COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

CDev 602: Introduction to Student Affairs

  An introduction to student affairs administration including its historical and philosophical foundations; types and characteristics of post-secondary institutions in both the U.S. and internationally; the nature and functions of services within student affairs; theoretical perspectives and models central to student affairs; the central issues and ethics of the profession; and student affairs professional organizations and opportunities for professional involvement.  This course also provides student affairs majors the opportunity to develop a professional development plan for successful completion of their graduate program and entry into the student affairs profession.

CDev 603: Career Counseling and Development

  A study of trends in the world of work; of career development theories and practical application; of career education; and of sources and uses of occupational, educational and social information.  Emphasis is placed upon developing skills for assisting individuals and groups--elementary school through adulthood--in career development and planning.  Relevant for educators and other persons interested in career development. 

CDev 607: Models of Adaptive Behavior

  This course provides a survey of models of problem formation and how people adapt to environmental & community demands.  Special attention is given to classification, psychopharmacology, and links to treatment/counseling.  Research that explores the effects of biological, psychological, social, and cultural influences on the emergence and/or maintenance of abnormal functioning will also be reviewed.

CDev 608: Legal Issues in Student Affairs

  Designed for practitioners in-training to help them understand the nature of the law, the legal structure of post-secondary education, contemporary campus conditions and their implications for the future.

CDev 610: Life-span Developmental Psychology

   This course is a study of the developmental changes that occur from conception to death.  Special emphasis is given to significant developmental milestones that impact the client-counselor relationship. 

CDev 611: Family Counseling

      This course provides community and school counselors with a presentation of family systems theory in education, consultation, and counseling with families in both school and agency settings. The course explores the theoretical and historical foundations of family systems theory and the family life cycle, and examines the predominant systems approaches for promoting change. Students will develop a personal family counseling style to facilitate systemic change.

CDev 612: Group Counseling

  This course is a study of the theories, techniques, dynamics and process of group counseling. The course includes both didactic and experiential components. Special attention is given to the development of group facilitation skills via supervised technique-building exercise with undergraduate students enrolled in CDev 201: Interpersonal communication and group dynamics.

CDev 613: Introduction to School Counseling

  This course consists of two components.  The first is an overview of guidance with emphasis on the nature of school counseling, principal roles of the counselor, and the counseling services.  The second is a laboratory designed for the acquisitions of counseling techniques.  

CDev 614: Techniques of Counseling

    This course focuses on the process, development, and acquisition of those basic counseling skills including but not limited to attending, active listening and inquiring.  It is recommended that this course be taken in the first nine credits in the student’s program of study.  Requirements include role-play and videotaped practice/presentation of counseling skills. 

CDev 615: Introduction to Community Counseling

  This course covers the basic tenets of community mental health counseling.  It investigates the historical and present-day awareness of the etiology, classification, treatment, and legal aspects of mental illness in our society.  Accrediting bodies, accountability, and their relations to managed care programs will be covered.  The place of the community counselor in the mental health system will be addressed. 

CDev 617: Counseling the Adult

 This course will study a representative sampling of the many therapeutic techniques currently in use in the counseling and therapy of adults.  The theoretical, where appropriate, and scientific bases will be covered in conjunction with an approach that emphasized the varied nature of the presenting problems that today’s mental health client presents, as the counselor realistically attempts to facilitate behavioral change.

CDev 618: Systems of Adaptive Behavior in Youth (formerly Psychopathology of Childhood and Adolescence)

 This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the classification of behavioral and emotional disorders of childhood.  It will focus on the symptomatology, etiology, response to treatment, and prognosis of each disorder, as well as associated biological, personal, and social characteristics.

CDev 619: Psychology of Adulthood

   This course involves the study of theories of human development, problem formation, change and social constructivism as applied to an adult population. The course is grounded in a community counseling model and is aimed at those preparing to work with adults with in that context. 

CDev 621: Social and Cultural Diversity

    This course is designed to help master’s level students in counseling and college studentpersonnel degree programs develop intercultural sensitivity and competence through self awareness, awareness of cultural differences, and an understanding of the impact of prejudice,discrimination, and oppression on helping professionals and the diverse populations they serve. Cultural differences in ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender, and ability level are included. Students will also examine developmental frameworks which assist with individual and groupwork,program evaluation, advocacy, and consultation.  Course requirements include ten hours of small group interaction.

CDev 623: Higher Education Environments, Cultures, and Students

Students will develop and understanding of the influence of university cultures and student cultures on higher education.  Emphasis is placed on the origins and assumptions of U.S. higher education in an international context, the impact of institutional contexts on students, and the needs of different student subcultures.

CDev 626: Foundations of Addiction              

  Basic foundation in understanding substance abuse and addictive behaviors in terms of theory, etiology, symptomatology, incidence, prevention and treatment.  Cultural, legal and medical aspects will be explored.  Identification of community resources and methods of program administration and evaluation will be presented.

CDev 631: College Student Learning and Development 1

  This course involves the study of human learning and development with specific attention to college age populations (i.e., young adults and adults) across the domains of epistemological/cognitive, moral/ethical, and spiritual development.  How learning and development in these domains may be affected within and by the college context will be examined.  The course is particularly aimed at those interested in better understanding college students' developmental processes as well as exploring how campus environments might be designed to help facilitate learning and development. (Prerequisites:  CDev 610: Lifespan Developmental Psychology)

CDev 632: College Student Learning and Development 2

This course involves the study of human learning and development with specific attention to college age populations (i.e., young adults and adults) across the domains of identity, self/ego and psychosocial development.  How learning and development in these domains may be affected within and by the college context will be examined.  The course is particularly aimed at those interested in better understanding college students' developmental processes as well as exploring how campus environments might be designed to help facilitate learning and development. (Prerequisites: CDev 631: College Student Learning and Development 1)

CDev 642: Leadership and Managing Change in Student Affairs

 Students will explore theories of leadership and consider their role in creating and managing change in higher education.  A case study approach will allow students to apply these theories to several functional areas.

CDev 643: Organizational Behavior in Higher Education

This course is designed to introduce theories of organizational behavior as they relate to higher education.  Emphasis is placed on the development of learning organizations. (Prerequisite: CDev 642: Leadership and Managing Change in Student Affairs)

CDev 636: Counseling the Addict

  In-depth understanding of, the assessment of and treatment techniques for, persons afflicted with alcoholism and/or other substance abuse.  The progressive nature of addiction, predisposing psychological, familial, and social factors will be explored.  Current research and clinical case management methods will be presented.  (Prerequisites:  CDeV 670 Counseling Theories and Techniques and CDeV 526 Psychology of Addiction and Substance Abuse)

CDev 670: Counseling Theory

  A study of theoretical approaches to counseling with emphasis on individual counseling. 

CDev 678: Psychology of Learning and Instruction

  The analysis and discussion of theories of psychology (especially affective and cognitive learning theories) and their relationships to contemporary problems in American education.

CDev 680: Principles of Appraisal

This course is a study of the basic principles of understanding, evaluation and assessment of the psychological functioning of the human organism. These methods will be studied in relation to a variety of institutions and facilities, including schools, hospitals and health care agencies. Subjective and objective clinical instruments will be investigated to demonstrate the processes of data collection, hypotheses formation and the integration of data into a comprehensive understanding.

CDev 685: Youth Counseling (formerly Counseling the Child and Adolescent)

Counseling theories and techniques are studied as applied to individual and group counseling of youth. Applications extend to consultation with teachers, school systems, parents, and family systems. A developmental perspective is maintained throughout the course. Prerequisites: Counseling Theory (670), Techniques of Counseling (614), and Life-span Development (610).

CDev 699: Research and Program Assessment

  Students will become critical consumers of research and will be familiar with issues related to conducting research and assessment.  Students will learn about qualitative and quantitative research assumptions, methods, and design considerations, including an overview of statistics. 

CDev 700: Independent Study

  Intended for students who wish to study a topic in-depth that is not already a major part of a graduate course.  Approval to undertake an independent study is required prior to registration. (3 hours)

CDev 701: Community Counseling Practicum

  Actual counseling and consulting in the field under supervision.  Although individual counseling is emphasized, there are opportunities for group counseling, the administration and/or interpretation of tests, consulting with the client's "significant others", and the utilization of referral sources.  Students regularly meet both individually with their university supervisor as well as in a seminar setting. Refer to individual program guides for prerequisites.  Requirements:  Act 34 and Act 151 clearance and proof of insurancee.

CDev 703:  Practicum in Counselor Supervision (MACC only)

   Supervision of Counselor Trainees in agency and laboratory settings.  Emphasis is placed on integration of theory, research, and practice of clinical supervision.Prerequisite:  CDeV 701, Approval of Graduate Coordinator.

CDev 704: School Counseling Practicum

Supervised individual and group counseling, and consultation with teachers, administrators, and parents. Students also learn to utilize both school and community referral sources. Students meet regularly for individual supervision with their agency (on-site) and university supervisor, and receive group supervision with their university supervisor. Refer to the individual program guides for prerequisites. Requirements: Acts 34, 114 (FBI), and 151 clearances and proof of liability insurance, and approval by the School Counseling Program Coordinator based on consideration of the student’s background, previous experience, and demonstrated readiness to undertake responsibilities involved in the practicum.

CDev 705: Student Affairs Practicum

Supervised fieldwork experience intended to provide the student with an opportunity for engaging in supervised practice across a variety of student affairs professional activities in an approved student affairs setting.  Theory to professional practice considerations are a central focus.  Students meet regularly for individual supervision with their on-site and university supervisor, and receive group supervision with their university supervisor.  This course also focuses on the writing and analysis of a case study derived from the student's fieldwork experiences.  (Prerequisites: Approval by Program Coordinator based on consideration of student's completed coursework, previous experience, an demonstrated readiness to undertake responsibilities involved in the practicum.  Proof of liability insurance is required.)

CDev 750: School Counseling Internship

This 2, 3, or 6 hour credit course is comprised of individually designed experiential learning intended to provide the student with the opportunity for observation and participation in a wide range of guidance and counseling activities in an approved educational, institutional or agency setting. Prerequisites: Approval by School Counseling Program Coordinator based on consideration of student’s background, previous experience, and demonstrated readiness to undertake responsibilities involved in the internship. All course work except for CDev 699-
Research and Program Assessment. Requirements: Acts 34, 114 (FBI), and 151 clearances and
proof of insurance.

 CDev 751:  Community Counseling Internship

  The community counseling internship provides an opportunity for the students to perform under supervision a variety of activities that a regularly employed staff member in the setting would be expected to perform.  Although individual counseling is emphasized, there are opportunities for group counseling, the administration and/or interpretation of tests, consulting with the client’s “significant others”, and the utilization of referral sources.  Students regularly meet both individually with their on-site supervisors as well as with a faculty member in a seminar setting. Prerequisite:  CDeV 701, Approval of Graduate Coordinator.

CDev 753: Student Affairs Pre-Field Internship

   Individually designed experiential learning intended to provide the student with an opportunity for observation and participation in a wide range of student affairs professional activities in an approved college student affairs setting.  Prerequisites: Approval by Program Coordinator based on consideration of student’s background, previous experience, and demonstrated readiness to undertake responsibilities involved in the internship.  Proof of insurance is required.

CDev 755: Student Affairs Internship

 Individually designed experiential learning providing an opportunity for the student to perform under supervision a variety of activities that a regularly employed student affairs staff member in the setting would be expected to perform.  Theory to professional practice considerations are a central focus.  Students regularly meet both individually with their supervisor as well as in a seminar setting with a faculty member.  This course will also focus on issues related to the transition from graduate student to professional in the field of student affairs.  (Prerequisites: CDev 705: Student Affairs Practicum and approval of Program Coordinator, Proof of Liability insurance is required.)

CDev 800:Thesis

An elective option that is recommended for students considering doctoral programs. The thesis is designed and completed in consultation with your academic advisor and a committee of faculty.