M.A. in Community
Counseling
Goals and Competencies
This is a specialized practitioner's degree
designed to prepare students to work as counselors in human service
agencies.
The three areas of counseling specialization
within the Master of Arts Degree in Community Counseling
are:
The degree requires 60 semester hours of graduate
study, of which 6 semester hours are devoted to a specialization
track, a 3 hour elective and 12 hours of Field
Work.
Program Curriculum
COMMUNITY COUNSELING
PROGRAM
(60 Credit Hours)
CORE I - BASIC KNOWLEDGE (15 credit hours)
CDev 615 Introduction to Community
Counseling
CDev 621 Social & Cultural
Diversity
CDev 610 Life-span Developmental
Psychology
CDev 614 Techniques of
Counseling
CDev 670 Counseling
Theory
- Students may not take Core III coursework until
they have completed Core I coursework.
CORE II
- ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE (12 credit
hours)
CDev 607 Models of Adaptive
Behavior
CDev 611 Family
Counseling
CDev 612 Group Counseling
CDev 680 Principles of
Appraisal
- Students may take Core III coursework concurrent
with Core II coursework.
CORE III - AREA OF SPECIALIZATION (6
credit hours)
CHILD AND
ADOLESCENT EMPHASIS
CDev 618 Systems of Adaptive
Behavior (formerly Psychopathology of Childhood and
Adolescence)
CDev 685 Youth Counseling (formerly
Counseling the Child and Adolescent)
ADDICTION EMPHASIS
CDev 626 Psychology of
Addiction
CDev 636 Counseling the Addict
(Prerequisite: CDev 621, CDev 670)
ADULT EMPHASIS
CDev 619 Psychology of
Adulthood
CDev 617 Counseling the
Adult
- Students may not enroll in Core V until Core I,
II, and III are completed.
CORE IV -
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED COURSEWORK (15 credit hours)
CDev 603 Career Counseling and
Development
CDev 699 Research and Evaluation in
Counseling
Elective (As recommended by advisor)
(3 credits)
Elective (As recommended by advisor)
(3 credits)
Elective (As recommended by advisor)
(3 credits)
- Core IV coursework may be taken concurrent with
Cores II, III, & V.
CORE V - FIELD EXPERIENCE (12credit hours)
CDev 701 Community Counseling Practicum (3
credits)
CDev 751 Coummunity Counseling Internship (6
credits)
CDev 703 Practicum in Counselor Supervision (3
credits)
- Students must complete Cores I-III prior to Core
V. Core IV coursework may be taken at any time in a student's
program of study.
Students must have a minimum cumulative 3.0 QPA
and have completed Core III prior to taking the oral comprehensive
examination. The oral comprehensive examination is taken near the
end of a student's program, and is conducted by a committee of
faculty members and covers all facets of the graduate
program.