Community Counseling
We Are Changing and Growing!
We are excited to announce that our 48-credit Community Counseling Program is in the beginning stages of evolving to a 60-credit Mental Health Program. The expansion of the program aligns with accreditation standards and the direction of the counseling profession. The new 60-credit program course work will give substantial attention to diagnosis and treatment, psychopharmacology, crisis and trauma, family systems, and addiction. The department is currently involved with revising and preparing for the new program, which we plan to implement fall 2011.
Required Courses
Course # |
Course Name |
Prerequisite(s) |
Credits |
| 700 | Professional Orientation in Counseling |
2 | |
| 701 | Theoretical Foundations of Counseling | 3 | |
| 702 | Counseling Process | 701 or concurrent |
3 |
| 704 | Assessment Techniques in Counseling | 3 | |
| 705 | Counseling Techniques for Personal Growth | 1 | |
| 708 | Career Development |
701 or concurrent |
3 |
| 711 | Life Span Development in Counseling | 3 | |
| 729 | Community Counseling | 700, 701, 702 | 3 |
| 730 | Mental Health Counseling |
700, 701, 702 | 3 |
| 731 | Group Counseling Process |
702 and 705 |
3 |
| 744 | Consultation in Counseling | 700 and 702 | 1 |
| 770 | Foundations of Educational Research |
3 | |
| 788 | Social and Cultural Foundations | 705 or concurrent |
3 |
| 794 | Counseling Practicum |
Admission to Candidacy and 731; 704 and 708 or concurrent; 730 or concurrent |
5 |
| 797 | Counseling Internship I |
794 | 3 |
| 798 | Counseling Internship II |
797 | 3 |
Electives
Course # |
Course Name |
Prerequisite(s) |
Credits |
| 724 | Current Issues |
1-3 | |
| 728 | Grief Counseling |
3 | |
| 776 | Chemical Dependency |
702 | 3 |
| 784 | Seminar in Family Counseling |
702 | 3 |
* Other out-of-department electives can be taken if approved by the counselor education department. Students must consult with their adviser in selecting recommended electives from the list in the Graduate Bulletin.

