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3.00 Credits
Provides students with foundations to assess, differentiate, and diagnose various mental health disorders based on the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. This course will also focus on etiology, symptomatology, treatment, and prognosis of various disorders, as well as the associated biological, personal, and social characteristics. Factors such as resiliency, buffers against stress and mental illness, and adaptive functioning will be explored.
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3.00 Credits
Explores human development throughout the lifespan. Topics include physical, cognitive, and psychosocial aspects of human growth, development, and behavior. Emphasis will be placed on practical application of the course content to the counseling profession. Students will develop an understanding of the personal-social nature and needs of individuals at all developmental levels in multicultural contexts.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses students' attention to the presence of personal resistance, biases, prejudices, stereotypes, judgmental thought processes, and racist tendencies in society and how that affects practicing counselors and student affairs professionals. The development of knowledge and understanding regarding characteristics and concerns of diverse populations, the attitudes and behaviors affected by dominant group membership, and the individual and group approaches/interventions appropriate within the multicultural helping settings will be explored.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasizes the various roles of the school counselor and introduces strategies to develop consultation and collaboration within PK-12 school settings. Concepts addressing academic, career, and social-emotional development of students are explored. An introduction to the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model is provided with a focus on the history and philosophy of school counseling and an introduction to ethical and legal issues that involve school counselor advocacy, leadership, and systemic change.
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3.00 Credits
Studies the incorporation of counseling programs into the total school community based on the framework of the ASCA National Model. Contemporary issues are explored as they relate to reducing and eliminating barriers to educational opportunity for every student. Major societal and educational changes impacting students are investigated. Understanding the role of a school counselor as consultant, collaborator, and coordinator are reviewed.
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3.00 Credits
Advances the candidates application of theory and development of counseling skills under site and faculty supervision. The candidate will engage in supervised, direct, and indirect service to diverse PK-12 students in an appropriate educational setting. Site and faculty supervisors will provide at least one hour per week of continual feedback and mentoring in individual and group settings. Students will complete 100 hours of this clinical practicum experience.
Prerequisite:
COUN500 AND COUN550 OR CNSL500 OR CNSL550
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
Extends and deepens the practicum experience and advances the candidates' opportunity to design, implement and evaluate school counseling programs. Candidates will continue to demonstrate their individual and group counseling skills with diverse students within an appropriate educational setting. Further, candidates will use available data to assess both individual performance and programmatic performance. The internship experience requires student to complete 600 clock hours. Students may divide their internship experience over two semesters.
Prerequisite:
COUN500 AND COUN550 AND COUN597 OR CNSL500 OR CNSL517 OR CNSL550
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3.00 Credits
Provides an overview of the criminal justice system, its major components, roles and functions. A historical and contemporary analysis of the police, courts and corrections in America will be provided. Emphasis is placed on the foundation and functions of the criminal justice system, individual rights and freedoms, criminal law and procedure, crime and punishment, and juvenile justice.
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3.00 Credits
Presents the scope of criminology. Discusses the historical development of criminological theory, and major sociological, biological, and psychological explanations of crime and justice. Applies and analyzes criminological theory in the examination and explanation of criminal behavior. Examines the role that criminological theory plays in research and policy development. May be offered through a traditional lecture or distance education format.
Prerequisite:
CRJU101 OR CJA1100 OR CRJ101 OR CRJS102
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3.00 Credits
Examines the nature and extent of issues relating to women and criminal justice. The content includes a focus on crimes committed by women, theories of female criminality, processing of women offenders through the criminal justice system, the response of police and court officials to women as victims of crime, and opportunities for women as employees in criminal justice agencies.
Prerequisite:
CRJU101
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