5 courses with the subject COUN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
COUN 6001Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice in Counseling —3
This course introduces students to the profession of clinical mental health counseling with emphasis on professional identity, ethical practice, legal standards, counselor roles and responsibilities, credentialing, advocacy, and professional dispositions. Students examine the ACA Code of Ethics, ethical decision-making models, scope of practice, interprofessional collaboration, counselor self-care, and gatekeeping as foundational elements of competent and ethical counseling practice. The course integrates awareness, knowledge, and skills competencies consistent with CACREP 2024 standards.
This course examines human development across the lifespan from conception through older adulthood, emphasizing biological, cognitive, emotional, social, and cultural influences on development. Students explore normative and non-normative development, developmental risk and resilience, and the implications of developmental theory for assessment, diagnosis, and intervention in clinical mental health counseling. The course integrates awareness, knowledge, and skills competencies consistent with CACREP 2024 standards.
This course introduces students to group dynamics, leadership styles, and therapeutic factors. Including experiential learning in group facilitation, ethics, and culturally responsive group practice. The course integrates awareness, knowledge, and skills competencies consistent with CACREP 2024 standards.
COUN 6008Research and Program Evaluation in Clinical Mental Health Counseling —3
This course prepares clinical mental health counseling students to be informed, ethical, and critical consumers of research and evidence-based practice. Emphasis is placed on understanding research design, statistics, program evaluation, and outcome assessment as they apply to counseling practice. Students develop skills in interpreting research literature, evaluating evidence-based interventions, and applying research findings to clinical decision-making and program improvement consistent with CACREP 2024 standards.
