Schedule of Classes

Independent study in a selected area related to educational goals.

This introductory neurocounseling course will teach students how physiology and the brain affect behavior and emotions and thus impact counseling. Concise self-regulation methods and strategies for integration into counseling will be offered.

Students will become skilled in neurocounseling interventions supported by current research findings. Through experiential activities, discussion, research, and reflections, students will interactively explore interventions designed to support healthy brain plasticity and bridge counseling skills to the brain's physiology and function. Interventions such as mindfulness, meditation, neurotherapy, neurofeedback, and other strategies for self-regulation will be demonstrated, discussed, and practiced.

A survey course introducing the counseling profession as the promotion of human development, including an overview of the historical and philosophical development of the field, a survey of relevant skills, client population and settings, and ethical practice. Required of all students preparing to become leaders in the profession of counseling.

Basic counseling skills for career planning, exploration, and decision-making across the life span. Theories of career development, assessment in career counseling, career guidance programs for primary, secondary, and higher education, and career issues for special populations are addressed. Opportunity for practical experience in interviewing, assessment, and career information gathering and distribution is provided.

Instruction, demonstration, practice, and evaluation in basic interviewing and counseling skills. Emphasis on practice and skill development.

The study of counseling theories and models that facilitate client conceptualization, selection of appropriate interventions, and development of a personal model of counseling.

Group theory and experiential understanding of group counseling dynamics including group purpose, practices, methods, and group leader facilitation skills for a multicultural society will be taught. Students will receive supervised practice and experience in group counseling as a leader and as a participant.

Principles of clinical mental health counseling including prevention, intervention, consultation, and advocacy as well as operation of programs and networks that promote mental health in a multicultural society.

Students will learn about the history and development of elementary and middle school counseling programs, including their administration, financing, and accountability. Using current neuroscience and neurocounseling research on teaching and learning, students will be introduced to reading methods; reading in the content areas; cognitive, experiential, and social-emotional learning skills; methods for group and individual counseling; and methods for counseling students with disabilities and students from diverse populations.

Secondary professional school counseling programs, including administration, finance, and accountability; cognitive and experiential skills. History and development of school counseling; secondary school education and counseling programs (similarities and differences); group and individual counseling; the counselor's role in school testing; career planning and exploration. Practical experiences.

Theories and techniques of intimate partner relationships and family counseling. Emphasis is on working with couples (intimate partners), families, and children to promote human development, including the role of the family counselor within the network of school and clinical mental health settings.

Supervised application of theory and development of counseling skills with clients representing the ethnic and demographic diversity of the community.

Comprehensive supervised experience that reflects a professional counselor's work appropriate to the students' designated program area.

Introduction to action research and how it can be used to inform practice. Focus on the action research process as an approach to scholarly research, selecting and developing a research topic, ethical considerations in scholarly research, and designing a scholarly research project.

Guides students through the processes of scholarly research design and human subject research approval. Focus on research methods; ethical standards for scholarly investigation; developing a theoretical framework; writing a literature review; and writing a research proposal.

Guides students through the data analysis and reporting stages of an ongoing scholarly research project. Focus on methods of data analysis; framing a scholarly discussion; drawing conclusions; and presenting scholarly work.

Systematic inquiry into ethical issues faced by contemporary educational leaders related to student and academic affairs and effective resolution strategies.

A study of the latest research and trends surrounding the adult, post-secondary learner. Course explores innovative approaches in education where leaders develop the capacity to engage communities and educators to imagine, build and sustain vibrant learning ecosystems that allow all students to thrive.

Systematic inquiry into political, economic, and social issues faced by contemporary educational leaders related to the financing of higher education.

The first of a two-semester internship in higher education administration. Focus on examining and addressing present and future leadership challenges in an authentic educational setting.

This course will cover instructional design (ID) models and theories. Students will complete an entire instructional design sequence on an instructional unit (patterned after a selected ID model). Students will assess needs to identify instructional goals, analyze learners and contexts, conduct instructional analysis, draft performance/learning/instructional objectives, develop instruments for proper assessment, craft instructional strategy, create and/or select materials for instruction, plan and conduct formative evaluation of instruction, engage in revision of instruction, and design and conduct summative evaluation.