Requirements

Counseling Degree Requirements

The Counseling specialization in Clinical Psychology includes two curriculum components: Core and Professional.  The Core curriculum integrates the development of membership and leadership skills and the understanding of self with the Counseling Professional curriculum, a dynamic, experiential-based training program blending systems counseling theory, hands-on practice and continual feedback. From the outset, students are immersed in theory and practice regarding the relationship between therapist and client in counseling and the relational life of clients outside of counseling.

Total Program Semester Credits: 51 credits: 21 Core and 30 Counseling (plus 1.5 elective) 

Core Curriculum

• SCO 5002 Group Membership (2 credits)
• SCO 5003 Group Development (1 credit)
• SCO 5004 Family of Origin Theory and Practice (1 credit)
• SCO 5005 Systems Theory in the Applied Behavioral Sciences (0.75 credits)
• SCO 5006 Statistics and Research Methodologies (2.5 credits)
• SCO 5007 Organizational Development (2 credits)
• SCO 5008 Fundamentals of the Counseling and Coaching Relationship (1.75 credits)
• SCO 5009 Creating Healthy Social Systems (.75 credit)
• SCO 5011 Group Leadership (1.5 credits)
• SCO 5012 Intercultural Intelligence (1 credit)
• SCO 5013 Integrated Learning Lab (1.75 credits)
• SCO 5014 Developmental Assessment (2 credits)
• SCO 5015 Foundations of Leadership (2 credits)
• RES 1026OL Information Competency and Library Use (1 credit)

For additional detail, see the Course Catalog [1]

Counseling Professional Curriculum

• SSC 5050 Professional Ethics and Law (2 credits)
• SSC 5051 Human Development and Life Cycle (2 credits)
• SSC 5053 Methods of Systemic Assessment and Diagnosis (2 credits)
• SSC 5054 Research in Marriage and Family Therapy (1 credit)
• SSC 5055 Professional Studies (1 credit)
• SSC 5056 Human Sexuality (1 credit)
• SSC 5057 Systemic Theory and Process (1 credit)
• SSC 5058 Couple and Family Therapy (3 credits)
• SSC 5059 Systemic Practicum (3 credits)
• SSC 5060 Counseling Internship (10 credits)
• SSC 5061 Professional Seminar (2 credits)
• SSC 5062 Lifelong Sexual Health (elective - 1.5 credits)
• SSC 5063 Psychopathology (2 credits)

For additional detail, see the Course Catalog [1]