Counselor Education
- CNS ED 2030Cultural Diversity & AdvocacyThis course focuses on building student cultural competence by deepening their awareness of, exposure to, and appreciation of diverse populations. The course also covers understanding individual and community needs in order to engage with social advocacy in a responsible way. Students will be exposed to a variety of approaches to social advocacy.
- CNS ED 3200Interpersonal Skills & HelpingThis course will enhance the student's ability to communicate clearly, build healthy relationships with others, resolve conflicts, advocate appropriately, and promote a positive and inclusive learning environment among individuals and groups and to be prepared to work well with diverse populations.
- CNS ED 6010Theories Of CounselingPrerequisites: Admission to the MEd program in counseling, or graduate standing and consent of instructor. This course explores the philosophical foundations of counseling theory. The major constructs of contemporary counseling approaches are included and the practical applications of these theories are analyzed.
- CNS ED 6020Ethical & Prof Issues in CounsPrerequisites: Admission to the MEd program in Counseling, or graduate standing and consent of instructor. This course explores ethical, legal, and professional issues related to counseling. Ethical dilemmas in the provision of counseling services to individuals, couples, families, and groups are defined. Specific ethical codes of professional organizations are examined.
- CNS ED 6030Fndn Multicultural CounselingPrerequisites: CNS ED 6010 and CNS ED 6020, or graduate standing and consent of instructor. This course focuses on (1) reviewing knowledge and research in the area of multicultural counseling, (2) developing and/or enhancing skills useful in counseling with individuals from minority populations, and (3) developing levels of personal awareness about stereotypes, and learning how feelings and attitudes about these may impact counseling with individuals from minority populations.
- CNS ED 6040Group Proc In CounselingPrerequisites: CNS ED 6010 and CNS ED 6020, or graduate standing and consent of instructor. This course examines the process dynamics of groups, including group development, leadership, norms and therapeutic factors. Group counseling theories and approaches used for other group work including skills, personal growth, support, vocational, and developmental guidance groups are explored. Knowledge and skills of how to facilitate therapeutic groups are included. Students are required to be participant-observers or facilitators of a group outside of class time.
- CNS ED 6060Helping-Relationship SkillsPrerequisites: CNS ED 6010 and CNS ED 6020, or graduate standing and consent of instructor. This course includes the knowledge and application of counseling techniques and helping skills with an emphasis on experiential learning. Attention is focused on the development of the helping relationship, including helping processes and rapport building, skills used in the counseling process, and increased awareness of how students' values, beliefs, and behaviors are related to counselor effectiveness.
- CNS ED 6070Psychopathology & DiagnosisPrerequisites: Graduate standing. Covers etiology, assessment and diagnosis of mental disorders using contemporary diagnostic systems. Course topics and assignments address the dynamics of adjustment and treatment implications for counselors, school psychologists, and other professionals.
- CNS ED 6200Foundations School CounselingPrerequisites: Admission to the MEd program in counseling, or graduate standing and consent of instructor. This course gives students a foundation for understanding the history, philosophy, and development of school counseling programs. The course examines the role functions of the school counselor within a developmental, comprehensive program, along with communication skills necessary for consultation with students, parents, school support staff, and resource people in the community.
- CNS ED 6220Couns Students w/ DisabilitiesPrerequisite: Graduate standing. This course provides instruction and practice in the basic communication, de-escalation, and evidence-based counseling skills and techniques used to support children, adolescents, and young adults with disabilities. The social-emotional needs of this population and impact on the family system will be discussed.
- CNS ED 6270School Counseling PracticumPrerequisites: CNS ED 6200, CNS ED 6020, and either CNS ED 6000 or CNS ED 6060. This course requires 100 clock hours of supervised practice in counseling. It provides opportunity for students to pragmatically integrate and process materials, theories, techniques, and methodologies as they are applied in the counseling profession with emphasis on school counseling.
- CNS ED 6280Sch Counseling Fld ExpPrerequisites: CNS ED 6040 and CNS ED 6270, or graduate standing and consent of instructor. This course requires 100 clock hours of field experience for each semester credit hour of enrollment. Students are closely supervised under the direction of a graduate faculty member. Students must demonstrate counseling competencies and skillful ethical practice. Students receive a minimum of 1.5 contact hours of group supervision weekly by a graduate faculty member and 1 contact hour of individual supervision weekly by a field experience site supervisor during terms of enrollment. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester credit hours.
- CNS ED 6300Clinical Mental Health CnslgPrerequisites: CNS ED 6070. This course provides a survey of counseling in a variety of mental health settings and introduces the basic philosophical, historical, and psychological foundations of clinical mental health counseling. Students explore the foundations and roles of the professional counselor in various community and agency settings.
- CNS ED 6370Clncl Mntl Hlth Cnslng Prac IPrerequisites: CNS ED 6060 with a grade of B- or better, CNS ED 6030, CNS ED 6040, CNS ED 6300. This course is 100 clock-hours of supervised practice in counseling to provide the opportunity for students to pragmatically integrate and process materials, theories, techniques, and methodologies as they are applied in the counseling profession, focusing on clinical mental health counseling. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- CNS ED 6380Clncl Mntl Hlth Coun Fld ExpPrerequisites: CNS ED 6370 with a grade of S, or graduate standing and consent of instructor. This course is one hundred clock-hours of field experience for each semester-credit-hour of enrollment. Students will be closely supervised under the direction of a graduate faculty member. Students must demonstrate counseling competencies and skillful ethical practice. Students will receive 1.5 contact hours of group supervision weekly by a graduate faculty member and 1 contact hour of individual supervision weekly by a field experience site supervisor during terms of enrollment. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- CNS ED 6400Career Info And DevelopmentPrerequisites: Admission to the Counseling program, or graduate standing and consent of instructor. This course emphasizes the nature of the changing labor market and the impact on personal, social, economic, career, and educational aspects of individuals and society. The use of occupational and educational information systems and resources to assist with career decisions are examined. Techniques and methods of career counseling and the needs of culturally diverse populations are discussed. Various theories of career development and career choice are examined.
- CNS ED 6500Intro Syst Thry Coupls & Fam CPrerequisite: CNS ED 6010 or consent of instructor. This course is an introduction to relationship theory as applied to couples and family counseling. General systems theory, and social constructivism theory are reviewed. Students learn relationship interventions and beginning couple and family counseling techniques. Ethical, professional, and legal issues related to couples and family counseling are addressed.
- CNS ED 6520Family CounselingPrerequisites: CNS ED 6500. This course offers an in-depth analysis of strategic, structural, experiential, communications, behavioral, and psychodynamic approaches to systems change and family counseling. The range of techniques and applied practices evolving from each orientation are explored, as are normal and dysfunctional family processes. Various counseling modalities, such as individual, concurrent, collaborative, conjoint, group, intergenerational, and networking, are also considered.
- CNS ED 6620Advanced Play TherapyPrerequisites: CNS ED 6040 and CNS ED 6610. This course helps students further develop their play therapy skills, especially in the area of client-centered play therapy. The course examines the use of play therapy with traumatized children and aggressive children in both school and agency settings. Group play therapy and sand tray therapy as additional modalities are explored. Ethical and legal issues, as well as supervision in play therapy, are emphasized. This course can count towards the Registered Play Therapist credential.
- CNS ED 6630Career Dev in K-12 SchoolsPrerequisites: CNS ED 6010, CNS ED 6020, CNS ED 6200 and CNS ED 6400. This course emphasizes knowledge and skills for addressing the career development needs and decision making of K-12 students. The course addresses the creation, implementation, and evaluation of sequential and developmentally appropriate career curricula and interventions, as well as contextual influences on career development. The course is intended for school counseling graduate students, and those interested in college and career preparation and advising.
- CNS ED 6680School Counseling in ClassroomPrerequisites: CNS ED 6200 and SPEC ED 6412. This course covers curriculum design and delivery and classroom management for school counselors who are teaching classroom lessons focused on academic, career, and social/emotional content areas. The course emphasizes student-centered pedagogies, methods of conducting needs assessments and evaluations of student learning, and differentiation strategies to meet the needs of diverse learners.
- CNS ED 6700Intro Add Behv & Add CnsPrerequisites: CNS ED 6010 or consent of instructor. Exploration of the theoretical foundations of contemporary approaches to such addictive behaviors as alcohol and drug abuse, smoking, compulsive gambling, and sexual addiction. The nature, etiology, prevention, and treatment of addictions are discussed and analyzed from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The applications of these specific theoretical models to various treatment settings are examined. Multicultural considerations are also addressed.
- CNS ED 6730Counseling for LossPrerequisites: CNS ED 6030, CNS ED 6060, and (ED PSY 6210 or ED PSY 6222). This course introduces students to theory and practice in counseling response to loss, crisis, and trauma experiences. Topics include models of grief counseling, the impact of crises, disasters, other trauma-causing events, and counseling skills and therapeutic interventions appropriate for individuals, families, and groups experiencing loss, crisis, and trauma.
- CNS ED 6840LGBTQIA+ Issues in CounselingPrerequisites: CNS ED 6030. This course focuses on affirmative perspectives regarding sexual orientation and gender diversity in counseling. Current information on LGBTQIA+ issues necessary for adequate practice or research in this area is covered.
- CNS ED 6860Human Sexuality in CounselingPrerequisites: CNS ED 6030. This course focuses on integrating issues of human sexuality into the counseling process. The psycho-sexual development of the individual from birth throughout the lifespan is discussed and compared to other developmental tasks at each age. Themes related to influences from family, culture, environment, socioeconomic, ethnic, and religious perceptions of sexuality are integrated. The physiology of human sexual function is addressed, including variations in sexual orientation and gender identity.
- CNS ED 7020Sem Counseling ResearchPrerequisites: ED REM 6710, doctoral standing or consent of instructor. The purpose of this course is to review and analyze current counseling research literature. Ethical issues will be addressed.
- CNS ED 7030Counselor Educ & SupervisionPrerequisites: CNS ED 7000, or graduate standing and consent of instructor. This course examines theories, models, and research in supervision (individual and group). Students will supervise master's level students in practicum, group, and field experience courses in counseling.
- CNS ED 7780Doctoral InternshipPrerequisite: CNS ED 7000. This course is a one hundred clock-hour field experience for each semester-credit hour of enrollment under the direction of a graduate faculty member. Students provide counseling services to clients at field sites, teach and supervise beginning counseling trainees, conduct research projects, and engage in leadership and advocacy. this course may be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours.