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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to assist students in developing basic skills in Christian Counseling. Skills emphasized include reflective listening and applying Carkhuff's Core Conditions for Helping. Through lecture, roleplay, and practical handson experience, students listen to God, self, and others, overcome barriers to effective helping, respond to inappropriate behavior, and reinforce Scriptural truth through prayer. Prerequisite: EN 101: English Composition or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Building on CC 202 Counseling Skills I, this course will emphasize the building of skills in reflecting listening, applying Carkhuff's Core Conditions for Helping, advising, storytelling and storylistening in counseling, group counseling, and allowing the power of the Holy Spirit to permeate counseling opportunities. Prerequisite: CC 301.
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3.00 Credits
This class will encourage students to learn about being an effective helper to those who may face a crisis. Students will learn to understand the four common elements of a crisis, the characteristics of troubled people, the pattern of a crisis, and eight basic steps to helping a person in crisis. Students will be able to learn through class lecture, group interaction and role playing, guest lecturers, research, and written assignments. Prerequisite: EN 101or permission from the instructor. Recommended prerequisite: CC 202 Counseling Skills I.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to premarital, marital, and family systems. Theories about the nature of marriage and family, what contributes to lifelong bonding, and what causes relational dissatisfaction and dysfunction are discussed with a focus on how to evaluate and assist married couples and families in trouble. A variety of therapeutic modalities are presented with specific tools that can be used for each. Prerequisite: English Composition or permission of the instructor. Recommended prerequisites: CC 201 and CC 202.
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3.00 Credits
This course will address aberrations of normal development that impact children and their families in the home, school, church and community. Various methods of effective helping will be considered. Teaching methods will include lecture, roleplay, research/writing, and guest lecturers. Prerequisites: EN 101, CC 201, CC 202 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
(Recommended for students planning to do graduate work in psychology and counseling) A descriptive and theoretical survey of the major forms of psychological disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. The course will examine current trends and research in the fields of mental health and psychopathology, as well as methods of treatment. Prerequisites: EN 101, CC 201, CC 202 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an overview of the emerging field of life coaching. Distinct from psychotherapy, life coaching focuses on goalsetting, decisionmaking, values assessment, modeling, and mentoring in order to assist seekers with their personal life directions. This course will also assist students who wish to earn certification in this field. Prerequisites: EN 101, CC 201, CC 202 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will engage in handson training in a setting that will provide actual, handson experience in some form of Christian counseling that does not require state licensure. Examples include crisis pregnancy centers, battered women's ministries? men's accountability groups, 12stepprograms? nonclinical counseling in troubled teen ministries, etc. Prerequisites: EN101, CC 201, CC 205, CC 206, CC 301, CC 302, and CC 406 or permission of the Department Chair.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine sexual development, human reproduction, sexual functioning, gender, ethics and attitudes. It will investigate sexual dysfunction and sociopsychological issues related to sexual expression from a Christian and biblical perspective. Prerequisites: EN 101, CC 201, CC 202 or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on various approaches to helping those who have become addicted to chemical substances or destructive behaviors. Scriptural and psychological considerations will be reviewed and students will review and evaluate secular and Christianbased treatment outcomes. Prerequisites: EN 101, CC 201, CC 202 or permission of the instructor.
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