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Counseling Program

Dr. Susan Norton
Program Head
316 Butterfield Hall
814.732.2421

 

 STUDENT AFFAIRS

This program is designed to prepare individuals to serve as student personnel workers in higher education.
The objectives of the program are:
  1.   to provide students with entry-level counseling skills. 

  2.   to provide students with an understanding of both the young adult and the nontraditional student. 

  3.   to provide students with an understanding of the social milieu of the individual in higher education. 

  4.    to provide students with an understanding of student personnel services in higher education.

  5. to provide students with internship experiences in the various aspects of student personnel work.

Program Requirements


 

I. Required Core Courses...........................................24sem. hrs.  

   

                 COUN705 Group Processes (3)                                                          

                   COUN710 Appraisal Techniques in the Helping Professions (3) 

COUN715 Career Development and Life Planning (3)

   COUN720 Counseling and Consulting Theories (3)       

              COUN725 Organization and Development of Programs in the

                                Helping Professions (3)                                           

                   COUN730 Supervised Counseling Practice (3)                                

         COUN735 Counseling Practicum (3)                                       

     EDUC788  Research in Education (3)                                  

 

II. Required Specialized Courses................36 sem. hrs.

 

     COUN700 Introduction to Helping Professions (3)                 

     COUN745 Multi-Cultural Counseling (3)                                 

     COUN750 Study of the Individual in Higher Education (3)     

     COUN752 Law in Postsecondary Higher Education (3)           

    COUN 753 Student Affairs Practice and Administration (3)

     _____ Elective (3)                                                                      

     _____ Elective (3)                                                                      

     _____ Elective (3)                                                                      

COUN795 Internship in Counseling (12)                        

 

60 semester hours

 

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