Professional Community Counseling (50 cr.)
Professional Community Counseling is a broad program of study intended to prepare individuals to provide counseling in a variety of community helping service settings. Graduates of this program may serve clients in mental health centers, a variety of business and industry settings, career counseling agencies and centers for marriage and family counseling. Emphasis is placed upon counseling with individuals, groups, families and couples in various settings. Professional
preparation includes areas such as theory, skill development, assessment, treatment planning and counseling with specific populations utilizing individual, group, marriage, family, career and community consultation interventions. A basic background in psychology is helpful for students in this program. (Required Prerequisites: Statistics, Developmental Psychology, and Abnormal Psychology or equivalents with advisor approval may be taken during the first year of course work after admission to the program).
Required Core (45 semester hours):
- CSP 618 (3) Introduction to Professional Community Counseling
- CSP 648 (3) Counseling in a Multicultural Society
- CSP 658 (3) Career Development
- CSP 645 (3) Counseling Procedures and Skills I
- CSP 650 (3) Counseling Children & Adolescents: Professional Community Counseling
- CSP 652 (3) Counseling Through the Family Life Cycle
- CSP 661 (3) Appraisal Techniques: Professional Community Counseling
- CSP 665 (3) Counseling Theories
- CSP 666 (3) Counseling Procedures and Skills II
- CSP 667 (3) Family Counseling
- CSP 668 (3) Marriage Counseling
- CSP 669 (3) Intervention: Treatment Planning and Evaluation
- CSP 673 (3) Group Counseling
- CSP 679 (3) Practicum: Professional Community Counseling
- CSP 686 (3) Internship: Professional Community Counseling
Required Research (5 semester hours APP; 6 semester hours Thesis):
- CSP 675 (3) Research and Writing in Counseling and Student Personnel
- CSP 694 (2) Alternate Plan Paper or CSP 699 (3) Thesis
General Focus electives:
- CSP 671 (3) Assessment of Intellectual Functioning
- CSP 676 (3) Workshop Design and Development
- CSP 689 (3) Technology in Counseling and Student Affairs
Marriage and Family Focus* electives:
- CSP 573 (3) Counseling the CD Family
- CSP 653 (3) Professional Issues in Marriage and Family
- CSP 654 (3) Play Therapy Theories and Techniques
- CSP 670 (3) Women's Issues in Counseling
- CSP 677 (3) Counseling the Older Adult
[pending] (3) Advanced Play Therapy Theories and Techniques
