Addresses pedagogy relevant to advocacy, diversity, and social justice issues of race, ethnic, cultural heritage, nationality, socioeconomic status, family structure, age, gender, sexual orientation, religious and spiritual beliefs, occupation, physical status, and mental health. Issues of equity such as oppression, power and privilege, in counselor education will be addressed.

Reviews theories of consultation and related consultant roles, both for clinical and organizational entities. The course will include demonstrations of counsulting techniques and development of a consultation model, as well as an examination of current practices in program development, implementation, and evaluation.

Studies major theories and cultural discourses utilized by supervisors, counselors, and clients, with an emphasis on understandings of problem formation and change. Assumptions about normal behavior and pathology will be examined, and theories will be compared for their applicability to a variety of client groups, community needs, presenting problems, and practice settings.

Explores the intersection between teaching and learning theories as they relate to best practices for the clinical training of counselors across a variety of modalities, formats, and settings. The assessment of the skill level of counselors-in-training will also be explored. Prerequisite: 725.

Provides an overview of the theories and research pertaining to group leadership, composition, selection, intervention, termination, evaluation, and follow-up. Students develop a written description of their group counseling approach and have concurrent supervised group counseling experiences. Prerequisite: 730.

Addresses issues in training supervisors, as well as supervisory research-based practices. Focuses on the synthesis of the theories of supervision, including opportunities to provide culturally competent supervision to practicum students in the Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling degree program. Prerequisite: 715.

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 focuses on research ethics and recent trends in research in the field of counseling. Emphasis is placed on the practice of reading and critiquing research in the field, understanding strategies for publishing in counseling journals, conducting ethical research, and completing a dissertation proposal. Prerequisite: 710, 712.

Provides an overview of the theories of supervision, as well as examines supervisory roles, professional development benchmarks, evaluation methods, and legal and ethical issues. Emphasis is directed toward knowledge, attitude and skill development.