Masters in Counseling
Course Descriptions/Syllabi
CEP-801: Psychological Development: Learning Differences & Commonalities
Development of differences and commonalities in learners across the lifespan. Contextual influences on development. Implications for learning in schools and other settings.
CEP-821: Measurement & Evaluation in Counseling & Development
Assessment of intelligence, aptitude, achievement, interests, career development, work and personal values, and personality.
CEP-860A: Perspectives in Multicultural Counseling
Impact of health, socio-cultural, economic, educational, legal, and vocational issues on the delivery of counseling service to diverse populations. Utilization process in both institutional and personal change.
CEP-861: Counseling Theories, Philosophy, & Ethics
Selected counseling theories. Foundations of ethical decision-making. Professional standards, guidelines, and issues concerning the training and work of the counselor and school psychologist. Legal issues and precedents.
CEP-862: Counseling: Individual & Group Processes
Forming, working with, and ending groups. Building relationships. Handling obstacles. Developing and carrying out agendas in counseling. Simulated individual and group practice.
CEP-863: Counseling Strategies
Models and strategies for working with children, adolescents, and adults in counseling and consulting roles. Developing working relationships, assessing problems, setting goals, planning treatments, and evaluating outcomes.
CEP-864: Career Counseling
Career development theories and labor market and occupational information. Assessing and planning aspects of career counseling with various populations.
CEP-865: Assessment in Counseling
Supervised training and practice in mental health testing assessment, and use of the DSM-IV.
CEP-866: Psychoeducational Intervention for Children & Youths
Theoretical and empirical bases for designing, implementing and evaluating intervention programs. Child and youth development. Understanding risk and resiliency. At-risk youth.
CEP -890*: Counseling Group Experience
Group process will include exercises that will allow group participants the opportunity to engage in experiential exercises that will increase both behavioral and cognitive flexibility in their work with peers and provide support for one another through life experiences that compete with attention to training and graduate school.
CEP-893C: Counseling Internship
Application and integration of knowledge and skills in counseling individuals and groups in schools and agencies. Assessment, intervention, and evaluation of outcomes in field settings.
CEP-894C: Counseling Practicum
Supervised counseling experience in schools or agency. Analysis and critique of these experiences through group and individual consultation with the instructor.
