Seminar focusing on counselor professional identity inclusive of knowledge, scholarship, and writing
standards.

This course offers students an orientation to psychological testing procedures, their interpretation, evaluations and use in the understanding of clients.

A detailed study of a selection of the best known schools of counseling theory.

Provides an understanding of career development; occupational/educational information sources and systems; career and lifestyle counseling; career decision-making and instruments relevant to career planning.

Emphasis is on providing students with a knowledge of group dynamics, and learning basic group counseling techniques under supervision.

A review of contemporary literature and scientific research which deals with relevant, effective, and culturally sensitive techniques for working with children and adolescents..

Provides an overview of counseling techniques and interview methods.

This course focuses on utilizing the DSM-IV-TR, mental status exam, treatment
plans, etc.

An introduction to the field of Addiction Counseling. Emphasis is placed on recognition and identification of the addicted as well as basic treatment techniques.

Investigation of the development of cultural identity and techniques for appropriate interactions with clients from different cultural groups.

An in-depth investigation of ethical and legal issues, as well as technical concerns, related to the professional practice of counseling.

Biological, psychological, and cultural interrelationships in human development.

Comprehensive review of the major characteristics, etiology, and implications for treatment of the major psychological disorders. Clinical and research findings are emphasized.

A study of the research and statistical commonly used in the Behavioral Sciences. Emphasis on quantitative methodology and APA writing style.

An in-depth exploration of crisis, loss, and life transition across the lifespan; focuses on development of grief counseling skills.

An advanced study that weaves together counseling theories and techniques; focuses on effective skill application.

Contemporary approaches to cognitive psychology; a broad survey of social cognition including attention, cognitive organization, mental reasoning, information processing, decision making, and human memory.

An overview of couples development and therapy.

An overview of family development and therapy.

Provides an understanding of forces, which propel learning and development and enables teachers to help students successfully meet the unique demands of school.

Special topic in theories and strategies of crisis intervention.

A study of the statistical methods used to study problems in Behavioral Sciences.

A review of contemporary literature which deals with the psychology of domestic violence.

Origins, development, and coping responses to predictable and unexpected crises of family systems in varied ecological settings.

An examination of legal issues associated with domestic violence.

Open only by application. Requires 100 clinical hours. Supervised progessional activity in a mental health setting.

Advanced supervised experience in a school or mental helath setting. Requires 300 clinical hours for each internship. This course must be taken twice (normally in back-to-back terms) to complete the total clinical requirements.