The counseling internship is a field counseling experience supervised by a qualified counseling professional. Placement is at a site suitable to the counseling emphasis requirements and interests of the student and provides opportunities for the student to perform, under supervision, a variety of counseling activities that a professional counselor is expected to perform. University group supervision is conducted throughout a student's internship experience. Prerequisite: 690. May be repeated for credit. Permission of instructor required.

This asynchronous course module provides an overview of graduate-level academic writing expectations and guidelines. The module focuses largely on the most recent version of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), with the purpose of equipping students to research, present, and write their own scholarship, in addition to evaluating and providing others feedback. Graded CR/NC.

This course focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, conduct and analyze quantitative research. Specifically, this course develops students 'quantitative skills to apply appropriate statistical methods to answer research questions. Topics include hypothesis testing, nonparametric methods, analysis of variance, and multiple regression analysis.

This course focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, conduct and analyze qualitative research. Specifically, this course develops students' skills in analyzing verbal and written qualitative data. Topics include using phenomenological approaches, grounded theory, content analysis, ethnographic and consensual qualitative analysis.

This course is designed to acquaint counseling students with the fundamentals of psychoactive drugs and their use, effects, and potential for abuse. The neural mechanisms of drug action, along with the physical and behavioral consequences of use and abuse, are explored. Emphasized concepts include the physiological and psychological mechanisms of addiction, tolerance, and withdrawal. Basics of pharmacology, adverse effects, indications, and drug interactions will be examined. Boundaries of practice and practical issues of assessment and referral will be covered. Prerequisite: 590.

This course provides an overview of qualitative, quantitative, single-case designs, action research, outcome based research and basic statistical methods for conducting research. It is an experiential course with activities focused on the process, ethics and the necessary steps and critical thinking skills required to evaluate and conduct research. Moreover, it emphasizes the importance of research for advancing the counseling profession and to inform evidence-based practice. Prerequisites: 510 or 545, 595.

This course addresses the history and development of clinical mental health counseling, theories and models related to clinical mental health counseling, principles of clinical mental health counseling, including prevention, intervention, consultation, education, and advocacy, and networks that promote mental health and wellness. Prerequisite: 595.

This course consists of laboratory training in counseling skills and application of major theories of counseling and psychotherapy with a special focus on gender, culture, ethical dilemmas, counselor preparation, and common theoretically-based assessment and case formulation strategies. The course is designed to provide students with the skills necessary to begin a counseling practicum that include the following: counseling micro-skills, intervention strategies, treatment planning, goal setting, and counseling termination.

This course provides the student with a general overview of the physical, social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and environmental dimensions of health and their applications to personal wellness. The focus of this course will be on the knowledge and skills necessary for the promotion of positive lifestyle choices integrating wellness and resilience.

The purpose of this course in integrative health care is to explore collaborative and integrative practice styles emphasizing patient/client counseling and education within mind-body framework and in conjunction with medical professionals. Family systems and cognitive behavioral therapies will be studied as they are utilized within multidisciplinary teams. The course seeks to prepare mental health counselors to enter into collaborative working relationships with healthcare professionals that help clients seek holistic solutions to health problems.