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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Independent research program for students who have strong academic records for a minimum of five previous semesters of college study. Overall GPA of 3.5 and department approval required for enrollment. (Offered Fall Semester)
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3.00 Credits
Independent research program for students who have strong academic records for a minimum of five previous semesters of college study. Overall GPA of 3.5 and department approval required for enrollment. (Offered Spring semester).
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0.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an understanding of the history and philosophy of the counseling profession, professional roles and functions, ethical and legal considerations, and professional organizations and credentialing. Current issues within the professional counseling field will provide a context for exploring ethical and professional orientation. Students will demonstrate knowledge of and ability to apply the following ethical codes: ACA, NBCC, ASCA, AAMFT, and the Pennsylvania Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators. In order to facilitate self understanding, a critical component to becoming a professional counselor, students will be expected to arrange to take the MMPI and have at least two follow-up sessions with a qualified clinician to discuss their fit with the profession of counseling.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with a basic understanding of the counseling and consultation processes. Students will learn about the mental health care system and structure, counselor and consultant characteristics and behaviors that influence helping relationships, essential interviewing and counseling skills, self awareness and awareness of relevant cultural and multicultural issues, and professional boundaries.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a basic understanding of the counseling process in school settings. Students will learn of counseling techniques and interventions which are commonly used in schools for children and adolescents. Family, social, and cultural contexts as they affect school-age children, as well as treatment planning will be considered. Students will also be introduced to the practice of essential interviewing and counseling skills and will be given a brief overview of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - IV-TR. This course will also provide an overview of crisis prevention and intervention for school counselors.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an understanding of the historical and theoretical bases for the practice of marriage, couple, and family counseling. Special attention is given to family systems theory including an overview of foundational systems-oriented theories (Bowenian, Strategic, Structural, etc). Students are encouraged to examine their own assumptions about families and to develop increased congruence between their assumptions and the various theoretical perspectives on family formation, functioning, interaction and intervention. Special attention will be given to the impact of issues such as gender, culture, and ethnicity on the family system. Students will also be introduced to the practice of essential interviewing and counseling skills.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an understanding of the nature and needs of individuals at all developmental stages and from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds. Topics will include theories of individual and family development across the life span, the family life cycle, theories of learning and personality development, human behavior, and strategies for facilitating optimum development over the lifespan.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an understanding of the cultural context of relationships, issues and trends in multicultural and diverse societies. In addition, students will learn about multicultural and pluralistic trends and treatment strategies related to such factors as culture, race, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation, mental and physical characteristics, education, family values, religious and spiritual values, socioeconomic status and unique characteristics of individuals, couples, families groups and communities.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with an intensive look at counseling theories to provide consistent models to conceptualize client presentation and to select appropriate counseling interventions. Students will examine the historical development of affective, behavioral and cognitive theories and will apply material to case studies. Students will also explore counseling models that are consistent with current professional practice and research to help facilitate a personal theoretical approach. Students will demonstrate essential interviewing skills, communication of empathy, and the application of a particular counseling theory in mock counseling sessions. Prerequisite: COUN 507, COUN 508 or COUN 509.
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