Counselor Education

SC 610. GRIEF DEATH AND BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING 1 HR. A seminar course designed to aid the student in looking at his/her own feelings and experience with death. Students will look at methods of working through their own grief as well as ways of helping and consoling others. Special problems of understanding and communicating with the critically or terminally ill, recognition of symptoms indicating unresolved grief, and the hospice movement are examined.

SC 615. CRISIS COUNSELING 2 HRS. A seminar-type course designed to help counselors and others in the helping professions to work with individuals, families, or groups in crisis resolution. Students will discuss intervention strategies and models for developmental and situational crisis situations. Physiological and psychological reaction to stress will be discussed. Basic concepts on establishing "Hot-Line" and "Walk-In" crisis centers are considered.

SC 625.  ANGER MANAGEMENT 1 HR.  This course is designed as an elective, one hour course, to enhance the knowledge base of practitioners with regard to anger management techniques and strategies.  The course will cover both school age children and adult interventions.  Students will gain both knowledge and practical experiences through various activities and supplemental materials.  Successful completion of the course should enable the practitioner to assess and develop interventions for clients experiencing anger management issues.

SC 630.  COUNSELING BOYS AND MEN 1 HR.  The purpose of this course is to examine various psychosocial aspects of today's educational systems and their effects on the personal development of boys and the men they become.  The importance of parents, teachers, and counselors will be emphasized and various methods will be described and practiced to help boys overcome the social and emotional challenges they encounter.

SC 700. INTRODUCTION TO SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELING 3 HRS. (Prerequisite, school counseling concentration.) The purpose of this course is to examine the counseling philosophies, principles, and practices of secondary school counseling. Emphasis is placed on the role of the secondary school counselor as well as the growth and development of individuals from age thirteen to twenty-one. The role of the counselor in assessment, academic program planning, consultation, and referral will be discussed. Current issues and practices related to the concerns of adolescents will be reviewed.

SC 705. INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELING3 HRS. (Prerequisite, school counseling concentration.) The purpose of this course is to examine the counseling philosophies, principles, and practices as they relate to the elementary and middle school. Emphasis is placed on the role of the elementary school counselor as well as the growth and development of children from infancy through age 13. The role of the classroom teacher in classroom guidance activities and the counselor's relationship to other specialized personnel is also discussed.

SC 710. MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING 3 HRS. This course will focus on the development of the awareness, knowledge and skills necessary for counseling professionals to provide culturally relevant services to people from ethnic and cultural backgrounds which differ from the counselor's own. These skills are intended to "overlay" the counseling understandings the counselor has developed in other course work. This course emphasizes self-knowledge and uses methods of experiential and didactic learning.

SC 715. CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION 3 HRS. A course designed to help the student understand adult-child relationships and how to deal more effectively with the misbehaving child in the home and school. Techniques for consulting with parents and conducting parent education will be examined.

SC 719.  CREATING CLASSROOM CLIMATE 1 HR.  This course takes a critical look at common or traditional practices of classroom management and discipline.  We will challenge some of the teacher-directed models that require children to conform, and compare these models to models that encourage a classroom community that focus on students learning to problem solve as a group to build a cohesive classroom.

SC 720. SPECIAL STUDIES IN COUNSELING 1-3 HRS. (Prerequisite, permission required.) The purpose of this course is to provide in-depth studies in the highly specific dimensions of the guidance and counseling field. Topics to be covered will vary from semester to semester.

SC 805. PROFESSIONAL & ETHICAL ISSUES IN COUNSELING 1 HR. A general survey of professional, ethical, and legal concerns facing the practicing counselor as applicable to school, community, and agency settings. Comparison will be made with similar issues in other helping professions.

SC 807. WORKSHOP IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE 1-3 HRS. The workshop will consist of lectures, small group discussions, films, filmstrips, video tapes, audio tapes, and related activities in the area of guidance and counseling in the elementary school. Designed to provide in-service training for elementary school counselors. Also provides an opportunity to exchange ideas as well as review the most recent literature and materials pertaining to elementary school guidance.

SC 810 . COUNSELING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 2 HRS. A study of characteristics of and techniques for establishing effective counseling relationships. The class provides an opportunity for personal growth, development of basic counseling skills, and improved interpersonal counseling relationships. This will be accomplished through group exchange of ideas, feelings, and attitudes through didactic and experiential activities.

SC 815. ASSESSMENT IN SCHOOLS 3 HRS. This course is a survey of the broad spectrum of psychological tests used in the assessment of human potential and functioning. The focus is on the nature, use, and interpretation of various methods of evaluation with specific reference to measurement in the areas of aptitude, achievement, interest, personalty and intelligence. Analyzing data and the interpretation of test results is a major emphasis.

SC 820. CAREER COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT 3 HRS. (Prerequisite, CE 810 or concurrent.) An introduction to career counseling with various types of clientele. The theoretical emphasis is on the development aspects of career decision making from childhood through adulthood. Attention is given to various information sources and techniques for counselors to use in assisting clients with appropriate approaches to decision making.

SC 825. COUNSELING THEORIES 3 HRS. (Prerequisite, CE 724 or concurrent.) A close look at various theories of counseling and their applicability to the individual counselor and his/her prospective counseling situation. The use of various tools in the specific approaches to counseling. The application of theory in dealing with personal concerns in education, private practice, rehabilitation and other agency settings will be examined.

SC 850. THEORIES OF GROUP COUNSELING 3 HRS. (Prerequisites, CE 810 and CE 825.) A general survey of the various approaches (theories) that are most applicable to group counseling in common counseling settings. Consideration of the usefulness of theory as it relates to the techniques associated with the different approaches will be examined.

SC 860. LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY 3 HRS. (Prerequisites, 15 graduate hours of CE courses including CE 700 and CE 705.) A study of the processes involved in developing, organizing, and managing counseling program services in school and agency settings. The relationships between school counseling programs and various types of agency programs is also explored.

SC 871. SUPERVISED PRACTICUM IN SCHOOL COUNSELING 3 HRS. (Prerequisites, CE 700, CE 705, CE 710, CE 715, CE 805, CE 810, CE 820, CE 825, CE 850 and have an approved application for admission to the practicum the semester before expected enrollment and permission required.) The purpose of this course is to help graduate students in improving their proficiency in individual and group counseling and consultation. In addition, the course includes experiences in preparing case notes, consulting with other professionals, critiquing audio and video tapes of counseling sessions, participating in individual and group supervision and experience in counseling children and adolescents.

SC 881. SCHOOL COUNSELING INTERNSHIP 1-6 HRS. (Prerequisite, CE 871; have an approved application for admission to the internship the semester before expected enrollment and permission required.) Interns will complete a 600 clock hour experience at a site or sites that offer opportunities for working with students in grades kindergarten through grade twelve. The intern will engage in both individual and group counseling as well as a variety of other activities that a regularly employed staff member in the setting would be expected to perform. In general, the successful completion of this experience should enable the prospective school counselor to function as the coordinator of a comprehensive school guidance program, grades K through 12.

SC 890. RESEARCH PROBLEMS IN GUIDANCE 1-4 HRS. (Prerequisite, permission required.) Under individual direction, the student will select and pursue the investigation of special problems not ordinarily covered by regular courses. Admission and approval of projects must come from the Chair of the Division of Counselor Education and Rehabilitation Programs.

SC 895. THESIS, M.S. 1-5 HRS. (Prerequisite, permission required.) Designed for graduate students working toward the degree, Master of Science, and specializing in counselor education. Permission to enroll to be granted by the Chair of the Division of Counselor Education and Rehabilitation Programs.

Last Updated February 23, 2009