24 courses with the subject CED, 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.
CED 5003Orientation to Professional Counseling & Ethics
This course will provide students with a foundation in issues that affect the profession of counseling. Students will examine: (1) professional issues, including professional identity, history and systems of counseling, professional organizations, counseling settings and counselor functions (2) counseling ethics (3) legal decisions that affect the practice of counseling. The course will emphasize active student participation in the exploration of these issues. 6 4 | Page
This course will include advanced study of the criteria of mental disorders and standard diagnostic and assessment procedures. Students will obtain the extensive knowledge and skills necessary to differentiate abnormal from normal behavior in children, adolescents, and adults, with emphasis upon the identification and assessment of the mental disorders and application of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
This course is designed to facilitate your understanding of the key components of a variety of major established and emerging counseling theories, consistent with current professional research and practice in the field. Theories will be presented as conceptual frames from which counselors can understand their clients more completely and deeply. Strategies and techniques from each theory will be presented to show how those methodologies can be used to assist clients in overcoming psychological problems, developmental issues, psychopathology, ecological challenges, and adjustment to disability. Course must be taken in conjunction with CED 5033 Counseling Techniques.
Systematic integration of techniques used in the counseling process. Course provides extensive practice, learning, integrating, and practicing skills characteristic of effective helping relationships. Extensive use is made of audio and video feedback in critiquing counseling interviews and techniques. Course must be taken in conjunction with CED 5023 Counseling Theories.
This course provides an examination of major theories of human development, including those from physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and moral perspectives. Development is viewed across the human life span in each of these areas. The course is designed to encourage an integrated concept of these theoretical perspectives, which serves as a developmental framework for the counseling process.
A study of the occupational structure of our society, of factors influencing career development, and of techniques for providing educational and occupational information. Both individual and group activities are stressed.
Introduction to group counseling theory and practice. Emphasis on application of group counseling principles to practical settings. In a laboratory setting, students receive feedback about their Graduate Academic Catalog 2025-26
Examination and application of counseling strategies for special client populations including the exceptional; economically disadvantaged; culturally, racially and ethnically different; those with different lifestyles. Emphasis on the range of human characteristics.
Provides an overview of the strategies, goals, methodologies, programs and types of knowledge and skills necessary for effective identification and treatment of addictions. Examines the classifications of drugs and other process addictions; impact of addictions on clients and their family members; components of addiction and recovery; prevention, treatment and relapse prevention resources; and salient legal and ethical guidelines.
This course will examine the selection, use, and interpretation of tests in counseling as an adjunct to clinical impressions. More specifically, the focus will be on the appraisal, assessment, and diagnosis of personality, emotional, intellectual, and learning characteristics and disorders of clients in schools, colleges, and community human service agencies. Students will gain a better understanding of psychometrics, norming practices, cultural considerations, and ethical practice as these all relate to appraisal.
Assessment of school and community climate and principles of personal and community crisis prevention for counselors, teachers, and school administrators. Preparedness strategies appropriate for typical reactions to crises and relevant to special populations. Preparation and evaluation of crisis response plans that promote mental health and optimize potential for resilience and self-care.
Theory and practice of school counseling at the elementary, middle, and high school level, and introductory skills for those settings. Provides understanding of basic services performed by the school counselor; developmental characteristics of the age groups served; ethical, legal and societal issues that affect school counselors; special education terminology; techniques useful in school counseling; and sources of materials available for educational and career counseling at various school levels.
Counselor preparation for clinical mental health setting. Wellness, management of services and programs, counselor role and legal issues for a multicultural society in clinical mental health. Current controversies and professional issues. 6 5 | Page
CED 5226/5236 Clinical Mental Health Internship Parts 1 &2
6 1 | Page Candidates already enrolled in the Bluefield University Master of Arts in Counseling program should confer with their advisor prior to taking any courses at another institution to ensure those courses will be accepted at Bluefield University. Academic Standing for the Counseling Program Academic Standing for the Counseling Program are consistent with the academic policies of Bluefield University. Satisfactory academic standing for the Counseling program will be determined by completion of 6 graduate semester hours or greater per term with no grade below a B. Students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4-point scale. If a student’s GPA falls below 3.0 at the end of any semester, the student will not be allowed to continue in the program. In order to continue the program, candidates must petition the Provost, who will convene an ad hoc committee to decide the student’s status in the program. If approved to continue in the program, the student must create a plan for completion to be approved by the Dean of the School of Education and Social Sciences. Grading, grade appeals, and grade changes will be consistent with the institution’s existing academic policies and can be found in the Bluefield University Academic Catalog https://www.bluefield.edu/academics/academic-resources/ .
In this course, students learn ethical and culturally relevant strategies for conducting, interpreting, and reporting the results of research and program evaluation. Learning activities include locating, reading, and critiquing research for the purpose of advancing the counseling profession and informing counseling practice as students analyze and use data. A culminating research project includes the development of a research proposal where students apply statistical methods and principles of research design.
CED 55015502, and 5503 Special Topics in Counseling
The student will engage in class instruction, research, and analysis of specific topics with a view to providing a more in-depth knowledge and understanding of such areas of concern. Credit will be determined by course content. (On Demand) Graduate Academic Catalog 2025-26
