5 courses with the subject CC, 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.
CC 102Fundamentals of Counseling 3
A study of basic counseling skills useful for a Christian counselor to help others find emotional healing from hurtful past experiences and damaging ways of relating to others. Modern Biblical principles and techniques are demonstrated, explained, and practiced. The student is given an overview of various techniques in good counseling and learns guidelines for conducting counseling in various areas of ministerial responsibility. The course provides help for pastors and counselors in selecting appropriate resources to expand on the material presented in the classroom. Course Learning Outcomes: To show that he or she is equipped at the college level for Christian ministry, at the completion of CC 102 the student will produce the following outcomes: 1. The student will demonstrate empathic listening, probing and clarifying skills necessary to guide clients through a counseling interview. 2. The student will practice sample counseling (role-playing) sessions to help evaluate his or her interest in the counseling ministry. 3. The student will know the historical background, the theological foundations, the goals, the processes, and the practices of biblical counseling. 4. The student will begin exploring current literature in the field of Christian counseling.
An exploration and analysis of a variety of modern counseling methods with the purpose of aiding the student in identifying his or her preferred approach to Christian counseling. The integration of the Christian world-view with these methods is emphasized. 99
Pastoral Counseling concentrates on the spiritual aspects that are a critical part of the helping process when dealing with individuals, families and small groups by the pastoral minister. It assumes an integration of body, mind and spirit with spirit in the most important place. It emphasizes the importance of growth in sanctification through the practice of forgiveness, confession, prayer and other spiritual disciplines, and how these can be encouraged in others. Course Learning Outcomes: To show that he or she is equipped at the college level for Christian ministry, at the completion of CC 212 the student will produce the following outcomes: 1. The student will examine the need for Christian counseling as a part of the pastoral ministry and begin developing the skill-set involved in meeting those needs. 2. The student will recognize his or her own need to be in a constant state of personal spiritual growth. 3. The student will describe the goals, processes, and Christian ethics involved in helping people through counseling with God’s Word. 4. The student will summarize how forgiveness is the key to spiritual health and growth, and how that relates to any counseling situation. 5. The student will recognize disorders that may be faced within the setting of pastoral counseling, and describe techniques for dealing with them in a pastoral context.
Marriage and Family Counseling is a biblically-oriented study of the Christian home from a family systems point of view including discussion of love, courtship, engagement, wedding ceremony, mixed marriages, finances, personality adjustment, sex education, in-laws, children and divorce. Course Learning Outcomes: To show that he or she is equipped at the college level for Christian ministry, at the completion of CC 303 the student will produce the following outcomes: 100
Crisis Counseling presents a biblical perspective for dealing with crisis situations. It covers the unique aspects of dealing with individuals, families, or small groups in emergencies and critical situations giving a basic understanding of how to assess problems as well as basic skills for working with someone in crisis. Topics include suicide, domestic violence, child abuse intervention, grief support, transference, counseling referral, etc. Course Learning Outcomes: To show that he or she is equipped at the college level for Christian ministry, at the completion of CC 304 the student will produce the following outcomes: 1. The student will recognize the differences between a crisis and a trauma. 2. The student will demonstrate familiarity with appropriate intervention techniques for persons in crisis. 3. The student will assess his or her own limitations in regard to crisis ministry. 4. The student will develop personal strategies and techniques to assist him or her in navigating future crisis events.
