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Code Name Description
CG414 ADDICTION KNOWLEDGE Substances of abuse and their effects on the processes of body and brain; how to screen and assess for substance use disorder, including withdrawal. Includes information on the current medical and pharmacological resources used in the treatment of su...
CG415 TREATMENT KNOWLEDGE FOR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS How to complete a comprehensive substance abuse assessment, including screening for co-occurring disorders; the principles of effective treatment, models of treatment, recovery, relapse prevention, and continuing care for addiction clients; how to as...
CG416 SERVICE COORDINATION AND DOCUMENTATION FOR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS How to assess a client’s ongoing needs beyond formal treatment, including the client’s recovery process. Interdisciplinary approaches to addiction treatment, including the counselor’s role in the interdisciplinary team. Prerequisite: CG 414, may be t...
CG417 GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING FOR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS Reviews basic theories and techniques of group and individual counseling for chemical dependency and addictive disorders and the role of the family in treatment; managing group interactions; and the ethics of group, family and individual counseling....
CG418 FIELD EXPERIENCE IN CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS Placement in the community under the supervision of a licensed chemical dependency counselor; completion of a minimum of 220 hours; field work is coupled with regular class meetings. Prerequisites: CG 414 and CG 415; CG 416 and CG 417, may be taken c...
CG500 ORIENTATION TO COUNSELING Introduction to the professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities of counselors, including professional roles and functions. Includes a coursework overview, professional goals and objectives, professional organizations, history and trends, prepar...
CG501 FOUNDATIONS OF SCHOOL COUNSELING Introduction to the profession of school counseling, including the historical, philosophical, ethical, and legal aspects of counseling within a school setting. Examines current issues and counseling interventions that address the prevention of specif...
CG502 RESEARCH METHODS FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS Introduces methods in both quantitative and qualitative educational research. Topics include creating research problem statements and questions, creating a literature review to address those questions, and developing a research design to answer the r...
CG505 HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Study of human growth and development throughout lifespan. Includes theories of learning, personality development, and human behavior, as well as multicultural, ethical, and legal considerations.
CG509 RESEARCH METHODS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Overview of principles and methods of quantitative and qualitative research and program evaluation for mental health professionals. Emphasizes evidence/research-based decision making used in community agencies and schools; also, evaluating research r...
CG514 ADDICTION KNOWLEDGE Substances of abuse and their effects on the processes of body and brain; how to screen and assess for substance use disorder, including withdrawal. Includes information on the current medical and pharmacological resources used in the treatment of su...
CG515 TREATMENT KNOWLEDGE FOR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS How to complete a comprehensive substance abuse assessment, including screening for co-occurring disorders; the principles of effective treatment, models of treatment, recovery, relapse prevention, and continuing care for addiction clients; how to as...
CG516 SERVICE COORDINATION AND DOCUMENTATION FOR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS Reviews basic theories and techniques of group and individual counseling for chemical dependency and addictive disorders and the role of the family in treatment; managing group interactions; and the ethics of group, family and individual counseling....
CG517 GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING FOR CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS Group and Individual Counseling for Chemical Dependency and Addictive Disorders: Prerequisite: CG514. Reviews basic theories and techniques of group and individual counseling for chemical dependency and addictive disorders and the role of the family...
CG518 FIELD EXPERIENCE IN CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND ADDICTIVE DISORDERS Placement in the community under the supervision of a licensed chemical dependency counselor; completion of a minimum of 220 hours; field work is coupled with regular class meetings. Prerequisite: CG 514 , CG 515; CG 516 and CG 517 may be taken concu...
CG530 TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS Basic measurement concepts and descriptive statistics followed by in-depth study of test score interpretation, reliability, and validity. Also, the application of major tests used by clinical mental health/school counselors and school psychologists,...
CG531 CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND VOCATIONAL APPRAISAL Career development throughout the life span and individual career decision-making theories. Career assessment, appraisal, personality, and aptitude instruments and techniques for evaluating individuals relevant to choosing a career. Sources of career...
CG535 GROUP PROCEDURES Career development throughout the life span and individual career decision-making theories. Career assessment, appraisal, personality, and aptitude instruments and techniques for evaluating individuals relevant to choosing a career. Sources of career...
CG538 SCHOOL COUNSELING PROGRAM DESIGN AND CONSULTATION Counseling and guidance strategies for the school counselor that promote school and personal success and development in children and teenagers. Emphasis on the skills to assess students’ needs, design a program of comprehensive services, and coordina...
CG554 COUNSELING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS This course is designed to help the beginning counselor identify issues that are relevant to children and adolescents in counseling. The course will cover developmental topics, application of common counseling approaches to working with children and...
CG556 FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING This course in relationship and family counseling involves study in the structure, rules, roles, forms of communication, and other aspects of interpersonal dynamics. Ways of problem solving and negotiating will be studied.Prerequisites: CG 500 and CG...
CG557 TRAUMA INFORMED COUNSELING This course explores the rapidly expanding literature in the field of psychological trauma and attempts to delineate its common concerns, research basis, and practice guidelines. It presents the roles and responsibilities of counselors in interventio...
CG558 EXPRESSIVE ARTS IN COUNSELING This course explores the cultural and historical context of the expressive arts and healing and various modalities of artistic and creative expression. Students will experience the therapeutic effects of artistic intermodal expression within the cont...
CG561 COUNSELING THEORIES Systematic study of selected historical and contemporary theories of counseling and psychotherapy, including the nature of psychological disturbance, theoretical assumptions and concepts, and techniques for effecting therapeutic change. Emphasizes co...
CG562 COUNSELING TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICE Emphasis on the application of the theoretical principles involved in individual counseling, skill-building, and interviewing. Seminar format with role-playing, practical experience, basic interviewing, assessment, and counseling skills.Prerequisite...
CG563 DIVERSITY ISSUES IN COUNSELING Builds the personal and professional development of counseling practitioners through studying sociological, historical, philosophical, and psychological scholarship about the many cultures, races, ethnic groups, and other minority groups that constit...
CG571 CLINICAL EVALUATION Assessment procedures in diagnosis and treatment planning. Focuses on administering and interpreting individual and group standardized (and un-standardized) tests of mental ability and personality measurement; also, factors that relate to specific po...
CG572 CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Designed to assist the counseling student in understanding psychological disorders, as conceptualized in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders and other nosologies. Includes a thorough review of the major c...
CG573 CLINICAL INTERVENTION, PREVENTION, AND ETHICS Focuses on methods of intervention, including techniques used with diverse populations and situations. Emphasis on counselor ethics and legalities. Includes clinical supervision, program development, and consultation. Prerequisite: CG 562.
CG574 CLINICAL TREATMENT METHODS Focuses on diagnostic issues, case conceptualization, issues of diversity, developing and implementing a treatment plan, reporting and assessing progress of treatment, referral procedures, formulating timelines for treatment, and psychotropic medicat...
CG580 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COUNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580A SP TP CLIN MENTL HLTH CNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580B SP TP CLIN MENTL HLTH CNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580C SP TP CLINCL MNT HLTH COUNSLNG In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580D SP TP CLIN MENTL HLTH CNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580E SP TP CLNL MNTL HLTH CNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580F SP TP CLIN MENTL HLTH CNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580G SP TP CLIN MENTL HLTH CNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580H SP TP CLIN MENTL HLTH CNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580I SP TP CLIN MENTL HLTH CNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580J SP TP CLIN MENTL HLTH CNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580K SP TP CLIN MENTL HLTH CNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG580L SP TP CLIN MENTL HLTH CNSELING In-depth study of a topic in workshop form.
CG581 INDEPENDENT STUDY Individual project under supervision. Approval of program coordinator and appropriate dean required.
CG581A INDEPENDENT STUDY Individual project under supervision. Approval of program coordinator and appropriate dean required.
CG581B INDEPENDENT STUDY Individual project under supervision. Approval of program coordinator and appropriate dean required.
CG581C INDEPENDENT STUDY Individual project under supervision. Approval of program coordinator and appropriate dean required.
CG588 DOCTORAL STUDIES PREPARATION SEMINAR Preparation for applying to doctoral programs. Mentoring on a research project, poster presentations of scholarship; mock interviews, networking and informational interviews; differences between counselor education, clinical psychology, counselor psy...
CG591 SCHOOL COUNSELING PRACTICUM Supervised, applied counseling laboratory experience prior to internship and within an appropriate setting. Requires 100 hours of placement experience, including a minimum of 40 hours of direct, individual counseling and 10 hours of group contact. In...
CG592 CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING PRACTICUM 100 placement hours (40 in direct client contact). Application of appropriate treatment modalities and understanding of service provision paradigms. Includes video and audio taping, individual and group supervision, case consultation, and legal and e...
CG596 CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING INTERNSHIP Prerequisite: CG 592.Prerequisite or corequisite: CG 563. Placement under supervision in an appropriate setting. During the Internship, students complete a total of 600 placement hours (240 in direct client contact, minimum 10 hours in group counseli...
CG596X CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING INTERNSHIP EXTENSION This elective course is optional and is available to students who have completed CG 596 with a total of 600 placement hours (240 in direct client contact) and want to maintain their CT status due to being hired or volunteering to function as a counse...
CG598 SCHOOL COUNSELING INTERNSHIP Prerequisite: CG 591.Prerequisite or corequisite: CG 563. Field placement under supervision. During the internship, students complete a total of 600 placement hours (240 hours in direct contact) counseling individual students and groups. Coursework o...