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APPENDIX ECOURSE DESCRIPTONS(Courses Offered by the Counseling Program)CG 500. ORIENTATION TO CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING 3 cr.Introduction to the professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities of community counselors,including professional roles and functions. Includes a course work overview, professional goalsand objectives, professional organizations, history and trends, preparation standards, andcredentialing. Methods of instruction include lectures, discussion, small group work,experiential exercises, videos, guest speakers, introduction to library and technology. Normallythe first course in the program sequence.CG 501. ORIENTATION TO SCHOOL COUNSELING 3 cr. Introduction to the professionof school counseling, including the historical, philosophical, ethical, and legal aspects ofcounseling within a school setting. Includes an overview of current issues and counselinginterventions that address the prevention of specific threats to normal development such asviolence, abuse, eating disorders, suicide, and attention hyperactivity disorder. Candidates begindevelopment of a professional portfolio which continues for the duration of their program track.CG 505. HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 3 cr. Study of human growth anddevelopment throughout lifespan. Includes theories of learning, personality development, humanbehavior, as well as multicultural, ethical and legal considerations.CG 509 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 3 cr.Overview of the principles and methods of quantitative and qualitative research and programevaluation for mental health professionals. The course emphasizes evidence/research-baseddecision making that would be used in community agencies and schools, including anintroduction to statistics used in research and practice. The course helps students learn toevaluate research reports, translate research into practice, and plan/conduct research studies andprogram evaluations to improve services. CG 509 is only for students in the Clinical MentalHealth Counseling, School Counseling, and School Psychology programs.CG 514. INTRODUCTION, SURVEY AND AWARENESS OF CHEMICALDEPENDENCY 3 cr. Designed to provide a working knowledge of the disease concept ofchemical dependency and its impact on its victims. Candidates will learn how chemicaldependency can be identified and treated. Prevention procedures and other issues related tochemical dependency.CG 531. CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND VOCATIONAL APPRAISAL 3 cr. Careerdevelopment throughout the life span and individual career decision-making theories. Careerassessment, appraisal, personality, and aptitude instruments and techniques for evaluatingindividuals relevant to choosing a career. Sources of career, educational, and labor marketinformation, including retrieval from computerized data sources and methods of setting up acareer-resources center. Career-counseling diagnosis and techniques, ethical practices, and anappreciation for the career concerns of special populations.34
CG 535. GROUP PROCEDURES 3 cr. Prerequisite: CG 561, CG 562. Types of groups, stylesof group leadership, and techniques used by group counselors. Group theories, the dynamics ofgroup processes, and the developmental stages of group counseling. Counselor skills in themanagement of group process from initial interview to termination as well as consultation andethical concerns in group procedures and the use of technology are included. Supervised groupsessions and debriefings comprise a major portion of the course.CG 538. SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM DESIGN AND CONSULTATION 3 cr.Prerequisites: CG, 501, CG563. Counseling and guidance strategies for the school counselorwhich promote school and personal success and development in children and teenagers.Emphasis is placed on the skills necessary to assess students’ needs, design a program ofcomprehensive services, and coordinate, implement and evaluate the program’s activities. Thecourse also includes a thorough study of consulting models and strategies for the schoolcounselor’s articulation with school personnel, administrators, parents, and community agencies.CG 561. COUNSELING THEORIES 3 cr. Basic principles and theories of counseling withemphasis on counselor behavior and its effect on counseling outcomes. Includes philosophicbases of helping processes and counselor characteristics.CG 562. COUNSELING TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICE 3 cr. Prerequisite: CG 561 orpermission. Emphasis on the application of the theoretical principles involved in individual,group, and family counseling, consulting and psychotherapy, skill-building, and interviewing.Seminar format with role-playing, practical experience, basic interviewing, assessment, andcounseling skills. Course also covers DSM introduction, examination of counselor and clientcharacteristics and behaviors, and ethical considerations. Methods of instruction includelectures, experiential exercises, discussion, small group work, demonstrations, role-plays, andvideotaping with critiquing and audiovisual aides.CG 563. DIVERSITY ISSUES IN COUNSELING 3 cr. Builds the personal and professionaldevelopment of counseling practitioners through studying sociological, historical, philosophicaland psychological scholarship about the many cultures, races, ethnic groups and other minoritygroups that constitute American society. Considerations of racism, sexism, exceptionality andother diversity issues are applied to a variety of counseling, educational, and agency settings.CG 570. PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 3 cr. This course is designed to assist the counselingstudent in understanding psychological disorders. A thorough review of the major categories ofpsychopathology will be undertaken. This review will be contextualized by a discussion of therole of historical context and cultural differences in assessing individual behavior. The role ofcounseling in the treatment of mental and emotional disorders is explored.CG 571. CLINICAL EVALUATION 3 cr. Prerequisite: CG 562 and ED 530 or equivalent.Assessment procedures in diagnosis and treatment planning. Focuses on administering andinterpreting individual and group standardized (and un-standardized) tests of mental ability andpersonality measurement; also, factors that relate to specific populations, ethical and legalconsiderations, and historical perspectives.35
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