CED - Counselor Educ & Personal Develop
The college student personnel movement, its social, psychological, and cultural foundations. Student development functions; career program models; legal, ethical, and professional considerations; role of professionals. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format. Prerequisites: Junior standing or graduate status.
Credits
3(3-1)
Orient students to the profession by examining history, identity, and process of becoming a professional counselor in a diverse society. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format. Prerequisites: Senior standing or graduate status.
Credits
1(1-0)
Personal growth group to help participants increase awareness and acceptance of self and others. Prerequisites: Junior standing or graduate status.
Credits
2(Spec)
An introduction to the theories, skills, and models utilized in developing helping relationships in organizations. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: Senior standing or graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
Special topics that are germane to the field of counseling. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format. Prerequisites: Junior standing or graduate status.
Credits
1-12(Spec)
Building a counseling relationship with children by utilizing play media to facilitate expression, selfunderstanding, and personal growth and development. Prerequisites: Junior Level Standing.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course includes survey of historical, cultural, and political dimensions and trends in community mental health. This course may be offered in an online format.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course provides a history and philosophy of school counseling programs. The role and function of school counselors will be explored. This course may be offered in an online format.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course is an entry-level graduate course that provides an overview of professional identity and professionalism in marriage, family, and couples counseling. This course may be offered in an online format.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course provides an overview of relevant topics, theories, and interventions for working with couples and families that affect relationships and influence individual behavior. This course may be offered in an online format.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course provides a critical survey of theories, techniques, and trends in career counseling. This course may be offered in an online format.
Credits
3(3-0)
Critical survey of career development theories. Application of concepts and strategies of career exploration. Students participate in a supervised experience in teaching career exploration techniques. Prerequisite: Graduate status. Recommended: Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in,
CED 650.
Credits
3(2-1)
Orient students to work and career in a global society by examining past, present and future issues in the workplace. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format. Prerequisites: Graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course is designed to prepare school counselors-in-training to assist their future students in the process of planning for postsecondary educational options. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite:
CED 604.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course is designed as a facilitated group counseling format where students experience being in the role of client/group participant. CR/NC only.
Credits
1(Spec)
This course provides an overview of the empirical literature, ethics, and techniques of clinical counseling supervision. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: Graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
A non-credit course intended for students who have completed all program credits but still need to use university resources to complete their degree requirements.
Credits
1(1-0)
This course is an examination of research and practice issues relating to counseling culturally specific groups with special emphasis on the client/counselor relationship.
Credits
3(3-0)
Orient students to the process of developing competence to live and relate in a culturally diverse society. Prerequisites: Graduate status.
Credits
3(3-0)
This is an experiential graduate level course in which students study and engage in meaningful service learning in a cross-cultural setting. This course may be offered in an online format.
Credits
3(Spec)
This course provides a supervised discussion of legal, ethical, and consultation issues that affect the profession. This course may be offered in an online format.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course prepares trainees to assist in selection, evaluation, and interpretation of various counseling assessments with emphasis on assessments appropriate to trainees’ future work settings. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite: Regular Admission to the M.A. in Counseling Program.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course introduces the presentation and application of basic theories, techniques and resources for dealing with a broad range of addictive behavior, both substance related and behaviorally focused. This course may be offered in an online format.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course provides an introduction to the neurological, behavioral, psychological, physical, and social effects of psychoactive substances. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites:
CED 641; admission to M.A. in Counseling program.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course introduces students to the potential causes of and reasons for addiction. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite:
CED 641.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course addresses addiction-oriented systems and methods of care, including assessment, wellness, and prevention. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite:
CED 641.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course utilizes discussion and individual investigation into topics and critical incidents germane to schools. Recommendations and solutions by professionals in the field are reviewed. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite:
CED 604.
Credits
3(3-0)
Clinical experience in selected addiction-focused settings, managing a client caseload under qualified supervision. CR/NC only. This course may be offered in the online format. Prerequisites:
CED 641, 642, 643, 644.
Credits
3(Spec)
The application of group theories and techniques, interpersonal communication skills, and the assessment of group counseling interventions. Prerequisite: Regular admission to M.A. in Counseling. Pre/Co-requisite:
CED 660.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course provides students with specialized skills for counseling children and adolescents. It emphasizes the modification of interventions to meet the needs of young clients. This course may be offered in an online format.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course is a systematic study of the counseling process: stages, intervention strategies, and related issues. Both cognitive and experiential approaches will be used. Prerequisites:
CED 677; Regular Admission to the M.A. in Counseling Program.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course addresses the influence of developmental and environmental factors on human behavior, including physical, social, and psychological aspects, and implications for counselors.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course involves the application of counseling skills and interventions using systems and post-modern theories of marriage, couple, and family therapy. This course may be offered in an online format.
Credits
3(3-0)
Study and/or investigation of a special problem with the guidance of a staff member. Prerequisites: Admission to the M.A in Counseling.
Credits
1-12(Spec)
Examination of psychological foundations of counseling theories. The course facilitates students' development of a personal counseling theory. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite: Conditional admission to the counseling program.
Credits
3(3-0)
Provides the foundation for best practice in crisis counseling by facilitating critical analysis of issues and applying intervention techniques. This course may be offered in the online format.
Credits
3(3-0)
Investigation and in-depth study of special topics that are relevant to the field of counseling.
Credits
1-12(Spec)
This course provides an introduction to the practice of various therapeutic modalities for the treatment of sexual issues utilizing current sexuality counseling and therapy approaches.
Credits
3(3-0)
This course is an examination of theories of grief and loss, and the approaches appropriate for therapeutic interventions designed to mitigate their effects. This course may be offered in an online format.
Credits
3(3-0)
An introduction to the dynamics of grief and loss and the counseling procedures appropriate for therapeutic intervention. This course may be offered in an online or hybrid format.
Credits
3(3-0)
The history, theoretical approaches, and current concepts in the study of psychopathology will be addressed. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites:
CED 677,
CED 699.
Credits
3(3-0)
Supervised counseling of individuals, families, couples and children. Observation and critique of peer counseling sessions. CR/NC only. Prerequisites:
CED 620, 630, 677, 660 and 699 with a grade of B or better; regular admission to the M.A. in Counseling program.
Credits
1-6(Spec)
Clinical experience in selected settings managing a client caseload under qualified supervision. CR/NC only. Prerequisites: Six credits of
CED 690.
Credits
1-6(Spec)
Presentation and application of designs and procedures pertinent to conducting research in the field of counseling. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite: Regular Admission to the M.A. in Counseling.
Credits
3(3-0)
Completion of research project under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Prerequisite: Successful completion of
CED 695 or graduate research methods course.
Credits
3(Spec)
CR/NC only. For Master's degree candidates. Prerequisites:
CED 695.
Credits
1-6(Spec)
This course provides an overview of the diagnosable mental and emotional disorders and appropriate intervention methods. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite:
CED 677.
Credits
3(3-0)
Survey of differing styles of group facilitation. Elements in the helping relationship which improve the quality of interpersonal relationships. 'Self-in-therapeutic-interaction' incorporated into a supervised experience. Prerequisites: Regular admission to the M.A. in Counseling;
CED 650; permission of instructor.
Credits
3(3-1)
Systematic inquiry into the use of play therapy and its relevance to the growth and development of children. Theoretical positions compared and appraised. Supervised experience. Prerequisites: Regular admission to the M.A. in Counseling; permission of instructor.
Credits
3(3-1)
Special topics that are germane to the field of counseling. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format. Prerequisite: 15 hours of graduate level counseling coursework.
Credits
1-12(Spec)
A continuation of
CED 690. Application to register for this course must be filed by the posted deadline prior to registration for approval. Prerequisite:
CED 690.
Credits
3(1-3)
Internship with selected professionals. Opportunity to confirm professional effectiveness in helping professions. Note: Application to register must be filed and approved during the semester prior to registration. CR/NC only. Prerequisites: Grade of CR in
CED 690; permission of instructor.
Credits
3(Spec)