, moral, and physical development for human growth and maturation across the lifespan. Differentiates between theories of personality, learning, and human development. Analyzes internal, situational, and environmental factors and events that impact human development, functioning, and behavior. Identifies and explains ethical considerations in working with diverse clients/students at various developmental levels. Creates culturally-informed intervention plans to facilitate academic, social/emotional, and career development of clients.
Equivalent to: COUN 529
COUN 532, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Addresses social and cultural factors affecting counseling. Examines studies of change, ethnic groups, subcultures, changing roles of women, sexism, urban and rural societies, population patterns, cultural mores, use of leisure time, and differing life patterns.
Equivalent to: COUN 534
COUN 533, ADDICTION THEORIES, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT, 3 Credits
Analyzes prevention, treatment, and recovery across the lifespan through a biopsychosocial perspective on substance use and other addictive behaviors. Outlines the etiology and neurobiology of addiction for counselors in school and community settings who may work with individuals and families impacted by addiction. Examines signs of substance intoxication and withdrawal, eating and gambling disorders; to conduct appropriate screenings; and to facilitate developmentally appropriate prevention for students/clients.
COUN 534, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN COUNSELING, 4 Credits
Addresses social and cultural factors affecting counseling. Examines studies of change, ethnic groups, subcultures, changing roles of women, sexism, urban and rural societies, population patterns, cultural mores, use of leisure time, and differing life patterns.
Equivalent to: COUN 532
COUN 535, ADDICTION THEORIES, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT, 4 Credits
Analyzes prevention, treatment, and recovery across the lifespan through a biopsychosocial perspective on substance use and other addictive behaviors. Outlines the etiology and neurobiology of addiction for counselors in school and community settings who may work with individuals and families impacted by addiction. Examines signs of substance intoxication and withdrawal, eating and gambling disorders; to conduct appropriate screenings; and to facilitate developmentally appropriate prevention for students/clients.
Equivalent to: COUN 533
COUN 536, APPLIED PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FOR COUNSELORS, 3 Credits
Acquaints counseling students with the fundamentals of psychotropic drugs. Basics of pharmacology, adverse effects, indications, and drug interactions will be discussed. Boundaries of practice and practical issues of assessment and referral will be covered. The overall aim of the course is to provide information about psychopharmacology to the non-medical mental health care provider so that she or he can be a more informed member of the mental health care team. This course does not purport to prepare the student to be any part of the pharmacological prescriptive process. That is the purview of the medically trained person.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 538, SUPPORTING DIVERSE POPULATIONS IN K-12 SCHOOLS, 3 Credits
Explores the selection and application of curriculum and the understanding of the classroom teaching experience as it relates to all student populations including ELL and SPED. Examines and understands the unique strengths and needs, assessment process, and state and federal law associated with these populations in order to effectively be able to support them and their families. Identifies the specialized school programs and state and national regulations that support a variety of learning in a collaborative framework.
COUN 541, COUNSELING IDENTITY, PRACTICE, AND ETHICS, 3 Credits
Introduces topics related to professional identity and ethical practice in counseling. Discusses history of the counseling profession; professional advocacy; counselors’ roles and responsibilities in institutional, community and educational settings; and counselors’ power and duty as agents of change in a global society.
COUN 542, COUNSELING IDENTITY, PRACTICE, AND ETHICS, 4 Credits
Introduces topics related to professional identity and ethical practice in counseling. Discusses history of the counseling profession; professional advocacy; counselors’ roles and responsibilities in institutional, community and educational settings; and counselors’ power and duty as agents of change in a global society.
Equivalent to: COUN 541
COUN 546, LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAMS, 3 Credits
Examines the components of a Comprehensive School Counseling Program and the role of the school counselor. Prepares school counselors to lead teams as leaders in the development and implementation of comprehensive school counseling programs. Introduces principles of leadership, system change, and advocacy. Examines State and National Comprehensive School Counseling models to implement as a leader.
COUN 548, SPECIAL EDUCATION ISSUES IN COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Addresses various educational disability categories, the fundamentals of special education law, the special education assessment process, the special education definition of emotional/behavioral disorders, and the counselor's role in supporting children with special emotional needs.
COUN 550, FOUNDATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Explores the foundations of clinical mental health counseling including: (1) historical, philosophical, societal, cultural, economic, and political dimensions of and current trends in the community human service/mental health movement; (2) roles, functions, preparation standards, credentialing, licensure, and professional identity of clinical mental health counselors; and (3) policies, laws, legislation, recognition, reimbursement, right-to-practice, and other issues relevant to clinical mental health counseling. Focuses on prevention and intervention, social justice, advocacy within the medical model, and preparation for clinical practice.
COUN 551, THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES OF COUNSELING I, 3 Credits
Examines theoretical approaches to counseling and psychotherapy. Distinguishes the importance of therapeutic working alliance and the counseling process, and analyzes a select set of major current counseling theories, theory-specific processes, techniques, and application across counseling setting and populations. Fosters the development of theory-based conceptualization skills and theory-specific techniques; examines social and cultural influences on theory development and application in counseling; and cultivates counseling skill development through experiential lab practices of counseling techniques.
COUN 552, THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES OF COUNSELING II, 3 Credits
Builds on development of knowledge and skills in counseling theories and techniques gained in COUN 551 and surveys an additional select set of major current counseling theories by examining their respective processes, techniques, and application across counseling settings and populations. Strengthens counseling conceptualization skills and familiarity with theory-specific counseling techniques; examines ethical, diversity, and cultural considerations in case conceptualization and application of counseling techniques. Fosters skill development through experiential lab practices and develops personal theoretical orientation to counseling.
Prerequisite: COUN 551 with C or better
COUN 553, THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES OF COUNSELING I, 4 Credits
Examines theoretical approaches to counseling and psychotherapy. Distinguishes the importance of therapeutic working alliance and the counseling process, and analyzes a select set of major current counseling theories, theory-specific processes, techniques, and application across counseling setting and populations. Fosters the development of theory-based conceptualization skills and theory-specific techniques; examines social and cultural influences on theory development and application in counseling; and cultivates counseling skill development through experiential lab practices of counseling techniques.
Equivalent to: COUN 551
COUN 554, THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES OF COUNSELING II, 4 Credits
Builds on development of knowledge and skills in counseling theories and techniques gained in COUN 551 and surveys an additional select set of major current counseling theories by examining their respective processes, techniques, and application across counseling settings and populations. Strengthens counseling conceptualization skills and familiarity with theory-specific counseling techniques; examines ethical, diversity, and cultural considerations in case conceptualization and application of counseling techniques. Fosters skill development through experiential lab practices and develops personal theoretical orientation to counseling.
Prerequisite: COUN 553 with C or better
Equivalent to: COUN 552
COUN 561, INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS IN COUNSELING, 4 Credits
Explores common methods for researching process and outcomes in clinical mental health and school counseling settings.
Equivalent to: COUN 562
COUN 562, INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS IN COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Explores common methods for researching process and outcomes in clinical mental health and school counseling settings.
COUN 565, ASSESSMENT AND APPRAISAL IN COUNSELING, 4 Credits
Investigates historical perspectives of assessment and testing, basic concepts related to types of tests and measurements, and statistical concepts relevant to assessments. Surveys assessment, appraisal, and various types of instruments and procedures used by counselors in educational, career, psychological, and mental health settings. Examines the use of assessments for diagnostic and counseling intervention purposes. Develops skills in using assessments and procedures relevant to the practice of counseling across work settings. Examines ethical and multicultural issues and concerns in assessment.
Equivalent to: COUN 567
Recommended: Basic statistics course
COUN 566, LIFESTYLE AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT, 4 Credits
Explores major theoretical approaches to career development and career counseling. Examines influence of development, culture, and intersectionality on career. Identifies available resources for educational and occupational assessment and procedures to enhance career exploration, planning, and placement. Emphasizes understanding of career decision-making processes across the lifespan and career counseling issues with diverse populations.
Equivalent to: COUN 568
COUN 567, ASSESSMENT AND APPRAISAL IN COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Investigates historical perspectives of assessment and testing, basic concepts related to types of tests and measurements, and statistical concepts relevant to assessments. Surveys assessment, appraisal, and various types of instruments and procedures used by counselors in educational, career, psychological, and mental health settings. Examines the use of assessments for diagnostic and counseling intervention purposes. Develops skills in using assessments and procedures relevant to the practice of counseling across work settings. Examines ethical and multicultural issues and concerns in assessment.
Equivalent to: COUN 565
Recommended: Basic statistics course
COUN 568, LIFESTYLE AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT, 3 Credits
Explores major theoretical approaches to career development and career counseling. Examines influence of development, culture, and intersectionality on career. Identifies available resources for educational and occupational assessment and procedures to enhance career exploration, planning, and placement. Emphasizes understanding of career decision-making processes across the lifespan and career counseling issues with diverse populations.
Equivalent to: COUN 566
COUN 571, GROUP WORK FOR PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, 3 Credits
Reviews the rationale for and role of culturally informed group work in education, prevention, and mental health treatment. Explores group development, group dynamics, and group work approaches and models in the context of diverse counseling settings. Examines group leadership theory, styles of leadership, and group facilitation skills. Encourages integration of knowledge and research into planning effective groups to meet diverse student and client goals.
COUN 572, GROUP WORK FOR PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, 4 Credits
Reviews the rationale for and role of culturally informed group work in education, prevention, and mental health treatment. Explores group development, group dynamics, and group work approaches and models in the context of diverse counseling settings. Examines group leadership theory, styles of leadership, and group facilitation skills. Encourages integration of knowledge and research into planning effective groups to meet diverse student and client goals.
Equivalent to: COUN 571
COUN 573, INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY COUNSELING, 4 Credits
Examines the history of family counseling, investigates family structure, dynamics, and development, and explores major theoretical approaches to family counseling. Applies systems perspectives to (a) understand environmental influences on individual and family functioning, development, and mental health issues, and (b) formulate interventions. Explores family counseling legal and ethical issues. Examines skills and strategies for systemic collaborating with stakeholders in the community to empower children, youth, and families. Examines approaches to working with couples/marital relationships and investigates diversity and cultural factors in family counseling.
Equivalent to: COUN 575
COUN 574, CRISIS, SUICIDE, GRIEF, AND THREAT INTERVENTIONS FOR COUNSELORS, 4 Credits
Focuses on interrelated topics in professional counseling: crisis management, suicidality assessment and interventions, grief and loss, and threat assessment and management. Addresses both theory and pragmatics.
Equivalent to: COUN 578
COUN 575, INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Examines the history of family counseling, investigates family structure, dynamics, and development, and explores major theoretical approaches to family counseling. Applies systems perspectives to (a) understand environmental influences on individual and family functioning, development, and mental health issues, and (b) formulate interventions. Explores family counseling legal and ethical issues. Examines skills and strategies for systemic collaborating with stakeholders in the community to empower children, youth, and families. Examines approaches to working with couples/marital relationships and investigates diversity and cultural factors in family counseling.
COUN 576, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT: APPLIED PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, 4 Credits
Explores the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders as defined by the DSM classification system. Emphasizes principles and practices that relate to child and adult psychopathology, DSM diagnostic criteria, etiology and assessment, systematic treatment planning, interviewing, and short- and long-term interventions. Acquaints counseling students with the fundamentals of psychotropic drugs, the basics of pharmacology, adverse effects, indications, and drug interactions.
COUN 577, APPLIED PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS, 3 Credits
Addresses the principles of diagnosis of psychopathology and the use of current diagnostic tools, including the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). Includes psychiatric terminology, treatment, current research, cross cultural impact, ethical implications, and goal planning related to mental health processes and case management.
COUN 578, CRISIS, SUICIDE, GRIEF, AND THREAT INTERVENTIONS FOR COUNSELORS, 3 Credits
Focuses on interrelated topics in professional counseling: crisis management, suicidality assessment and interventions, grief and loss, and threat assessment and management. Addresses both theory and pragmatics.
COUN 579, TRAUMA-INFORMED COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Introduces knowledge and skills related to bolstering wellness and resilience for clients facing chronic stress and trauma. Examines environmental, physiological, and historical factors contributing to trauma and resilience, wellness-based resourcing/grounding strategies, and evidence-based approaches to treating trauma.
Prerequisite: COUN 578 with C or better
COUN 581, SOCIAL JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, AND ADVOCACY IN THE COUNSELING PROFESSION, 3 Credits
Explores the multicultural counseling and social justice competencies that provide the foundation for this course. Focuses on counselor advocacy and considers global perspectives on counseling and diversity. Offers experiential learning activities in self-assessment, evaluation and reflection, and builds counselors’ cross-cultural knowledge, awareness, and skills.
Equivalent to: COUN 583
COUN 582, MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING II, 3 Credits
Further explores multicultural counseling by studying in-depth the experience of specific student populations and their unique strengths and needs. Students will gain understanding of the specialized school programs and state and national regulations that support a variety of learners as well as the theories and research related to language acquisition to support ELL and bilingual students in the PK-12 system. Students will engage in authentic experiences and assignments to enrich their understanding of sub-populations of students and their families to enhance their cultural responsiveness with those specific groups of learners.
Prerequisite: COUN 581 with C or better
COUN 583, SOCIAL JUSTICE, DIVERSITY, AND ADVOCACY IN THE COUNSELING PROFESSION, 4 Credits
Explores the multicultural counseling and social justice competencies that provide the foundation for this course. Focuses on counselor advocacy and considers global perspectives on counseling and diversity. Offers experiential learning activities in self-assessment, evaluation and reflection, and builds counselors’ cross-cultural knowledge, awareness, and skills.
Equivalent to: COUN 581
COUN 591, INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, 3 Credits
Students will gain understanding in research-based classroom teaching practices including classroom planning and evaluation. Students will refine their educational beliefs of classroom practice and gain insight into the administrative structure of public schools as it relates to the teacher and school counselor.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 592, CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION FOR COUNSELORS, 3 Credits
75 hours of supervised instruction in a public school setting.
Recommended: COUN 591.
COUN 593, INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL SUPERVISION AND CONSULTATION, 4 Credits
Connects supervision and consultation to clinical mental health counselors’ practice and development. Discusses major models and approaches of supervision and consultation. Compares and contrasts clinical supervision with consultation and investigates processes and procedures of supervision and consultation. Examines ethical, legal, and multicultural considerations in supervision and consultation and develops supervision and consultation skills.
Prerequisite: COUN 514 with C or better
COUN 594, SCHOOL COUNSELOR CONSULTATION AND SUPERVISION, 4 Credits
Connects consultation and supervision to school counselors’ practice and development and discusses major models and approaches in consultation and school counselor site supervision. Compares and contrasts supervision with consultation and investigates processes and procedures of supervision and consultation. Integrates ethical, legal, and multicultural considerations in consultation and supervision, and develops consultation and supervision skills.
Prerequisite: COUN 514 with C or better
COUN 595, GROUP COUNSELING II, 3 Credits
Group counseling theories and pragmatics for clients with mental and emotional disorders.
COUN 597, INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELOR SUPERVISION, 3 Credits
Introduction to the theory and pragmatics of counselor supervision.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 598, COUNSELOR CONSULTATION, 3 Credits
Development of consultation skills as a supervisor and counselor educator. Consultation theory and practice are studied. Students practice consultation skills and receive feedback.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 599, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-4 Credits
This course is repeatable for 90 credits.
COUN 601, RESEARCH, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 602, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 603, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 605, READING AND CONFERENCE, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 606, PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 607, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 608, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 609, PRACTICUM IN COUNSELING, 1-12 Credits
Specialized counseling experiences supervised by a professional. Emphasis is on development of advanced skills in counseling specific to a population.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 610, INTERNSHIP IN COUNSELING, 1-15 Credits
Designed to provide experiences in development of teaching and supervision skills in preparation as a counselor educator and supervisor.
This course is repeatable for 15 credits.
COUN 612, RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES IN EDUCATION, 3 Credits
Research perspectives, how they are influenced by worldviews, and how these worldviews influence research.
Recommended: COUN 562 and completion or concurrent enrollment in an introductory statistics course
COUN 613, RESEARCH ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION IN EDUCATION, 3 Credits
Critical analysis of scholarly studies in education from a variety of research perspectives.
Recommended: COUN 612 and completion or concurrent enrollment in an intermediate statistics course
COUN 616, UNIVERSITY LEVEL INSTRUCTIONAL THEORY AND METHODS, 3 Credits
Addresses general university level instructional theory and methods as well as pedagogy specific to counselor education.
COUN 617, ADVANCED COUNSELOR SUPERVISION, 3 Credits
Advanced theory and techniques in counselor supervision. Pedagogical issues in training supervisors are addressed.
COUN 618, PRACTICUM IN COUNSELING, 1-12 Credits
Specialized counseling experiences supervised by a professional. Emphasis is on development of advanced skills in counseling specific to a population.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
COUN 619, INTERNSHIP IN COUNSELING, 1-12 Credits
Designed to provide experiences in development of teaching and supervision skills in preparation as a counselor educator and supervisor.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 662, COUNSELOR EDUCATION QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS I, 3 Credits
Part I of a three-course sequence designed to prepare students to meet the CACREP doctoral standards for quantitative research methods in counselor education. Topics addressed in course I include application of the following in counselor education research: (1) data scales and scale transformation, (2) frequency distributions and histograms, (3) measures of central position, (4) variability, (5) characteristics of data curves, (6) normality, (7) measures of variability, (8) the statistical hypothesis, (9) statistical errors (Type I/Type II), (10) power analysis, and (11) statistical correlation.
Recommended: COUN 562.
COUN 663, COUNSELOR EDUCATION QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS II, 3 Credits
Part II of a three-part course sequence designed to prepare students to meet the CACREP doctoral standards for quantitative research methods in counselor education. Topics addressed in course II include application of the following in counselor education research: (1) a review of the dependent variable, normal curve, Type I and Type II errors, power analysis, and criteria for selecting statistical tools, (2) significance tests, including Chi-square t-test, one-factor analysis of variance, multiple comparison tests (L.S.D. and Tukey's HSD), two-factor analysis of variance, statistical interaction (ordinal and disordinal), linear regression, factor analysis, and analysis of covariance.
COUN 664, COUNSELOR EDUCATION QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS III, 3 Credits
Part III of a three-course sequence designed to prepare students to meet the CACREP doctoral standards for quantitative research methods in counselor education. Topics addressed in course III include application of the following in counselor education research: (1) multiple regression, (2) path analysis, (3) confirmatory factor analysis, analysis, (4) logistic regression, (5) reliability and generalizability theory, (6) cluster analysis, (7) structural equation modeling, and (8) single subject designs.
COUN 665, PUBLICATION METHODS IN COUNSELOR EDUCATION, 3 Credits
Teaches doctoral students how to write theses, grant reports, peer-reviewed journal articles, and textbook chapters.
COUN 667, ADVANCED ASSESSMENT IN COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Explores current issues in the use of assessment in counseling, best practices in instrument development, and best practices in assessment pedagogy.
COUN 668, ADVANCED CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTATION IN COUNSELING, 3 Credits
An advanced course surveying past, current, and possible future technical and philosophical perspectives concerning career development and counseling. Issues in consultation, social change theory, and advocacy action planning are also reviewed in light of their impact on future counseling practitioners. Pedagogical methods for presenting current issues in career development, consultation, social change theory and advocacy action planning are a major focus of the class.
Recommended: COUN 568 and COUN 598.
Available via Ecampus
COUN 671, ADVANCED GROUP COUNSELING, 3 Credits
Provides learning experiences beyond the entry level in group counseling. Theoretical and pedagogical innovations in this area are discussed.
COUN 681, ADVANCED DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN COUNSELOR EDUCATION, 3 Credits
Addresses pedagogy relevant to multicultural, diversity, and social justice issues and the role of racial, ethnic, and cultural heritage, nationality, socioeconomic status, family structure, age, gender, sexual orientation, religious and spiritual beliefs, occupation, physical, and mental status, local, regional, national, international perspective, and issues of equity such as oppression, power and privilege in counselor education.
Recommended: COUN 581
COUN 696, COUNSELOR EDUCATION, 3 Credits
Orientation to the profession of counselor education. Specific topics include: (1) history and organization of the profession, (2) program accreditation standards and practices, (3) instructional theory and methods relevant to counselor education, and (4) ethical and legal considerations in counselor education.
COUN 697, COUNSELOR SUPERVISION, 3 Credits
Practical experience for counseling professionals who have responsibility directing personal and professional development of counselors, promoting counselor competency, and developing and implementing counseling services and programs. Theoretical models of supervision are utilized to develop supervisor roles.