5158 Group Counseling Pre-Practicum. (1-0) This course is an experiential study of group dynamics, processes, and applications. Group stages, tasks and skills of group members and leaders, and the importance of developing an understanding of the therapeutic value of group, are covered. This course involves role-played participation in a group designed to closely resemble a real-life group experience. Students will participate as co-leader as well during the semester. Graded on a credit (CR), no credit (F) basis.
Co-requisite: COUN 5358. Sample Syllabi
5178 Independent Study. (1-0) Individual problems or research topics designed to place emphasis on selected areas of study. May be repeated twice for additional credit at the discretion of the department chair.
5301 Community-based Counseling. (3-0) Community-based Counseling is presented as a basis for counselors who intend on working in community counseling agencies. This course includes theoretical and applied information based on a variety of settings, as well as a variety of intervention strategies, presented via didactic and experiential coursework. Sample Syllabi
5305 Assessment in Counseling. (3-0) Problems and principles of administration, scoring and interpreting group and individually administered tests; utilization of test data for diagnostic, placement, predictive, and evaluative purposes; elementary statistical procedures; laboratory activities in test administration, scoring, and interpretation. Sample Syllabi
5307 Theories of Counseling and Personality. (3-0) This course surveys systematically derived theories of counseling and personality from their origins in social discourse, philosophy, and psychology to the present time. Each theorist is presented biographically and the theory considered with regard to its clinical, cultural, and ethical relevance and application to diverse populations.
Prerequisite: COUN 5350 preferred. Sample Syllabi
5316 Counseling Diverse Populations I. (3-0) This seminar is designed to sensitize students to the roles societal power disparities, therapist’s racial identity and awareness, and client racial/cultural identity play in counseling persons of diverse backgrounds. The dynamics of counseling clients who are African-American, Asian-American, female, gay/lesbian, Latino/a, Native-American, and persons with disabilities, will be examined. Sample Syllabi
5322 Governance and Legal Issues in Higher Education. (3-0) This course provides for the identification and understanding of the legal issues, which influence institutions of higher education. There is also a focus on how postsecondary institutions are governed by Boards of Regents as well as by both state and federal governments. Sample Syllabi
5323 Program Development and Evaluation. (3-0) This course covers the theoretical bases for assessment techniques, statistics, research design, models for designing, managing and evaluating student affairs programs including information management and computer applications in higher education and methods of needs analysis applicable to college student populations. Sample Syllabi
5328 Counseling in Schools: Orientation and Ethics. (3-0) Competencies and skills to establish, maintain, and evaluate a comprehensive developmental school guidance program will be taught, including the four major areas of responsive services, individual planning, system support, and developmental guidance curriculum. School counseling students should take this course first in their sequence of courses. Sample Syllabi
5340 Loss and Grief Recovery Counseling. (3-0) An in-depth study of loss and its aftermath, grief. Emphasis is given to the counseling literature, loss and grief in the arts, personal loss experience, and particular counseling interventions. Sample Syllabi
5344 Substance Abuse and Counseling: An Introduction. (3-0) This course focuses on chemical dependency across counseling settings, including school, agency, and private practice. This course includes theoretical and applied information on causative factors, assessment, and treatment strategies across a variety of settings and populations via didactic and experimental coursework. Sample Syllabi
5345 Psychodrama. (3-0) The course is both didactic and experimental. It provides a history of therapeutic drama beginning with the Greek theater of Dionysus. The work of J.L. Moreno is presented and the basic tenets of the theory studied. Students then engage in creating, producing, and acting out actual psychodramatic productions. Sample Syllabi
5346 Filial Therapy. (3-0) Theoretical and practical application of the filial model will be addressed as well as techniques in training parents in the overall principles and methodology of child-centered play therapy. Sample Syllabi
5350 Professional Orientation and Ethics. (3-0) An introduction to the counseling profession as practiced in a variety of clinical and human service settings. Emphasis is placed on the philosophical and psychological foundations of mental health counseling, personal/professional traits and skills of effective counselors, professional ethics, licensure, credentialing and professional regulation, and contemporary professional issues. Sample Syllabi
5351 Current Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy. (3-0) This course provides students with information regarding special issues in marriage and family therapy, including: grief and loss, domestic violence, substance abuse in the family, GLBT issues, divorce, and re-parenting. Sample Syllabi
Corequisite: COUN 5689 or COUN 5389.
5354 Basic Techniques in Counseling. (3-0) This course is designed to introduce the student to basic counseling skills via role-play and videotape. The course also provides a general model of effective counseling, including basic communication skills and theory techniques. Sample Syllabi
Prerequisite: COUN 5350 or COUN 5328
5355 Career Counseling. (3-0) Career choice and development are considered as critical aspects of persons in material cultures where occupation is a major component of one’s identity. Career concerns often addressed in counseling are presented and discussed along with the area of vocational guidance, occupational information, and preference inventories. Sample Syllabi
5358 Dynamics & Processes in Group Counseling. (3-0) An intensive laboratory experience requiring highly active student participation in the form of honest, direct, and open communication combined with authentic self-exploration within the group setting. Through participation and required reading, students will gain first-hand familiarity with the basic principles of the dynamics that are characteristic of therapeutic groups. Sample Syllabi
Prerequisites: COUN 5354 and COUN 5307. Corequisite: COUN 5158
5359 Abnormal Human Behavior. (3-0) The principles of understanding dysfunction in human behavior and systemic organization. This course includes diagnostic, preventive, and remedial methods and interventions. Sample Syllabi
Prerequisite: COUN 5307
5360 Intermediate Methods in Marriage and Family Therapy. (3-0) Included in this course is the diagnosis and assessment of family functioning and the practice of techniques used by systems theorists in marriage and family therapy. Graded on a credit (CR), no credit (F) basis.
Prerequisites: COUN 5367 and COUN 5354. Sample Syllabi
5362 Practicum in Professional Supervision: Theories and Applications. (3-0) Provides experience in supervising practicum or intern students and integrating the theoretical foundations and current issues of professional supervision. Emphasis includes ethical, multicultural, gender, age, and lifestyle concerns in supervisory relationships, and academic requirements for supervisory status for Texas Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Specialist in School Psychology credentials. Course can be repeated once for credit. Graded on a credit (CR), no credit (F) basis. Sample Syllabi
5366 Intermediate Methods in Individual and Group Counseling. (3-0) This advanced methods course applies counseling theories and techniques through formal lecture, didactic exchange, and supervised practice. Students practice skills in the helping relationship process, diagnosis, goal formulation, treatment planning, termination, referral, and record keeping. Students also refine their personal theoretical orientations to counseling. Graded on a credit (CR), no credit (F) basis. Sample Syllabi
Prerequisite: COUN 5354 and COUN 5359.
5367 Marriage and Family Counseling: Current Theories. (3-0) This course is designed to examine the principles of communication and the goals of marriage and family counseling. Selected approaches and techniques used in marriage and family therapies will be examined. Sample Syllabi
5368 Developmental Issues in Counseling Children, Adolescents, and Adults. (3-0) Emphasis will be on understanding the interactions between the developmental needs of each of these age groups and counseling techniques and procedures used to deliver mental health services to each of these groups. Sample Syllabi
5369 Child and Adolescent Counseling Methods. (3-0) Course focus is an overview of counseling interventions with children and adolescents in agency, school, and private practice. Group, individual, and systems techniques will be covered. Assessment of child psychopathology and techniques for consulting with parents will be included. Sample Syllabi
Prerequisites: COUN 5354 and COUN 5368.
5370 Intermediate Methods in Counseling Adolescents. (3-0) This course will provide an overview of the physical, social, psychological, and behavioral characteristics of the adolescent in the context of the family. Emphasis will be placed on counseling interventions utilizing current research. Sample Syllabi
Prerequisite: COUN 5369.
5372 Assessment and Treatment in Marriage and Family Counseling. (3-0) This course addresses the assessment of individual and family functioning and the planning and implementation of marriage and family treatment methods. Sample Syllabi
Prerequisites: COUN 5367.
5373 Intermediate Methods in Play Therapy. (3-0) This course provides the philosophical basis for play therapy, including a review of play therapy’s history, various theoretical applications, play therapy techniques, therapeutic stages, ethical issues, and application to a variety of populations and diagnostic categories. As an intermediate methods class, students must demonstrate a minimum skill level. Graded on a credit (CR), no credit (F) basis. Sample Syllabi
Prerequisite: COUN 5369
5378 Problems in Counseling. (3-0) Individual problems not related to thesis. Designed to place emphasis on selected areas of study. May be repeated once for additional credit at the discretion of the department chair. Sample Syllabi
5381 Sandtray Therapy Methods. (3-0) This course provides students with the philosophical basis for sandtray therapy as a therapeutic intervention for children and families, including a review of its history, applications, techniques, stages, and ethical issues. Didactic and experiential methods are used. Sample Syllabi
Prerequisite: COUN 5369 or permission of instructor.
5388 Internship-Student Affairs. (3-0) Internship applies knowledge of student development and organizational theory in a particular student affairs area of operation with group specific activities or projects. The connection between theory and practice is emphasized. The course may be repeated up to three times. Graded on a credit (CR), no credit (F) basis. Sample Syllabi
5389 Site-Based Internship. (3-0) An on-site practicum-internship occurring in a school or agency setting with supervision by on-site and university supervisors. May be repeated based on the recommendation of the counseling faculty. Graded on a credit (CR), no credit (F) basis. Sample Syllabi
Prerequisites: COUN 5689, recommendation of COUN 5689 supervisor, and consent of COUN 5389 supervisors.
5390 Higher Education and Student Affairs I. (3-0) This course covers the history of student affairs in higher education, the context in which student affairs exists in higher education, the theories used in student affairs work and its philosophical foundations, the mission, goals and programs of selected functions in student affairs, and significant issues related to these functions. Sample Syllabi
5391 Research Seminar. (3-0) Research, measurement, and design procedures for addressing issues in school psychology, counseling, and education. A research project is required of each student. Sample Syllabi
5392 Higher Education and Student Affairs II. (3-0) This course covers significant issues, functions, and problems that student affairs administrators manage in their work setting which include professionalism and ethical decision-making, the role of professional organizations and associations, management and leadership theories, human resource development, governance and legal issues, finance and budgeting, and assessment and evaluation. Sample Syllabi
5393 The American College Student. (3-0) This course is an in-depth study of the characteristics and needs of American colleges student and how student subcultures affect the campus environment. There is an analysis of student growth and development issues, student subcultures, and the needs and services required for student success. Sample Syllabi
5399A Thesis. (3-0) This course represents a student’s initial thesis enrollment. No thesis credit is awarded until student has completed the thesis in COUN 5399B. Graded on a credit (CR), progress (PR), no credit (F) basis. Sample Syllabi
5399B Thesis. (3-0) This course represents a student’s continuing thesis enrollments. The student continues to enroll in this course until the thesis is submitted for binding. Graded on a credit (CR), progress (PR), no credit (F) basis. Sample Syllabi
5689 Clinical Practicum. (3-3) Practicum includes counseling clients in university-affiliated counseling clinics, and a staffing seminar. May be repeated up to three times (18 credit hours) based on the recommendation of the counseling faculty. Graded on a credit (CR), no credit (F) basis. Graded on a credit (CR), no credit (F) basis.
Prerequisites: All required course work completed or departmental permission required. Sample Syllabi