REQUIRED CORE COURSES

30 CREDIT HOURS

COURSE NUMBER

COURSE TITLE AND DESCRIPTION

COURSE OFFERED

COU 540

Professional Orientation and Ethics in Counseling: Introduction to Counseling (3 credit hours)

Prerequisite: Senior Standing

A survey of the counseling process including the role of the counselor, characteristics of clients, helping and referral skills, and theories of counseling.

Fall Semester

COU 542

Seminar in Counseling (1 credit hour)

Prerequisites: Instructor Consent

Co-requisite: COU 540

Self-assessment of skills appropriate to counseling by means of psychometric assessment and participation in a personal growth group.

Fall Semester

COU 544

Life Span Development (3 credit hours)

Prerequisite: Junior Standing

Focuses on a broad overview of physical, social, and psychological aspects of human development from conception to old age.

Fall Semester

COU 610

Counseling Theories and Methods (3 credit hours)

Prerequisites: COU 540, 542, 544, 615

Course presents theories of counseling, processes associated with each theory, and the goals which each theory attempts to reach.

Fall Semester

COU 612

Practicum in Counseling (3 credit hours)

Prerequisites: COU 610

Course designed to enhance the development of counseling skills and practices.  Students will use laboratory facilities to learn and practice counseling behaviors with students and peers.

Spring Semester

COU 615

Educational Research (3 credit hours)

Prerequisites:

Introduction to three general research methods – historical, descriptive, and experimental.  Students will manage a small-scale study.

Fall and Spring Semesters

COU 619

Counseling Diverse Populations (3 credit hours)

Prerequisites: COU 540

This course will help counselors-in-training as well as practicing counselors to (1) become aware of personal biases in counseling; (2) deal with the “isms” apparent in modern society from a counseling viewpoint; (3) understand economic and cultural conditioning and its impact on both counselor and client problem-solving; (4) manage personal disclosure with clients of diverse populations; and (5) develop a coherent and appropriate response to legal and ethical issues presented by members of diverse populations.

Summer

COU 620

Methods in Group Counseling (3 credit hours)

Prerequisites: COU 610 and COU 612

Principles and dynamics of group processes and interaction as related to counseling classes, role playing, and personal development in counseling.

Spring Semester

COU 630

Appraisal in Counseling (3 credit hours)

Prerequisites: COU 615

Consideration of psychometric theory and its implication for counselor usage of tests.  Developing skills in test selection, administration, and interpretation.

Fall Semester

COU 640

Career Counseling and Programming (3 credit hours)

Prerequisites: COU 540, 542, 544, 615

Theories of vocational development: types, sources, and use of occupational and educational information in career counseling and decision-making.

Spring Semester

COU 680

Advanced Seminar in Counseling (1 credit hour)

Prerequisites:

Fall Semester

COU 681

Spring Semester

12 CREDIT HOURS

COU 652

Community Mental Health (3 credit hours)

Prerequisites: COU 540, 542, 544, 615

Presentation of the development, practice, and role of community mental health.  Emphasis on developing an understanding of mental health and social policy as well as on acquiring skills in prevention intervention, mental health consultation, crisis intervention, and assessment of community structure and needs.

Fall Semester

COU 686

Internship in General Counseling (3 credit hours)

Prerequisites:

Co-requisite: COU 680

Supervised on-site experience with general agency/community clients.  Experience in the full range of counselor duties and responsibilities in a community agency setting.

Spring Semester

COU 687

Advanced Internship in General Counseling  (3 credit hour)

Prerequisites: COU 680 & 686

Co-requisite: COU 681

A second, supervised, on-site experience in counseling with general agency/community clients.  Experience in the full range of counselor duties and responsibilities in a community agency setting.

Fall Semester

Elective

Elective (3 credit hours)