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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A review of basic educational psychology principles including cognitive and language development, personal, social and moral development, learning theories, and motivation. A review of basic concepts that contribute to effective learning and other aspects of education.
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3.00 Credits
Community psychology is about the prevention of psychosocial problems and the promotion of mental health and well being through the creation of equitable and just social settings, neighborhoods, communities, and societies. Course topics include: stress & social support; oppression and human diversity; primary prevention, social intervention and health promotion; self-help; mediating structures; community mental health; alternative settings; community development and social change.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of the theories and practical applications of counseling and psychotherapy. Students will acquire an understanding of a variety of theories of psychotherapy, the basic requirements and skills for effective, ethical counseling, and an appreciation for the role of values and human differences in counseling and psychotherapy. This course does not prepare students for practice in mental health professions.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of populations and professional roles in human services and mental health settings. The skills, processes and outcomes for developing and sustaining healthy human services settings are reviewed. Students will learn about prevention, resilience, and multicultural issues and acquire skills for becoming effective workers and leaders in community-based agencies. The course will consist of readings, presentations and role-playing related to social and institurional dynamics.
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3.00 Credits
This course will cover the scholarly knowledge and skills required to engage in applied community research. Topics will cover applied research theories, practices and designs: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods; and program evaluation and needs assessment. Students will learn how to conduct applied research and how to evaluate programs and social interventions in organizations and communities.
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3.00 Credits
This course will cover strength based, preventive, empowering approaches to institutional and community change, and will address related skills, stages, processes and outcomes; Conflict resolution, facilitation, strategic planning, visioning, advocacy, change management, and community mobilization will be studied and practiced in class.
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3.00 Credits
Listening and Helping Skills is an introductory course to the foundational skills used in helping relationships. Through lectures, discussions and role- plays, students will learn the rationale behind basic helping skills and their application to diverse settings and contexts.
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
The practicum serves an integrative function: it allows students to apply their academic training, to further develop their career goals, and to hone their skills while gaining experience in real-world settings. Practica are unpaid, supervised experiences. Students choose from a menu of settings that have been approved as HSD practicum sites and spend a minimum of 120 hours (3 credits) or 250 hours (6 credits) at their chose setting over the course of the semester. Must be taken concurrently with EPS 481.
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3.00 Credits
The practicum seminar brings theory and research to bear on the students' practicum experiences, and provides a forum for further professional skill development and growth. Students will complete a major project integrating their experiences.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Individual work on a special project under faculty guidance.
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