Counseling and Student Affairs (66)
Administered by Department of Education Studies and Secondary Education
66.500 Introduction to the Helping Professions (3) - This introductory class is a core experience for students enrolled in the M.Ed. Counseling programs. It exposes students to the generic components of counseling across settings and enables students to examine in depth their personal fitness for pursuing a career as a professional helper. It also provides a background for specialized study in each specialization area.
66.502 Career Development - 3 Credits. This course allows graduate counseling students to explore in depth selected aspects related to vocational psychology, occupational sociology, career development, career choices, career decision-making, career counseling and guidance, and other career-related issues and behaviors. The course is designed to acquaint students with the basic theories and constructs that are essential to the understanding and implementation of career development through the life span. Systems of career education, occupational information, decision-making strategies, and life-work planning for special populations are examined. Pre- or Co- requisite - 66.500.
66.505 Counseling and Consulting Theory (3) - This course studies selected theories and techniques of individual counseling. It also covers various models of the consultation process focusing on the rationale of why consultation has emerged as an important adjunct to personal counseling. Pre- or Co- requisite - 66.500.
66.508 Appraisal Techniques in Counseling (3) - This course presents an overview of the assessment of individual differences through group tests and measurements. It develops competencies in selecting, administering, and interpreting group intelligence, aptitude, achievement, interest, and personality instruments. It also examines current research involving assessment relative to educational, social, and industrial settings. Prerequisite - 66.505.
66.510 Group Counseling/ Leadership Skills (3) - This course teaches students to understand group processes and their application. Various theories of group counseling will be examined. Class members will experience each group counseling technique through class group experience. Prerequisite - 66.505.
66.515 Organization and Development (3) - This course prepares students to function productively in entry level and mid-level supervisory positions within institutions/organizations that serve the needs of a specified group of persons. It stresses both theory and application as students experience the cyclical process of program development and modification. It also teaches selected leadership and management roles and functions in organizational settings, as well as proposal writing and working with grants. Prerequisite - 66.500.
66.520 Life Span Psychology (3) - The course reviews human development throughout the life-span with a special focus on the school age and college years. Topics covered 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 and student affairs profession.
66.525 Multicultural Counseling (3) - This course enables students to develop knowledge and understanding regarding characteristics and concerns of multi-culturally diverse groups, the attitudes and behaviors affected by dominant group membership, and individual and group approaches/interventions appropriate with diverse populations. It provides students with a comprehensive overview of the skills, techniques, and information necessary to become competent in engaging in cross-cultural interaction.
66.528 Supervised Counseling Practice (3) - This course assists students identify and develop the skills of effective helpers. Students participate in counseling experiences using role-playing and "real life" clients. The class makes extensive use of audio and video tapes of counseling sessions conducted by students and of critiques thereof. Students receive feedback regarding their levels of skill. Prerequisite - 66.505.
66.535 Counseling Practicum (3) - The practicum provides an arranged, supervised experience in a specialized area of counseling. It requires prerequisite training and sufficient experience to allow the beginning of autonomous function. Prerequisite - 66.528.
66.549 Internship in Elementary Counseling - 12 Credits. Supervised practice in an approved elementary school. The student works under the direction of a professional counselor in the school setting and meets on campus with the practicum supervisor for intensive seminar activities. The purpose of the internship is to provide the student with experiential approaches in the specialty area. Prerequisite: Must have completed all required courses in the area of specialization unless otherwise approved by the advisor and instructor.
66.550 Developmental Counseling in Secondary Schools (3) - This course prepares students to apply the basic counseling skills in a school setting. It emphasizes the various roles of the elementary and secondary school counselor, tools and strategies appropriate in those settings, and in consultation and collaboration with other school personnel.
66.559 Internship in Secondary Counseling - 12 Credits. Supervised practice in an approved secondary school. The student works under the direction of a professional counselor in the school setting and meets on campus with the practicum supervisor for intensive seminar activities. The purpose of the internship is to provide the student with experiential approaches in the specialty area. Prerequisite: Must have completed all required courses in the area of specialization unless otherwise approved by the advisor and instructor.
66.560 The Individual in Higher Education (3) - This course reviews major theoretical models of student and adult development, developmental aspects of college students, and the effects of the college experience on individuals. Student personnel practitioners learn to design programs to effect positive developmental changes within college/university students.
66.564 Higher Education Law (3) - This course serves as a legal foundation for graduate students in counseling, academic affairs, or related professions in higher education. Emphasis is given to the legal history in higher education, institutional relationships with administrators, students, faculty, the community, procedural process, and basic concepts of civil rights, crimina1, tort, and contractual law.
66.575 Student Affairs Practice and Administration (3) - This course prepares graduate students for entry level and mid-level student personnel services positions in higher education. It emphasizes the history and philosophy of higher education, student affairs purposes and functional areas, as well as professional management/leadership issues relevant to higher education institutions.
66.579 Internship in Student Affairs (12) - The purpose of the internship is to provide the student with one or more experiential approaches in an area of specialization. Basically, the approach will be through (a) parallel programs - ones in which the student is enrolled in academic courses while spending a limited period of time at the internship site and (b) simulated job experience where the intern performs appropriate job tasks/duties which an employee would do. Prerequisite: Must have completed all required courses in the area of specialization unless otherwise approved by the advisor and instructor.
66.590 Research Design and Analysis (3) - This course will aid the student in the development of inquiry and research skills. Materials covered will include ethical principles, case studies, clinical research, study design, evaluation of results (including evaluation of commonly used statistical measures), and critical evaluation of the literature. Prerequisite - 66.515.