This course covers substance use disorders and behavioral addictions: their causes, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Topics include common substances, theoretical models, biopsychosocial aspects, co-occurring disorders, and evidence-based, trauma-informed, culturally responsive care. Examines addiction's impact on individuals, families, and communities, plus the continuum from prevention to recovery.

This course is intended to help you become an impactful counselor in a racialized society. You will become aware of the structures of power (e.g., racialization, patriarchy, religious doctrine, and capitalism) that impact the lives of individuals across various intersections of constructed identities around race, sex, gender, religion status, and ability. Anti-racism, equity, and empowerment are emphasized.

Objective observation is an essential skill for assessing and treating diverse clients in professional settings. This hands-on, participatory course examines the nature of observation; factors that influence interpretation; and the impact of biases, expectations and observer influence; while watching clinical care. Students will learn to recognize forms of assessment and therapy strategies across a variety of communication disorders.

Survey of concepts, issues, trends, and tools related to career development and effective career counseling. Introduces the study and application of career development theory; the use of educational, social, and occupational information and materials in counseling; career assessment; informational media; career decision-making; and the implementation of developmentally and culturally appropriate career counseling strategies. Prerequisite: Counselor education majors or instructor permission.

This is a course about clinical statistics, clinical research, and clinical practice. The central focus of the course is integrating clinical research, clinical expertise, and client values for informing clinical decisions. Lectures and hands-on learning experiences center on understanding and critically analyzing reports of clinical research, as well as systematic reviews, for the purpose of informing clinical practice.

Supervised placement in a setting designed to provide students with clinical experiences dealing with children, adults, and families.

This one-hour class is designed to monitor and provide support and supervision for students who work with youth in the community as part of their academic program.

Students apply academic experiences in professional and/or research settings; reflect and critically and constructively analyze experiences from multiple perspectives; and view the work as connecting course content authentic contexts. Students work as professionals with site supervisors and instructors to complete related assignments and relevant background research on the professional and academic resources available.

Independent Study

Prerequisite: Instructor permission.