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Program Goals
A. The student will acquire a broad understanding of human growth and development including the psychological and sociological, and physiological perspectives.
B. The student will acquire a broad understanding of social and cultural issues. This will include ethnic and gender differences and other differing cultural life-styles.
C. The student will acquire an understanding of the helping relationship which includes its philosophic base, counseling theory, consultation theory, and counselor/client self-awareness. This will require an extended period of supervised internship.
D. The student will acquire a working knowledge of groups and of the use of groups in the practice of counseling.
E. The student will acquire an understanding of life-style and career development theory as well as strategies for assisting persons with life-choice issues.
F. The student will acquire skills and competence in the appraisal of the individual. This necessitates the development of a model for understanding of the individual and the acquisition strategies for gathering information about the individuals.
G. The student will acquire a knowledge of research and evaluation in counseling. This will include statistics and research design.
H. The student will acquire a professional orientation to counseling with knowledge of professional organizations and professional ethics.