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Education, Counseling (EDCO)

EDCO 2004 - Healthy Relationships: Understanding Self and Others (3 credits) 
Basic concepts, skills, and theory associated with creating and sustaining healthy relationships in social and professional settings. Self-awareness as it relates to relationship-building. Characteristics and identities of self and others as they relate to relationship-building. Relationship-building skills such as active listening, perspective taking, and empathy.
Pathway Concept Area(s): 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 7 Identity & Equity in U.S., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware. 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 2984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
EDCO 5204 - Orientation to Professional Counseling (3 credits) 
Survey of the philosophy, scope, purposes, and methods employed in a variety of counseling settings including agencies, private practice, higher education, and elementary/middle/secondary schools with emphasis on services offered and professional identity and ethical issues.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5214 - Theories of Counseling and Consultation (3 credits) 
Major theories used to understand and change behavior in a counseling setting. Emphasis is placed on the application of theoretical orientations to understanding and changing behavior of clients. Systematic integration of themes used in the counseling process, including consulting and coordination roles in school and community settings.
Prerequisite(s): EDCO 5204 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5224 - Counseling Techniques (3 credits) 
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.
Prerequisite(s): EDCO 5214 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5234 - Group Counseling (3 credits) 
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 personal behavior in a group and supervised practice in the design, implementation, and evaluation of a short term group counseling project.
Prerequisite(s): (EDCO 5214 and EDCO 5224) or (EDCO 5214 and EDCO 5224) 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5244 - Counseling Diverse Populations (3 credits) 
Examination and application of counseling strategies for special client populations including the exceptional; economically disadvantaged; culturally, racially and ethnically different; those with different life styles. Emphasis on the range of human characteristics.
Prerequisite(s): EDCO 5204 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5254 - Career Development and Information Services (3 credits) 
Evolution of how the relationships of work and leisure have evolved into the concept of Career Development. Brief review of the major theories of Career Development and their application to the collection, evaluation, and use of career information in a variety of counseling/student development settings.
Prerequisite(s): EDCO 5204 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5264 - Appraisal In Counseling (3 credits) 
Various individual and group tests and informal approaches to better understanding of the individual in counseling. Case study methods examined in detail. Interpretation of test data and role of counselor in testing emphasized. Designed for masters level counselor preparation. 12 additional hours of suitable courses in education, psychology, or statistics required.
Prerequisite(s): EDCO 5204 and (EDRE 5404 or EDCI 4604) or EDCO 5204 and (EDRE 5404 or EDCI 4604) 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5284 - Practicum: Counselor Education (3 credits) 
Supervised experience in the practice of counseling. Didactic instruction in advanced counseling techniques and methods coupled with practice with clients in a supervised setting. Extensive feedback on counseling practice in individual sessions and group seminar. Must have liability previous course work in the field required. insurance.
Prerequisite(s): (EDCO 5204 and EDCO 5214 and EDCO 5224) or (EDCO 5204 and EDCO 5214 and EDCO 5224) 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5344 - Systems Counseling (3 credits) 
Use of systems theory in practice of counseling. Influence of systemic factors on human development, theories of family development, and counselors role to remedy institutional and social barriers. Emphasis on counseling skills including systemic case conceptualization and clinical intervention used with individuals, couples or families, and other systems.
Prerequisite(s): EDCO 5204 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5354 - Addictions Counseling (3 credits) 
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. Graduate Standing required.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5364 - School Counseling (3 credits) 
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.
Prerequisite(s): (EDCO 5204 and EDCO 5214) or (EDCO 5204 and EDCO 5214) 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5374 - Clinical Mental Health Counseling (3 credits) 
Counselor preparation for clinical mental health setting. Wellness, management of services and programs, counselor role and legal issues for a multi-cultural society in clinical mental health. Current controversies and professional issues.
Prerequisite(s): EDCO 5204 and EDCO 5214 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5424 - Life Span Development (3 credits) 
Stages of individual development as they occur in the context of the family life course. Overview of current developmental theories. Impact of race, gender, and class on cultural views of developmental norms.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
Course Crosslist: HD 5424 
EDCO 5514 - Counseling Evidence-Based Practices and Research (3 credits) 
Consuming and producing counseling research and evaluation. Quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods, used ethically and culturally informed. Advocacy and decision-making using data analysis from research and program impact. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5554 - Crisis Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (3 credits) 
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. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5564 - Expressive and Experiential Techniques in Counseling (3 credits) 
Basic principles and practices of intermodal expressive arts therapy. Integration of expressive theories and techniques in individual and group counseling. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 5614 - Internship (1-19 credits) 
Clinical experience (minimum 600 hours) under the supervision of a university staff member and a site supervisor in an appropriate field site: school (at least 300 hrs K-6 & at least 300 hrs 7-12), community agency, university counseling center, or other setting. Extensive feedback in individual sessions and group seminar. (12 hours minimum for program). Must have liability insurance.
Prerequisite(s): EDCO 5284 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
EDCO 5954 - Study Abroad (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
EDCO 5974 - Independent Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
EDCO 5984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
EDCO 5994 - Research and Thesis (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
EDCO 6304 - Clinical Supervision (3 credits) 
A didactic and clinical study of supervision. Training in the differential conceptual approaches and the different methodologies of supervision, as well as the application of the theory and skills to actual supervisory processes with supervisees. Trainees will supervise masters students and document their supervision skills for clinical review. Students will supervise a counselor or intern as a part of the course and document with videotape. Must have liability insurance.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 6324 - Professional Counselor Education and Supervision (3 credits) 
Counselor Education and Supervision (CES) professional responsibilities and diversity issues. Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) accreditation standards and process. Pedagogy, curriculum design and evaluation for adult learners relevant to counselor education and supervision. Program evaluation. Pre: Graduate Standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 6404 - Advanced Counseling Theories and Multicultural Implications (3 credits) 
Theories of counseling are examined in the context of contemporary research and practice, with particular attention to diverse populations and cultural influences. Effectiveness of selected past and contemporary counseling theories and practice with different populations is evaluated.
Prerequisite(s): (EDCO 5214 and EDCO 5224) or (EDCO 5214 and EDCO 5224) 
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 6434 - Researcher Development in Counselor Education (3 credits) 
Researcher identity development through examining design, professional writing, reflexivity, ethical and cultural considerations when designing topics, questions, methodology and dissemination in Counselor Education. Evaluation of counseling and program impact. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 6474 - Advanced Practicum (1-12 credits) 
Provides advanced graduate students in counseling/student development with in-depth supervision and student personnel experiences in various field settings. Experiences accompanied by intense faculty supervision and evaluation. (Maximum 12C). 30 hours previous coursework in the field required.
Instructional Contact Hours: (1-12 Lec, 1-12 Crd) 
Repeatability: up to 12 credit hours 
EDCO 6484 - Leadership and Advocacy Issues in Counselor Education (3 credits) 
Leadership and advocacy theories, skills, and strategies in professional counseling and counselor education as applied to school, clinical mental health counseling, and/or higher education settings. Ethical and cultural strategies and social justice implications of leadership and advocacy. Social and political issues impacting the counseling profession and the individual, systemic, and policy-level skills of advocacy. Pre: Graduate standing.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 6524 - Doctoral Internship (1-19 credits) 
Provides advanced graduate students in Counselor Education with in-depth supervision and experiences in various field settings for a minimum of 600 clock hours. May include supervised experiences in a clinical setting, clinical supervision, and teaching. Includes most activities of a regularly employed professional in the setting. Experiences accompanied by intense faculty and on-site supervision and evaluation. (12 hours minimum required in program). Must have liability insurance and instructor consent.
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
EDCO 6534 - DSM Application in Counseling (3 credits) 
Advanced study of the criteria of mental disorders and standard diagnostic and assessment procedures. Provides students with the extensive knowledge and skills necessary to differentiate abnormal from normal behavior in children and adults, with special emphasis upon the identification and assessment of the mental disorders included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Emphasis will be on the application of the DSM in counseling situations.
Instructional Contact Hours: (3 Lec, 3 Crd) 
EDCO 6984 - Special Study (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course 
EDCO 7714 - Internship in Education (1-24 credits) 
Planned program of advanced clinical practice in education through assignment under direct supervision of outstanding practitioner for periods of up to two semesters. (Maximum 24C).
Instructional Contact Hours: (1-24 Lec, 1-24 Crd) 
Repeatability: up to 24 credit hours 
EDCO 7994 - Research and Dissertation (1-19 credits) 
Instructional Contact Hours: Variable credit course