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2022-2023 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Graduate Course Descriptions

 

Education
  

  • EDUC 5800 - Special Topics

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    This Special Topics course will explore contemporary issues in the (Early Childhood- Exceptional Child/Middle Grades Education/School Counselor Education) discipline. The course will focus on topics from current research and literature and will require students to demonstrate practical application of the information gained in the course through a research paper or project. Specific requirements, to include course goals and objectives, course assignments and for the course will be determined by each program. This course is an elective and can only be taken by permission of the professor of the course and the student’s advisor. The course is repeatable for a grade with a different topic.

  

  • EDUC 6133 - Using the SPSS Statistical Package 3

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course trains candidates to use the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to perform statistical analyses on data. It will enhance candidates’ knowledge of the logic and methodology of educational research as well as the statistical design in education research. Emphasis is on analyzing action research.

  

  • EDUC 6423 - Seminar in Social Issues and Comparative Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Course participants analyze the relationship between education and society, examining such issues as race, ethnicity, class, and gender in comparative perspectives. Data and models from selected nations, including emerging economically developed countries, are used. Emphasis is on free, analytical discussions of issues in American education as compared to similar issues in other countries.

  

  • EDUC 6663 - Advanced Multicultural Studies

    Credit Hours: 3
    While continuing to add to their fund of knowledge of the five major cultural groups in the Georgia (i.e., African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, Native American, and Caucasian American), candidates will also examine the impact of learning styles, multi-intelligences, economics, and other less visible issues on themselves and their students.

  

  • EDUC 6863 - Research Project

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Candidates who have not designed, conducted, and reported on a graduate level field-based project will use 3-6 of their electives to complete this requirement. They will be able to plan, organize, conduct, and present a research project consistent with their program (e.g., comprehensive school counseling, middle grades, early childhood/special education programs). They may prefer to take less than 3 of course-work per semester and spread their research activities over several semesters.


Education Leadership
  

  • EDLD 5203 - Foundations of Professional Ethics and School Law

    Credit Hours: 3
    The purpose of this course is to provide education graduate candidates with the foundations of professional ethics and school law. Increasingly, faculty, counselors, and administrators in public and private schools are called upon to make tough choices in their work and in their lives with regard to what is legal and what is ethical. This course will utilize lecture and case study methodologies to explore legal situations and ethical dilemmas in the practice of education, which might be specifically applied to teachers, counselors, or administrators.


Educational Psychology
  

  • EPSY 5513 - Pre-Adolescent Psychology

    Credit Hours: 3
    A scientific study of the developmental changes in puberty in relation to physical, mental, emotional, and social development. This course involves examination of the developmental changes leading up to and at puberty, the social, mental, emotional, and physical changes that impact learning in the contemporary classroom. The influence of the peer and learning environments on preadolescent development and learning are topics of primary focus.


English
  

  • ENGL 5003 - Communication Arts

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will study various systems of English grammar, with emphasis on their application to writing and teaching.

  

  • ENGL 5023 - Teaching Literature in the Middle Grades

    Credit Hours: 3
    A course designed to introduce to middle grades teachers a variety of classroom approaches to literature. It will include working with a variety of genres and multicultural texts. Students will begin a resource file of texts and teaching strategies.

  

  • ENGL 5423 - American Literature II

    Credit Hours: 3
    An intensive study of major authors, genres, and movements in American literature from the close of the Civil War through present day.


Environmental Health
  

  • ENVH 5100 - Introduction to Public Health

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course provides a basic introduction to public health concepts and practice by examining the philosophy, purpose, history, organization, functions, tools, activities and results of public health practice at the national, state, and community levels. The course also examines public health occupations and careers. Case studies and a variety of practice-related exercises serve as a basis for learner participation in real world public health problem-solving simulations. The various components of the course aim to simulate interactions among learners and instructors around important problems and issues facing public health.

  

  • ENVH 5103 - Environmental Health

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course is designed for students seeking a master level degree in public health with a concentration on environmental sciences. The course introduces the graduate level student to the environments which humans live and depend on for continued health and growth as well as the factors which may negatively impact these environments.

  

  • ENVH 5113 - Environmental Pollution

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students primarily review sources, features and control of air, water and soil contaminants as well as their interactions once introduced to the environment and living organisms. (Required for concentration)

  

  • ENVH 5123 - Epidemiology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will learn about distributions and determinants of disease, disabilities and death in human populations; the characteristics and dynamics of human populations; and the natural history of health and disease.

  

  • ENVH 5133 - PH Roles in Food Production

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course is designed as an entry- level introduction into the  public health aspects of food production and preservation in the United States. Students will be introduced to issues of public health concern in respects to food production, food consumption, food systems, sustainability and the US food system policies.

     

  

  • ENVH 5153 - Biostatistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will learn concepts and practice of statistical data analysis; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of health data; and the design and analysis of health related surveys and of experimental and quasi experimental health studies.

  

  • ENVH 5163 - Special Topics in Agricultural Epidemiology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will explore a topic of interest to them that is directly related to the study of agricultural practices as correlates to public health epidemiology. This will be done through conducting literature reviews, designing and implementing a mini project to be carried out with the results presented to the class in a professional format.

  

  • ENVH 5173 - Public Health Policy and Administration

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will acquire knowledge of the formulation, analysis and implementation of public health policy; and the planning, organization, administration, management, and evaluation of health programs.

  

  • ENVH 5183 - Environmental Law

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students study federal, state and local laws and regulations related to the protection of human health and the regulation of environmental contaminants. Students examine the interactions between and differing responsibilities of the various agencies in enforcing them. They also discuss environmental litigation and citizen rights.

  

  • ENVH 5193 - Industrial Health and Hazard Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students review processes available for hazard monitoring, control and remediation of soil, water and air pollutants as well as various toxic materials used by local industries and agriculture.

  

  • ENVH 5200 - Health Behavior and Health Promotion

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will acquire concepts and methods of social and behavioral sciences applicable to the study of health behavior and the identification and solution of public health problems.

  

  • ENVH 5223 - Chronic and Infectious Disease

    Credit Hours: 3
    The purpose of this web-hybrid course is to introduce graduate students to chronic and infectious diseases that affect both human and animal populations. Discussions will include identification of disease,signs and symptoms, means of prevention and control, available diagnostics and treatments, as well as associated regulations associated with each disease. The diseases presented in class will be chosen based on their significance to public health and cultural entities.

    The course addresses disease that may affect either humans or animals over the course of 15 weeks. Each module includes reading assignments, online timed quizzes, assignments, group projects and discussion board topics.

     

    Prerequisite(s):

    • ENVH 5123
    • BIOL  5334
  

  • ENVH 5253 - Industrial Hygiene

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will study the effects of occupational hazards like noise, gases, particulates and radiation on human health and work-related disorders.

  

  • ENVH 5304 - Environmental Analyses

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours
    2
    Lab Hours
    3

    This course is designed as an entry-level introduction of public health graduate students to the basic principles of organic and inorganic chemistry as it relates to environmental analysis. This includes exploration of the underlying principles which support studies of the chemical makeup of the various environs in which humans subsist and exist. (Required for concentration)

  

  • ENVH 5334 - Environmental Microbiology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours
    2
    Lab Hours
    3

    Students will review the role of microbes in the environment and their effect on food, water,and soil and air quality. Also covered is the use of microbial life forms in food processing, organic breakdown and other processes. Students will become familiar with the common micro-oragnisms which are considered pathogenic to human populations.

  

  • ENVH 5354 - Physiological Toxicology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will review the role of microbes in the environment and their effect on food, water, and soil and air quality. Also covered is the use of microbial life forms in food processing, organic breakdown and other processes. Students will become familiar with the common micro-organisms which are considered pathogenic to human populations.

  

  • ENVH 5800 - Special Topics in Public Health

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    This Special Topics course will explore contemporary issues in the Public Health discipline. The course will focus on topics from current research and literature and will require students to demonstrate practical application of the information gained in the course through a research paper or project. Specific requirements, to include course goals and objectives, course assignments and for the course will be determined by each program. This course is an elective and can only be taken by permission of the professor of the course and the student’s advisor. The course is repeatable for a grade with a different topic.

  

  • ENVH 5803 - Research Methods in Public Health

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course would prepare students to effectively design experiments, analyze data, and evaluate results and report findings both orally and in writing. The course will prepare students for undertaking the Thesis Research project as a capstone of the MPH matriculation.

     

    Prerequisite(s):

    • ENVH 5153
    • ENVH 5123
  

  • ENVH 5850 - Field Experience in Public Health

    Credit Hours: 1 - 6
    Students will participate in supervised practical experience in a community health setting.

  

  • ENVH 5999 - Thesis Research

    Credit Hours: 1 - 6
    Students will learn the techniques of scientific investigation, preparation, and oral defense of a substantial research study in a selected area of environmental health. Done in tutorial consultation with a graduate faculty member.

  

  • ENVH 6001 - Comprehensive Review

    Credit Hours: 0
    This Comprehensive Review course will explore issues, topics, literature and standards in the Environmental Health discipline. The course will focus on topics from current research and literature and will require students to demonstrate practical application of the information gained in the course orally and in writing. This course is an elective and can only be taken by permission of the professor of the course and the student’s advisor. The course will be graded as S or U.

Fort Valley State University
  

  • FVSU 0500 - Graduate Studies Orientation

    Credit Hours: 0
    In this orientation course, students will examine the requirements for successful graduate study. Students will complete writing samples and be referred for practice and review as necessary. Assignments will include the application of concepts involved in graduate policies and procedures, graduate student conduct and disposition, intellectual property, and original research. The course is required but carries no . It will include at least two face-to-face meetings and the remainder will be online. It will be completed by the drop day of the full semester during the student’s first semester enrollment.


Geology
  

  • GEOL 5203 - Environmental Geology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students examine human interactions with the geologic environment. Geologic hazards such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanic eruptions will be considered as well as their contributions to environmental pollution.


Gerontology
  

  • GERO 5413 - Introduction to Gerontology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will be given with an overview of the field of gerontology including demographics, multi-disciplinary theories, services, and other selected health and psychological issues related to aging.

  

  • GERO 5423 - Legal and Social Issues in Gerontology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will be exposed to laws affecting people working with elderly individuals in the public health field, providing a guide to issues including information access, whistleblowing, HIV/AIDS, consent to treatment, elder abuse, and mental health. Issues of social economic policy affecting older adults are discussed including pensions, retirement, insurance and social security, and economic planning.

  

  • GERO 5433 - Counseling the Elderly

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will be provided with skills to use knowledge-based techniques and methodologies in making counseling evaluations and interventions using case study material and examples. Specific content includes individual counseling, family counseling, and adaption to diverse work environments.

  

  • GERO 5623 - Human Service Systems for the Aged

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will develop a working knowledge of past, current, and potential local, state, and federal policy and programming for older adults. Course content covers governmental agencies that primarily serve the aged and emphasizes management and policy development tools for professionals.

  

  • GERO 5713 - Introduction to the Psychology and Biology of Aging

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will be given an overview of developmental changes that occur with the aging process. Typical and atypical psychological and biological occurrences are discussed in relation to how older people cope with their changing life circumstances.

  

  • GERO 5723 - Wellness Promotion and Health in Aging Population

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will learn about normal aging and the life span with emphasis on the genetic and environmental factors influencing the aging process. Course content focuses on individuals with special needs such as those with disabilities, in minorities, and living in rural areas.

  

  • GERO 5800 - Special Topics in Gerontology

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    This Special Topics course will explore contemporary issues in the Gerontology discipline. The course will focus on topics from current research and literature and will require students to demonstrate practical application of the information gained in the course through a research paper or project. Specific requirements, to include course goals and objectives, course assignments and for the course will be determined by each program. This course is an elective and can only be taken by permission of the professor of the course and the student’s advisor. The course is repeatable for a grade with a different topic.


Health
  

  • HLTH 5910 - Special Problems in Health Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will research on health problems and issues. Students will meet and consult with a professor on a regular basis to discuss the study project.


Instructional Technology
  

  • ITEC 5120 - Technology for Classroom Teachers

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course immerses teacher education candidates in a technology-rich learning environment designed to build teacher skills in the following areas: use of modern technology, integration of Georgia Performance Standards (and Core Curriculum), new designs for teaching and learning, classroom management and enhanced pedagogical practice.


Math-MS Mid Grades
  

  • MAED 5020 - Algebra Connections

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will undertake an integrated study of modern algebra and number theoretic structures with a focus on patterns and relationships. Real-world problem solving and a variety of learning experiences will be used to broaden the student’s understanding of key mathematical concepts that undergird the arithmetic and algebra taught in the middle grades. The graphic calculator or computer algebra systems will be used to investigate mathematical models and solve real-world problems.

  

  • MAED 5030 - Geometry and Measurement

    Credit Hours: 3
    An investigative approach to the study of Euclidean, Non-Euclidean and transformation geometry that enriches students’ knowledge of the concepts, principles and process as it relates to the school curriculum. Students will make conjectures, test and verify properties of geometric figures in the physical world using such tools as the Geometer’s Sketchpad. Proofs as it relates to geometric concepts and principles will be constructed.

  

  • MAED 5301 - Numbers and Operations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will study the Real Number System in-depth with special emphasis on the Rational Number System. Using technology and instructional aides, students will explore the structure, operations and properties of real numbers and apply those in real-world problem situations.

  

  • MAED 6010 - Advanced Studies of the Calculus

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will explore the concepts and properties of limits, continuity, the derivative, differential equation and the definite and indefinite integrals. The use of a graphing calculator or compute algebra system will deepen students’ knowledge about the role of calculus in modeling dynamic change and application problems dynamic change and application problems.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 4000(Calculus Concepts) or MATH 1154 (Calculus I)
  

  • MAED 6020 - Probability and Statistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will use basic concepts of probability and statistics with applications. Topics include: probability models; random variables; discrete and continuous probability distributions; statistical estimation and testing; confidence intervals; and an introduction to measures of central tendency and variability. Students will organize and analyze statistical data using statistical packages or other data analytic software.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 6010 or an equivalent

Mathematics
  

  • MATH 5301 - Number and Operation Sense

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will model, in a variety of ways, basic elements of number and operation. They will demonstrate an understanding of the real number system and various ways of making estimates. Students will use technology, hands-on activities and manipulatives.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Degree Program
  

  • MATH 5302 - Algebra and Functions

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will apply algebra to construct mathematical models for real world problems. Students will apply polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic and trigonometric functions.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Degree Program
  

  • MATH 5303 - Geometry and Measurement

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will demonstrate an understanding of plane, solid, coordinate, transformational and non-Euclidean geometries. They will use visual models and methods to provide insight in thinking about patterns in quantitative and symbolic data.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Degree Program
  

  • MATH 5304 - Concepts of Calculus

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will demonstrate knowledge that calculus provides a language for modeling dynamic change. Students will investigate and apply properties of limit, continuity, derivative and integral.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Degree Program
  

  • MATH 5404 - Statistics

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students will develop skills needed to do statistical research by expanding their knowledge of statistics through the exploration of hypothesis testing, correlation, regression, analysis of variance, and non-parametric statistics. The student will demonstrate an understanding of statistics by completing a statistical research project.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 2113 or an equivalent course
  

  • MATH 5900 - Special Topics in Mathematics Education

    Credit Hours: 1 - 5
    The student will select a topic in mathematics education to explore and will conduct individual study of research under the directions of a mathematics or mathematics education professor.

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor

Mental Health Counseling
  

  • MLHC 5413 - Clinical Community Mental Health

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will be introduced with the principles of community mental health. Emphasis is placed on development and expansion of the movement in mental health. Its organization, resources, and techniques for making community services available to meet the needs of the individual and the community are discussed.

  

  • MLHC 5422 - Seminar in Professional Orientation and Ethical Practice

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will study social, legal, ethical, and economic issues arising in the delivery of professional counseling services as related to settings, socio-cultural groups, social ethnicity, and organizations. Current practices and actual cases will be reviewed.

  

  • MLHC 5762 - Case Management

    Credit Hours: 2
    Students will learn the techniques of critical analysis of representative cases and techniques of case management. Attention is focused on setting up and maintaining records, diagnosis and provision of services as well as providing an understanding of substance abuse problems within various agencies.

  

  • MLHC 5770 - Supervised Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course requires the student to demonstrate the appropriate use of a variety of counseling skills and techniques. Audio and video tapes of counseling sessions, both individual and group, are critiqued in class by the instructor.

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of “B” or above in MLHC 5413 , COUN 5463 , COUN 5433 , COUN 5453 , COUN 5623 , COUN 5633 , COUN 5553 , COUN 5653 , MLHC 5422 , COUN 5643 , MLHC 5762 . Mental Health Counseling majors only.
  

  • MLHC 5772 - Internship

    Credit Hours: 2
    Students will participate in internship experience with a mental health agency. The student will be expected to apply the knowledge, understanding, and skills which he has developed to help his client.

  

  • MLHC 5782 - Internship

    Credit Hours: 2
    Students are expected to participate in a supervised internship experience in a mental health setting appropriate to mental health counseling. The intern will be expected to apply the knowledge, skills and dispositions which she/he has developed to assist clients under the supervision of a site supervisor who has a minimum of a master’s degree in counseling with equivalent qualifications, including appropriate certifications and licenses (e.g., LPC, NCC). The site supervisor has a minimum of two years of pertinent profession experience in the program area and knowledge of the program’s expectations, requirements and evaluation procedures for interns.

  

  • MLHC 5800 - Special Topics in Mental Health Counseling

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    This Special Topics course will explore contemporary issues in the Mental Health Counseling discipline. The course will focus on topics from current research and literature and will require students to demonstrate practical application of the information gained in the course through a research paper or project. Specific requirements, to include course goals and objectives, course assignments and for the course will be determined by each program. This course is an elective and can only be taken by permission of the professor of the course and the student’s advisor. The course is repeatable for a grade with a different topic.

  

  • MLHC 6001 - Comprehensive Review

    Credit Hours: 0
    This Comprehensive Review course will explore issues, topics, literature and standards in the Mental Health Counseling discipline. The course will focus on topics from current research and literature and will require students to demonstrate practical application of the information gained in the course orally and in writing. This course is an elective and can only be taken by permission of the professor of the course and the student’s advisor. The course will be graded as S or U.

Middle Grades Education
  

  • EDMG 5613 - Curriculum Needs of the Transescent Learner

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will study current trends in curriculum design and the development and selection of materials to be used at various middle grade levels.

  

  • EDMG 5623 - Methods and Problems of Teaching in the Middle Grades

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will study the nature and curriculum needs of middle childhood. Middle Grades program rationale, curriculum, organizational patterns, instructional alternatives and problems will be discussed.

  

  • EDMG 6001 - Comprehensive Review

    Credit Hours: 0
    This Comprehensive Review course will explore issues, topics, literature and standards in the Middle Grades Education discipline. The course will focus on topics from current research and literature and will require students to demonstrate practical application of the information gained in the course orally and in writing. This course is an elective and can only be taken by permission of the professor of the course and the student’s advisor. The course will be graded as S or U.

Reading
  

  • READ 5131 - Approaches to Teaching Reading

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course provides an overview of basic reading instruction. It includes activities that foster the development of strategic readers, familiarity with current reading resources, integration of technology into literacy education and familiarity with approaches and models of instruction. The course considers the stages of reading development, as well as, effective teaching strategies, assessment techniques and organization for instruction.

  

  • READ 5232 - Individualized Assessment and Instruction for Striving Readers

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course engages students in assessment and instructional techniques used for working with individuals experiencing difficulties with reading. Students examine factors influencing reading abilities and utilize case study approaches to evaluate students’ literacy processes.

    Prerequisite(s): READ 5131 - Approaches to Teaching Reading 
  

  • READ 5434 - Content Area Literacy

    Credit Hours: 3
    In this course candidates are provided opportunities for in-depth study of teaching reading and writing in various subject matter areas. Because it is discipline-based, individuals preparing to teach, or currently teaching, in the middle grades and higher will find the course materials particularly geared to them. Instructional strategies are presented and designed to help students to transfer literacy skills into content areas.

  

  • READ 5535 - Trends and Issues in Reading

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course is designed to investigate the current issues and trends in reading instruction. Emphasis will be on the critical analysis of research literature that is related to current practices and trends in the teaching of reading. Approaches to teaching multi-cultural classes and students with special needs in reading will be learned.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Graduate Teacher Education Program, READ 5131  or READ 5434 , READ 5232 

Rehabilitation Counseling and Case Management
  

  • RCCM 5403 - Introduction to Rehabilitation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will be introduced to current rehabilitation theories, principles, methodology and philosophy; legislative history of the federal/state vocational rehabilitation system; the rehabilitation process, counseling concepts, and current trends.

  

  • RCCM 5413 - Introduction to Case Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will explore the following primary case management components within State Federal Rehabilitation: Case finding/referral, intake interviewing, services coordination including planning, implementation, evaluation and follow-up, case recording and reporting, individual and group counseling, decision-making and time management and the Code of Professional Ethics for Rehabilitation Counselors.

  

  • RCCM 5423 - Medical Case Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will be introduced to a variety of disabilities with emphasis being placed on the impact of severe and chronic conditions. Further, students will explore these disabilities in terms of their etiologies, functional limitations, treatment/rehabilitation options, and vocational implications.

  

  • RCCM 5432 - Psychiatric Rehabilitation

    Credit Hours: 2
    This course provides the diagnostic, assessment, and treatment planning for counseling individuals with mental disorder and substance abuse in a variety of community settings, which provide social, vocational, residential and case management services. Students will learn the models and methods for assessing mental status and identify psychological disorders in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical manual (DSM) criteria. Major counseling theories and case management strategies are also presented.

  

  • RCCM 5441 - Practicum in Rehabilitation

    Credit Hours: 1
    Students will be provided with an individualized learning opportunity related to supervise experience working in a public or private agency that provides counseling and/or related rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities. The course instructor will provide on-campus supervision sessions.

    Prerequisite(s): RCCM 5403 , RCCM 5413 , RCCM 5423 , RCCM 5441, COUN 5623 , and COUN 5633  Permission of adviser/instructor. Students must be in good standing with an overall GPA of 3.0 or above and are required to complete and submit the Practicum Application during the semester prior to registration.
  

  • RCCM 5452 - Rehabilitation Assessment & Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course will familiarize students with the tenets of measurement theory methods of test construction, appropriateness of individual and group tests based on disability type, test administration and evaluation procedures. The practice of assessment and diagnostic techniques appropriate for children, adolescents, and adults will be covered. Students will engage in the administration, scoring and interpreting of assessments as well as learn intake and interview procedures.

  

  • RCCM 5463 - Vocational Rehabilitation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will be provided an overview of career development theories. Career development will be related to the challenges and barriers associated with disability. Employment development, job seeking and job retention factors that pertain to employment, and career planning for individuals with disabilities who participate in rehabilitation programs are examined. Students will complete a resume, O’Net assignment, Transferability of Work Skills Analysis, Job Analysis, and a mock employment interview within this course.

  

  • RCCM 5473 - Introduction to Rehabilitation Technology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will be introduced to a broad overview of both theoretical and applied issues/concepts of Rehabilitation Assistive Technology as it relates to the field of public and private case management. This will include exposure to computers, software, national technology networking for individuals with disabilities, electronic assistance devices, and telecommunications. The various aspects of assessing individuals with disabilities in all major life areas will be examined as well as assistive technology case management issues. Topics will address referral, evaluation, and planning for home and work place accommodations for individuals possessing various types of disabilities.

  

  • RCCM 5633 - Research and Program Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course will cover research methods and techniques in the social disciplines. Topics will include research designs, sampling techniques, internal and external validity. This course will also focus on the program evaluation theory with an emphasis placed on survey research techniques. A research proposal and survey instrument will be developed based on the student’s area of interest.

  

  • RCCM 5706 - Internship in Rehabilitation

    Credit Hours: 6
    Students will be placed in case management settings most closely associated with their career development needs for this 600-clock hour pragmatic experience with at least 240 of direct service to consumers. Students will be encouraged to apply the knowledge and counseling skills in a clinical setting that they learned in prerequisite courses. In addition, students will be required to receive weekly on-campus supervision from the designated faculty supervisor. The supervision will involve both individual and group discussion of rehabilitation counseling concerns and clinical experiences (on or off campus) that facilitate the development of basic rehabilitation counseling skills.

    Prerequisite(s): The student must have taken and satisfactorily completed the following courses: RCCM 5403 , RCCM 5413 , RCCM 5423 , RCCM 5441 , COUN 5623 , and COUN 5633  In addition, students must be in good standing with an overall GPA of 3.0 or above at the start of their final semester in the program with no outstanding “Incomplete” grades. A student is also required to complete and submit the Student Fieldwork Application at least one semester before registration.
  

  • RCCM 5800 - Special Topics in Rehabilitation Counseling & Case Management

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    This Special Topics course will explore contemporary issues in the Rehabilitation Counseling and Case Management discipline. The course will focus on topics from current research and literature and will require students to demonstrate practical application of the information gained in the course through a research paper or project. Specific requirements, to include course goals and objectives, course assignments and for the course will be determined by each program. This course is an elective and can only be taken by permission of the professor of the course and the student’s advisor. The course is repeatable for a grade with a different topic.

  

  • RCCM 6001 - Comprehensive Review

    Credit Hours: 0
    This Comprehensive Review course will explore issues, topics, literature and standards in the Rehabilitation Counseling & Case Management discipline. The course will focus on topics from current research and literature and will require students to demonstrate practical application of the information gained in the course orally and in writing. This course is an elective and can only be taken by permission of the professor of the course and the student’s advisor. The course will be graded as S or U.

School Counselor Education
  

  • EDSC 5013 - Evaluation and Testing in Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Candidates will experience educational and psychological evaluations used in P-12 schools. Attention will be given to the essentials of a quality instrument and how it is assessed for usefulness, so that candidates will learn to select, administer and interpret test instruments and their results. Program evaluation will also be studied, including sensitivity to issues of diversity. This course is not required prior to entrance into the field experience.

  

  • EDSC 5033 - Career Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Candidates will experience career information and technologies to explore current educational, occupational, and retirement choices that are present throughout the life cycle, particularly in grades P-12. They will learn career counseling approaches that will enable them to advise candidates and assist them in developing a comprehensive career plan. Candidates will also create a comprehensive plan for themselves.

  

  • EDSC 5103 - Human Growth and Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course addresses human growth and development across the life span but particularly emphasizes the P-12 years. Candidates will study the intellectual, social, emotional, and moral stages of human development, with attention to multicultural and diversity issues. Candidates’ writing skills will be developed, and in order for candidates to more adequately respond to the needs of their students, they will explore developmentally appropriate counseling and programming, including the use of technology. It is preferable that this course be taken prior to entrance into the field experience.

  

  • EDSC 5123 - Introduction to School Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course introduces candidates to the requirements of the university, Graduate Studies, the College of Education (CoE), and the School Counselor Education program. Each aspect of the total program is considered, focusing primarily on the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) model. Candidates will explore the impact that school counseling as a profession has on the lives of candidates and their families. THIS COURSE IS REQUIRED DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THE PROGRAM.

  

  • EDSC 5133 - Ethics and Law

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course examines ethical and legal standards and applications to various professional activities. The main goal of the course is to stimulate students to think about major issues related to sound professional practice in the education and school counseling professions and to challenge students to formulate positions on selected issues. Rather than providing answers to ethical dilemmas, the course is designed to help students formulate an ethical decision-making model that can be applied to issues as they are encountering. It is expected that students will become familiar with the applicable state laws and ethical codes and standards of practice from education and human service professions, and will develop an increased ability to apply these laws and ethical principles to a variety of specific problem situations that will be discussed in class. The focus of the class will be on lecture, class discussion, small group interaction, ethical decision making skill practice, and case study presentations.
     

  

  • EDSC 5143 - Counseling Theories

    Credit Hours: 3
    Candidates will acknowledge the uniqueness of school counseling as compared to other helping professions, and then progressively add counseling skills, problem-solving strategies, and one expressive therapy to their understanding. Seven theoretical orientations must be understood as candidates begin to develop a personal counseling position paper for their portfolios. Counseling simulations will be evaluated as part of the course. THIS COURSE IS REQUIRED DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER IN THE PROGRAM.

  

  • EDSC 5203 - Counseling Diverse Populations

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course reconsiders counseling theories in order to more adequately apply interventions to other cultural groups. Candidates will explore a variety of cultures and settings through field trips, speakers, literature, and other media. A personal project helps candidates to identify their own cultural influences and the impact of that culture on their lives. This course is not required to be taken prior to entrance into the field experience.

    Prerequisite(s): EDSC 5143 - Counseling Theories 
  

  • EDSC 5223 - Comprehensive School Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Understanding the American School Counseling Association (ASCA) model for a comprehensive school counseling program is the foundation for a comprehensive school counseling program, its application is the foundation of this course. Specific activities include evaluation of existing school programs with ASCA and the Professional Standard Commission (PSC) requirements for school counselors. A major activity is the design and planning of an age-appropriate comprehensive school counseling program to accomplish set goals. THIS COURSE IS REQUIRED DURING THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THE PROGRAM.

  

  • EDSC 5233 - Counseling Interventions and Prevention

    Credit Hours: 3
    Basic concepts for understanding applied crisis intervention will prepare school counselors with essential counseling knowledge to consider school and personal transitions that occur in the lives of P-12 candidates and craft interventions to assist them. Interventions can occur before the transition and be preventive in nature; whereas, others occur at crisis points. Counselors are leaders in the school can learn how to advocate for these programs, resources, and structures. THIS COURSE IS REQUIRED DURING THE SECOND SEMESTER IN THE PROGRAM AND MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO ENTRANCE INTO FIELD EXPERIENCE.

    Prerequisite(s): EDSC 5143 - Counseling Theories 
  

  • EDSC 5303 - School and Family Consultation

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course explores counseling with more than one person at a time through discussion of several consultation models along with family systems theory to increase candidates’ appreciation for the context in which their candidates are functioning. A variety of school and family difficulties will be discussed, simulated, and critiqued. This course is not required prior to entrance into the field experience.

    Prerequisite(s): EDSC 5143 - Counseling Theories  and EDSC 5373 - Group Counseling 
     
  

  • EDSC 5373 - Group Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course deals with counseling more than one person at a time (followed by EDSC 5373, School and Family Consultation). Candidates are required to learn skills in the areas of planning, analysis of interactions, and leadership to be successful. Groups will be discussed, simulated, performed, and critiqued. This class includes a 10-hour group experience that requires participation outside of class. THIS COURSE IS REQUIRED DURING THE THIRD SEMESTER IN THE PROGRAM AND MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO ENTRANCE TO THE FIELD EXPERIENCE.

    Prerequisite(s): EDSC 5143 - Counseling Theories 
  
  

  • EDSC 5800 - Special Topics in School Counseling

    Credit Hours: 1 or 2
    This Special Topics course will explore contemporary issues in the School Counselor Education discipline. The course will focus on topics from current research and literature and will require candidates to demonstrate practical application of the information gained in the course through a research paper or project. Specific requirements, to include course goals and objectives, course assignments and for the course will be determined by each program. This course is an elective and can only be taken by permission of the professor of the course and the candidate’s advisor. The course is repeatable for a grade with a different topic. In school counseling the different sections will be applied in the following ways: Section 70, Fundamentals of Research Design Section 71, Career Counseling Section 72, Counseling Theories Section 73, Group Counseling Section 74, Counseling Diverse Populations Section 75, Comprehensive School Counseling Section 76, Foundations of Professional Ethics and School Law Section 77, School and Family Consultation Section 78, Evaluation and Testing

  

  • EDSC 5893 - School Counseling Internship I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Internship will provide candidates with opportunities to apply what they have learned in class to the school setting and actual school counseling programs in the field. Combining theory with practice enables candidates to refine and demonstrate skills in all areas of the professional practices of a school counselor educator. The successful candidate will have one half of the required field experience towards professional certification.

    Prerequisite(s): EDSC 5793 - School Counseling Practicum 
  

  • EDSC 5993 - School Counseling Internship II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Internship will provide candidates with opportunities to apply what they have learned in class to the school setting and actual school counseling programs in the field. Combining theory with practice enables them to refine and demonstrate skills in all areas of the professional practices of a school counselor educator. The successful candidate will model behavior that meets the standards of professional and ethical practice, be able to precisely and correctly write and analyze reports, and engage in professional counseling activities. The successful candidate will have one half of the required field experience towards professional certification.

    Prerequisite(s): EDSC 5893 - School Counseling Internship I 
  

  • EDSC 6002 - Comprehensive Review

    Credit Hours: 0
    This Comprehensive Review course will explore issues, topics, literature and standards in the School Counselor Education discipline. The course will focus on topics from current research and literature and will require students to demonstrate practical application of the information gained in the course orally and in writing. This course is an elective and can only be taken by permission of the professor of the course and the student’s advisor. The course will be graded as S or U.
  

  • EDSC 6123 - Diagnosis and Treatment

    Credit Hours: 3
    Candidates will learn the basics of diagnosing and treating maladjustive behavior using the current Dictionary of Statistical Measurement (DSM) materials. While all five axes will receive attention, the focus will predominantly be on Axes I and II.

  

  • EDSC 6143 - Clinical Supervision

    Credit Hours: 3
    Candidates will discuss and demonstrate a variety of supervision strategies through a supervised process and interactions with peers. Development of these skills will increase their levels of counseling supervision experience prior to field placements. Service learning is included to enhance the experience for candidates, the university, and the community.

  

  • EDSC 6262 - Advanced Seminar In Leadership

    Credit Hours: 3
    School counselors as leaders have the unique capacity to influence positive, systemic change in schools through a social justice lens. In this course, students will increase their capacity for leadership in the school counselor role through readings, role-plays, self-reflection, feedback, focused coaching, and opportunities for practice. Students will have the occasion to receive peer and instructor feedback, reflect on their personal leadership styles, and strengthen areas in need of improvement.

  

  • EDSC 6263 - Advanced Seminar in Student Issues

    Credit Hours: 3
    Candidates will read primary resources and research in a particular topic facing P-12 students. While the topic may include exceptionalities, this course may also focus on more typical issues. They will make a presentation on some aspect of the issue and integrate the information into their personal counseling position paper. THIS COURSE CAN BE TAKEN MORE THAN ONCE AS THE TOPIC(S) TO BE STUDIED IS (ARE) CHANGED.

 

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