Course Descriptions

All courses are 3 credit hours unless otherwise specified.

Prerequisite: Completion of program prerequisites or concurrent enrollment and admission into the 咨询 master’s 学位课程. 

介绍 to the roles and functions of the school counselor within a developmental (e.g., ASCA Model) and other school 咨询 programs. Examines all aspects of professional functioning including history, organizational structure, ethics, standards, and credentialing Exposes student to the developmental 咨询 curriculum, individual planning, responsive 服务, consultation 理论, needs assessment, and program and system support with traditional, urban, and special population. 

Prerequisite: Admission to 咨询 研究生 Program or permission of the department. 
地址 the roles, functions, 设置s, and management of clinical mental health 咨询. Introduces relevant models and theories, ethical and legal issues, professional organizations, preparation standards and credentialing, and management of mental health 服务.
Prerequisite: COUN 5600 or 5610 or concurrent enrollment. Admission to the master’s 学位课程.
Major theories, principles, ethical concerns, and techniques of 咨询. 介绍 to Afro-centric and other models and exploration of techniques for children, adolescents, and special populations. 
Prerequisite: COUN 5600 or 5610 or concurrent enrollment. Admission to the master’s 学位课程.
Practical and experiential laboratory designed to build basic 咨询 and interviewing skills, including counselor self-awareness. Focus on development of understanding of the 咨询 process through readings, lectures, analogue exercises, and video 示威活动. 
Prerequisites: COUN 5600 or 5610 or concurrent enrollment.
Examines development across the life span and addresses issues that impact 咨询 and development such as ethnicity, economics, disabilities, and abuse/neglect. 地址 all the major developmental theories including family development and basic learning 理论. 
5650号,5640号. Admission to the master’s 学位课程.Group methods for identifying, understanding, and solving common problems. Explores 咨询 and therapy in a group 设置. 
Prerequisite: COUN 5600 or 5610 or concurrent enrollment. Admission into the master’s 学位课程.
This course is designed to build expertise in 咨询 individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds including but not limited to individuals of African American, Hispanic, Asian, and American heritage. It includes a study of change, ethnicity, changing roles of women and sexism, urban and rural societies, changing population patterns, cultural mores, and differing life patterns. 

Prerequisite: COUN 5600 or 5610 or concurrent enrollment. Admission to the master’s 学位课程.
Theories and principles of vocational choice, relationship between career choice and life style, sources of occupational and educational information, computerized guidance 服务, financial aid, college admissions, approaches to career decision making processes and career development exploration techniques. 

Prerequisites: COUN 5600 or 5610 or concurrent enrollment; COUN 4190 or equivalent basic statistics course. Admission to the master’s 学位课程.
Selection, administration, interpretation, and evaluative use of intelligence, aptitude, personality, interest, and achievement test. Use and/or construction of questionnaires, sociograms, anecdotal records, and other appraisal devices. Practice of differential diagnosis and clinical interviewing. Additional course fee. 
Prerequisite: COUN 5640, 573, or 5730. Admission to the master’s 学位课程.
Techniques and methods for appraising personality characteristics. 
COUN 5600 or 5610 and COUN 5660. Admission to the master’s 学位课程. 研讨会 关于问题(e).g.) gangs, violence, abuse, drugs, poverty, etc.) facing youth and families in urban inner-city environments. Exposes students to theories of adolescent development, how development, how development is comprised in such youth, and using research to guide effective treatment strategies for this population. Introduces family system 理论 and application with youth and families. 
地址 理论 and evidence-based practice for children, adolescents, adults, and gerontological populations. Introduces play therapy and expressive media in the playroom with children as well as age-appropriate group and individual strategies for all ages and levels of development. 
Prerequisite: 5650号,5640号. Admission to the master’s 学位课程. 介绍 to general systems 理论 and survey of the major systems of family therapy, emphasizing 理论 and treatment strategies. 
Covers integration of diagnostic assessment, biopsychosocial model, history, treatment format and planning, and evaluation of treatment effectiveness. Introduces students to psychopharmacology, crisis intervention, trauma 咨询 (for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities), and emergency preparedness. 
Focuses on the skills and techniques needed to assist students during school years and the transition to work/college (e.g., transcript review and college applications). 地址 social and emotional learning standards, special education law, effective case management and the development of Individual 教育al Plans through multidisciplinary staffing involving parents, students, and school professionals. 提供了经验 with computer programs and other tools used by school counselors as well. 学生 will also be required to write a comprehensive ASCA model 咨询 Program. 
Prerequisite: COUN 5600 or 5610; 410 or 5660, 5650, 5640, and accepted as candidate for clinical courses. Completion of all pre-candidacy courses in the program and written application submitted by appropriate 的最后期限. Clinical laboratory experience with actual clients and live and videotaped supervision in techniques of 咨询/psychotherapy. 
COUN 2080 or 4190, or equivalent basic statistics course. Admission to the master’s 学位课程.
Study of research methods, both qualitative and quantitative computer programs for data management and testing; application of program evaluation principles; legal and ethical considerations in research and programs. 
The assessment, etiology, description, understanding, and treatment of addictions. 地址 prevention, education, dual diagnosis, risk assessment, crisis intervention, and issues related to diagnosis and treatment in multicultural populations. 以证据为基础的 individual and group interventions will be studied.
Prerequisite: COUN 5600 or 5610, or concurrent enrollment in the same.
The assessment, etiology, description, understanding, and treatment of Psychological 障碍. Included in the study are schizophrenia, affective and anxiety 障碍, substance abuse/dependency, personality 障碍, 障碍 of childhood and adolescence as well as other 障碍 in the DSM 5 and issues related to diagnosis and evidence-based treatment in multicultural populatio
Prerequisite: Completion of COUN 4310, accepted as a candidate for clinical courses and written application during semester prior to enrollment. Admission to the master’s 学位课程.
Supervised field placement in 咨询/psychotherapy. Minimum of 100 hours of supervised experience required in field placement. 
Prerequisite: Completion of all required 5000-level courses, passing the Illinois Content Examination in School 咨询, and written application submitted by appropriate 的最后期限. Admission to the master’s 学位课程 OR the Endorsement in School 咨询 Certificate Program.
Supervised field placement in a school 设置 (K-12). 可能被认为是 three credit hours indicating 600 hours 的经验 or six credit hours indicating 600 hours 的经验. 可能会被带走 twice for three credit hours or once for six credit hours to fulfill the required six credit hours of internship.
Prerequisite: Completion of all required 5000-level courses and written application submitted by appropriate 的最后期限. Admission to the master’s 学位课程.
Supervised field placement in a 咨询 mental health 设置. 可能被认为是 three credit hours requiring 300 hours 的经验, 4.5 credit hours for 450 hours 的经验, or six credit hours requiring 600 hours 的经验. 可能会被带走 up to three times to fulfill the required nine credit hours of internship.