Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

The Curriculum MS in Counseling ( 36■credits) In both the 36- and 60-credit MS programs, students choose from 1 of 3 tracks. Core Curriculum (18 credits) Helping Relationships: Theories and Techniques of Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Psychopathology and Personality Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Helping Relationships: Theories and Techniques of Counseling II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Human Growth and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Group Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Integrating Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Counseling Internship (Practicum) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Required Track (18 credits) Substance Abuse Track Orientation to Addictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Addiction to Counseling I–Individual and Group . . . . . . . 3 Addiction to Counseling II–Family and Group . . . . . . . . . . 3 Addiction: Psychological Assessment, Reporting, Treatment Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Case Management in Treating Addictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 One Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Trauma and Loss Track Current Perspectives on Grief Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Trauma and Loss: Empirical Persepectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Perspectives of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders . . . . . . 3 Death, Meaning, and Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Any two electives from the following list: Social Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Domestic Violence: Practical and Psychological Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction to Gerontology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Clinical Work with Adolescents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction to Student Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Counseling LGBT Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Counseling 2.0: Counseling in the Digital Age . . . . . . . . . . 3 Pharmacology and Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Spiritual Issues in Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Total credits: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 MS in Mental Health Counseling (63■credits) Required Courses (45 credits) Helping Relationships: Theories and Techniques of Counseling I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Helping Relationships: Theories and Techniques of Counseling II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Human Growth and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Group Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Psychopathology and Personality Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Integrating Seminar: Professional Orientation and Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Field Experience: Counseling Internship I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Field Experience: Counseling Internship II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Foundations of Mental Health Counseling and Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Research and Program Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Career and Lifestyle Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Marriage and Family Systems and Counseling . . . . . . . . . 3 Social and Cultural Foundations of Counseling . . . . . . . . 3 Appraisal and Assessment of Individuals, Couples, Families, and Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mental Health Counseling Practicum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Elective Courses (18 credits) Positive Psychology and Psychotherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Couple Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Clinical Work with Adolescents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Research Seminar in Mental Health Counseling . . . . . . . 3 Pharmacology and Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Building Your Ideal Private Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Spiritual Issues in Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Post-Traumatic Stress and Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Orientation to Addiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Grief Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Loss and Bereavement Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sex Education and Counseling: Intimacy and Sexuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Social Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Expressive Therapies: Healing Through Art, Music, and Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Counseling 2.0: Counseling in the Digital Age . . . . . . . . . . 3 Total credits: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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