Program Requirements
Common Core
Focus on helping skills model, professional issues, and skill acquisition of basic listening responses.
- Prerequisites:
- none
A combination of classroom lecture and interaction with community professionals involved in crisis intervention. Designed to give students practical experience in distinguishing between crisis intervention, theory, and practice.
- Prerequisites:
- none
This course is specific to the counseling profession, focusing on both the cultural and sociopolitical forces influencing people in a multicultural society, as well as the microskills necessary for engaging in cross-cultural counselor-client interactions.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Theories of human development and the family cycle are presented as the basis for multi-contextual assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment skills when working with contemporary families.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Overview of theories of career development, career guidance, career choice, and decision-making. Career counseling interviews and assessment techniques are also emphasized.
- Prerequisites:
- none
A review and analysis of major counseling theories coupled with empirical support and specific counseling theory techniques and theoretical case analysis.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Emphasis on knowledge and skill acquisition of advanced listening responses, helping interventions, and counseling strategies.
- Prerequisites:
- CSP 645
Research/Methods Course(s)
This course will prepare students to effectively understand and utilize the results of research and will provide an understanding of the processes involved in the conceptualization, design, implementation, and reporting of research, including program evaluation research.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Emphasis Common Core
* CSP 678 must be taken for a total of three credits.
Understanding the impact of chemical dependency on the family. Family counseling skills and relapse prevention strategies will also be included.
- Prerequisites:
- none
This introductory course provides a comprehensive overview of the counseling profession, emphasizing the development of professional identity and orientation. Students will explore ethical standards, legal mandates, and their application in various counseling settings. The course covers the philosophies, strategies, and current trends that shape counseling practice, as well as the roles and responsibilities of counselors. Additionally, students will examine the developmental needs and challenges of clients within a changing society, gaining insights into the nature of the counseling profession.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Provides an overview of theory, research, and practice regarding counseling with children and adolescents. Developmentally and culturally appropriate counseling strategies are stressed. Relevant current topics are examined.
- Prerequisites:
- none
An overview of professional issues for mental health counselors providing individual, couples, and family counseling, including certification/licensure, professional development, ethical guidelines, multicultural issues, and recent developments in theory, research, and practice.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Basic appraisal principles and applications of projective and objective personality assessment tools in counseling practice.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Overview of family theories and family functioning. Focus on techniques and skills to address issues of contemporary families.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Overview of major theories of marriage counseling; skill and strategies for effective marital counseling and case analysis.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Fundamentals of treatment plan development in counseling, with particular focus on the integration of personality assessment, intake interviewing and diagnostic classification data.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Major theories of group development are presented along with analysis of group notes, group techniques, and groups for special populations. An experiential component is included for experience in group processes.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Supervised integrative practicum experiences. Admission by prior application.
- Prerequisites:
- CSP 618 Introduction to Mental Health Counseling. CSP 645 Counseling Procedures and Skills I, CSP 665 Counseling Theories, CSP 666, Counseling Procedures and Skills II, CSP 673 Group Counseling
The course provides an introduction to the use and applications of hardware and software in the fields of counseling and student affairs. The course is based on the technology standards that are identified by the Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES) and the literature on the application of technology to the fields of counseling and student affairs.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Capstone Course
* CSP 679 must be taken for a total of three credits.
Supervised integrative practicum experiences. Admission by prior application.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Degree Plan
The Degree Plan is a model for completing your degree in a timely manner. Your individual degree plan may change based on a number of variables including transfer courses and the semester/year you start your major. Carefully work with your academic advisors to devise your own unique plan.
* Please meet with your advisor on appropriate course selection to meet your educational and degree goals.
First Year
Fall - 12 Credits
This introductory course provides a comprehensive overview of the counseling profession, emphasizing the development of professional identity and orientation. Students will explore ethical standards, legal mandates, and their application in various counseling settings. The course covers the philosophies, strategies, and current trends that shape counseling practice, as well as the roles and responsibilities of counselors. Additionally, students will examine the developmental needs and challenges of clients within a changing society, gaining insights into the nature of the counseling profession.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Focus on helping skills model, professional issues, and skill acquisition of basic listening responses.
- Prerequisites:
- none
A review and analysis of major counseling theories coupled with empirical support and specific counseling theory techniques and theoretical case analysis.
- Prerequisites:
- none
This course will prepare students to effectively understand and utilize the results of research and will provide an understanding of the processes involved in the conceptualization, design, implementation, and reporting of research, including program evaluation research.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Spring - 12 Credits
This course is specific to the counseling profession, focusing on both the cultural and sociopolitical forces influencing people in a multicultural society, as well as the microskills necessary for engaging in cross-cultural counselor-client interactions.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Overview of theories of career development, career guidance, career choice, and decision-making. Career counseling interviews and assessment techniques are also emphasized.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Emphasis on knowledge and skill acquisition of advanced listening responses, helping interventions, and counseling strategies.
- Prerequisites:
- CSP 645
Major theories of group development are presented along with analysis of group notes, group techniques, and groups for special populations. An experiential component is included for experience in group processes.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Summer - 9 Credits
Understanding the impact of chemical dependency on the family. Family counseling skills and relapse prevention strategies will also be included.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Basic appraisal principles and applications of projective and objective personality assessment tools in counseling practice.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Overview of family theories and family functioning. Focus on techniques and skills to address issues of contemporary families.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Second Year
Fall - 12 Credits
Provides an overview of theory, research, and practice regarding counseling with children and adolescents. Developmentally and culturally appropriate counseling strategies are stressed. Relevant current topics are examined.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Overview of major theories of marriage counseling; skill and strategies for effective marital counseling and case analysis.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Fundamentals of treatment plan development in counseling, with particular focus on the integration of personality assessment, intake interviewing and diagnostic classification data.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Supervised integrative practicum experiences. Admission by prior application.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Spring - 12 Credits
A combination of classroom lecture and interaction with community professionals involved in crisis intervention. Designed to give students practical experience in distinguishing between crisis intervention, theory, and practice.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Theories of human development and the family cycle are presented as the basis for multi-contextual assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment skills when working with contemporary families.
- Prerequisites:
- none
The course provides an introduction to the use and applications of hardware and software in the fields of counseling and student affairs. The course is based on the technology standards that are identified by the Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES) and the literature on the application of technology to the fields of counseling and student affairs.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Supervised integrative practicum experiences. Admission by prior application.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Summer - 3 Credits
An overview of professional issues for mental health counselors providing individual, couples, and family counseling, including certification/licensure, professional development, ethical guidelines, multicultural issues, and recent developments in theory, research, and practice.
- Prerequisites:
- none
Degree
Master of Science
Major Credits
60
Total Credits
60
Locations
Mankato
Career Cluster
Human Services