Graduate Studies
Counseling Program Curriculum
The Counseling Program curriculum provides a solid foundation in statistics and research methodology and broad exposure to research and professional issues in counseling. It also helps students understand the role of culture in clinical science and practice. Each course teaches the student not only how to understand research in the area but also how to create new knowledge in that area.
In addition to the Counseling Program requirements, the accreditation standards of the American Psychological Association require counseling students to be exposed to the current body of knowledge in certain core areas. Courses satisfying these criteria are listed below; however, students may propose ways of gaining satisfactory exposure to these areas without taking courses. Program pre-approval of such arrangements is necessary.
Required Counseling Courses
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
Former Course |
60331 |
Clinical Skills and Interventions |
3 |
540 |
60310 |
Psychopathology |
3 |
533 |
60336 |
Supervision |
3 |
644 |
60337 |
Vocational Counseling |
3 |
640 |
60350 |
Ethics, History and Systems |
3 |
537 |
60160 |
Research Methods in Counseling Psychology |
3 |
530 |
60320 |
Psychological Assessment I |
3 |
631 |
60323 |
Psychological Assessment II |
3 |
632 |
60340 |
Multicultural Psychology I |
3 |
536A |
60333 |
Empirically Supported Treatments (EST) |
3 |
n/a |
61385 |
Practicum I |
3 |
633 |
61386 |
Practicum II |
3 |
634 |
61387 |
Practicum III |
3 |
635 |
61388 |
Practicum IV |
3 |
636 |
65395 |
Non-Resident Internship in Counseling Psychology |
1 |
637 |
Resident Internship in Counseling Psychology |
1 |
638 |
Required Departmental Courses
60100/ |
Quantitative Methods I + Lab |
3 + 1 |
507/507L |
60101/ |
Quantitative Methods II + Lab |
3 + 1 |
508/508L |
60121 |
Psychological Measurement |
3 |
609 |
Advanced Research Methods |
3 |
610 |
The Counseling Program also Requires one Additional Quantitative Course
60105 |
Exploratory and Graphical Data Analysis |
3 |
506 |
60125 |
Multivariate Analyses |
3 |
607 |
60130 |
Structural Equation Modeling |
3 |
608 |
60155 |
Longitudinal Data Analysis |
3 |
613 |
60157 |
Foundations of Factor Analysis |
3 |
|
60145 |
Dynamical Systems Analysis |
3 |
611 |
60135 |
Categorical Data Analysis |
3 |
692C |
63110 |
Quantitative Minor |
3 |
510 |
Representative Counseling Electives
60335 |
Group Dynamics |
3 |
650 |
63339 |
Marital Therapy Seminar |
3 |
646B |
61394 |
Marital Therapy Practicum |
3 |
646C |
60321 |
Psychological Assessment of Children |
3 |
642 |
63360 |
Health Psychology |
3 |
n/a |
60300 |
Personality |
3 |
531 |
60341 |
Multicultural Psychology II |
3 |
537 |
61389 |
Practicum V |
3 |
n/a |
61390 |
Practicum VI |
3 |
n/a |
American Psychological Association Core Areas
Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior
60260 |
Socio-Emotional Development I |
3 |
661 |
60261 |
Socio-Emotional Development II |
3 |
661A |
60340 |
Multicultural Psychology I |
3 |
536A |
60335 |
Group Dynamics |
3 |
650 |
Individual Bases of Behavior
60121 |
Psychological Measurement |
3 |
609 |
60282 |
Developmental Psychopathology |
3 |
654 |
60200 |
Theories of Development |
3 |
561 |
60310 |
Psychopathology |
3 |
533 |
Biological Bases of Behavior
60329 |
Neuropsychological Assessment |
3 |
542 |
63500 |
Physiological |
3 |
503 |
63510 |
Behavioral Genetics |
3 |
565 |
60520 |
Neuropsychology |
3 |
529 |
63511 |
Behavioral Neurology |
3 |
n/a |
Cognitive Bases of Behavior
60250 |
Cognitive Development |
3 |
563 |
62400 |
Cognitive Psychology |
3 |
514 |
63455 |
Psycholinguistics |
3 |
520 |
60520 |
Cognitive and Affective |
3 |
529A |
Curriculum Prototype
Year 1
FALL |
SPRING |
|
Psychopathology |
Quantitative Methods I |
Quantitative Methods II |
Research Methods (odd years), or |
Clinical Skills and Interventions |
Year 2
FALL |
SPRING |
Research Methods (odd years), or |
Elective/Core/Quantitative Course (even years), or |
Empirically-Supported Treatments |
Elective/Core/Quantitative Course |
Practicum I |
Practicum II |
Year 3
FALL |
SPRING |
Psychological Assessment I |
Psychological Assessment II |
Advanced Research Methods (even years), or Psychological Measurement (odd years) |
Elective/Core/Quantitative Course (even years), or |
Practicum III |
Practicum IV |
Year 4
FALL |
SPRING |
Elective/Core/Quantitative Course |
Elective/Core/Quantitative Course |
Advanced Research Methods (even years), or Psychological Measurement (odd years), if necessary |
Year 5
FALL |
SPRING |
SUMMER |
Resident or Non-Resident Internship in Counseling Psychology |
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