Courses numbered 500–899 for graduate students. Courses numbered 500 are typically offered to post-baccalaureate degree and master degree students and courses numbered 600 are for more advanced master degree courses. Those numbered 700 are typically offered to post-master degree and doctoral students. Courses offered at the 800 level are for doctoral level work.
Substnce Abuse Disorders Counseling
This course addresses the personal, social, emotional, physiological, and environmental factors related to substance abuse disorders. Evaluations, diagnosis and treatment methods for substance use disorders, as well as…
This course provides practice and fieldwork in the areas of prevention, assessment, intervention and treatment of substance abuse disorders with an emphasis on evidence-based individual and group methods. Specific…
Motivational Interviewing
This course is designed to provide skills training for individuals who are exploring a medical or clinical based career. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based communication strategy that is useful for…
Testing and Assessment in Counseling
The course provides an overview to the basic principles of assessment in counseling, focusing on test and non-test appraisal instruments and development of diagnostic skills. The course includes selection, use, and…
This course provides an overview of the most up-to-date school-based curriculum, prevention programming and intervention techniques. It encapsulates the school counselors role in delivery of services using a multi…
This course will prepare the masters level professional in a variety of diagnostic procedures and processes. The areas covered include but are not limited to structured and unstructured interview formats, mental health…
This course is designed to help you learn how to conceptualize, develop, and implement a comprehensive school counseling program based on developmental theory and the ASCA national model. You will learn about the "nuts…
Psychopharmacology for Counselors
This course is designed to acquaint counseling students with the fundamentals of psychoactive drugs and their use, effects, and potential for abuse. The neural mechanisms of drug action, along with the physical and…
This course provides an overview of qualitative, quantitative, single-case designs, action research, outcome based research and basic statistical methods for conducting research. It is an experiential course with…
This course addresses the history and development of clinical mental health counseling, theories and models related to clinical mental health counseling, principles of clinical mental health counseling, including…
Counseling Techniques
This course consists of laboratory training in counseling skills and application of major theories of counseling and psychotherapy with a special focus on gender, culture, ethical dilemmas, counselor preparation, and…
Group Counseling
This course explores the theory, practice and ethics of group counseling while providing students supervision in the development and application of group counseling skills. Students will acquire knowledge through…
Counseling Practicum
The purpose of the course is to enhance the counseling skills and conceptualization processes acquired through direct counseling experience, supervision, and classroom interaction. The application of counseling theory…
Practicum in School Counseling
The purpose of the course is to enhance the counseling skills and conceptualization processes acquired through direct counseling experience, supervision, and classroom interactions. This course involved the application…
The elementary school counseling internship is a field counseling experience supervised by a qualified elementary school counseling professional. Placement is at an elementary school site and provides opportunities for…
The secondary school counseling internship is a field counseling experience supervised by a qualified secondary school counseling professional. Placement is at an secondary school site and provides opportunities for the…
Counseling Internship
The counseling internship is a field counseling experience supervised by a qualified counseling professional. Placement is at a site suitable to the counseling emphasis requirements and interests of the student and…
This asynchronous course module provides an overview of graduate-level academic writing expectations and guidelines. The module focuses largely on the most recent version of the Publication Manual of the American…
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, conduct and analyze quantitative research. Specifically, this course develops students quantitative skills to apply appropriate statistical methods…
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, conduct and analyze qualitative research. Specifically, this course develops students skills in analyzing verbal and written qualitative data. Topics…
This course focuses on research ethics and recent trends in research in the field of counseling. Emphasis is placed on the practice of reading and critiquing research in the field, understanding strategies for…
Supervision Foundations
Provides an overview of the theories of supervision, as well as examines supervisory roles, professional development benchmarks, evaluation methods, approaches to consultation, and legal and ethical issues. Emphasis is…
Provides overview of the adult learning theory as it relates to effective teaching and counselor supervision. Application of current graduate training pedagogy to instructional and curricular design, as well as…
Diversity and Social Justice
Addresses pedagogy relevant to advocacy, diversity, and social justice issues of race, ethnic, cultural heritage, nationality, socioeconomic status, family structure, age, gender, sexual orientation, religious and…
Professional Leadership and Advocacy
This course explores leadership theories and organizational management strategies within counselor education, with a focus on culturally sustaining leadership practices. Students will engage in discussions on crisis…