Orients online students to the graduate Counseling program, provides opportunities for synchronous learning and builds cohesion within the learning cohort. Topics include: scope and sequence of program, APA writing, use of technology, strategies for success in an online program and initial coursework for the summer semester.
Brings cohort members together for face-to-face participation in the Group Counseling Lab to foster ongoing cohort connection. Clinical Mental Health students will have in-person learning for their Couple and Family Counseling Course while School Counseling students will participate face-to-face in the School Counseling curriculum course. Also provides an overview of all second year courses.
Provides experiential learning opportunities to practice and gain competency in the following skills: active listening, intake interviewing, crisis intervention, basic treatment planning and assessment. Role-plays and student/faculty immediate feedback will facilitate counselor self-awareness.
Facilitates the student's integration of the Christian faith with professional counseling practice at the personal, theoretical, and pragmatic level. Students will engage in thoughtful discourse to ethically integrate Christian theology with the practice of counseling, in both clinical and school settings. Practice includes the application of spiritual assessments and interventions aligned with models of counseling.
(unless individually waived by professor) COU 509, COU 521, COU 523, COU 582, COU 625.
Provides students with field-based counseling experiences within the K-12 school setting. The practical experiences enable students to transfer acquired knowledge into applied practice. The completion of the required hours (300 hours with a minimum of 120 direct service) includes guidance curriculum activities, individual planning, responsive services, and system support.
(unless individually waived by professor) COU 590 and Candidacy Approval.
Provides students with field-based counseling experiences within the K-12 school setting. The practical experiences enable students to transfer acquired knowledge into applied practice. The completion of the required hours (300 hours with a minimum of 120 direct service) includes guidance curriculum activities, individual planning, responsive services, and system support.
(unless individually waived by professor) COU 590, 591, and Candidacy Approval.
Examines individual and group counseling skills in the context of an international and multicultural setting. Topics include counseling models shown to be effective for identified culture, development of cross-cultural sensitivity through an examination of the country's national identity and cultural features. Students will attend weekly seminars prior to their travel and receive daily group and individual supervision during the trip. Diversity coursework prior to the class is preferred. This class does not meet the Prerequisites for starting internship or replace COU 597 Mental Health Counseling Practicum.
Provides counseling students an opportunity to learn, develop and apply counseling skills in a multi-cultural setting, primarily in an international context. Topics include counseling models shown to be effective in the identified culture, application of skills in individual and group sessions, development of cross-cultural sensitivity through an examination of the country's national identity and cultural features. In preparation, students will attend weekly seminars prior to their travel and then receive group and individual supervision each day that services are provided. It is preferred that students have taken a diversity counseling class prior to this practicum.
COU 506 and 526.
COU 506, COU 526, COU 521 (B- or better) and COU 523 (B- or better).
COU 506,521, 526, and admission to Candidacy.
Designed to facilitate a student's continuation of internship hours required for the program. Must have program coordinator's permission to enroll.
COU 523 Counseling Skills.
Provides experiential learning through group participation. Students will apply knowledge into the practice of group counseling by leading and facilitating group process. Additionally, students will utilize their experience as group participants to analyze group process and dynamics.
COU 610, COU 611 and COU 613.
Provides students with a forum to acquire information related to developing and maintaining a professional practice. Topics include comprehensive and licensure examinations and certifications, job search, and securing supervision.
