Counseling and Social Change
Prepare for your role as an advocate and change agent for the counseling profession and your community. Learn to apply ethical practices and leadership skills for community, national, and international counseling-related issues. Examine current trends and use prevention, intervention, and consultation models to respond to community needs for social change.
Completion Requirements
For students who are licensed professional counselors with a master’s degree in counseling or who have graduated from a CACREP-accredited program:*
- 93 total quarter credit hours
- Core courses (46 cr.)
- Foundation Research Sequence (12 cr.)
- Advanced Research course (4 cr.)
- Specialization courses (10 cr.)
- Practicum (3 cr.)
- Internship (6 cr.)
- Dissertation (12 cr.)
- Professional Development Plan and program of study (included in COUN 8001)
- Minimum 11 quarters enrollment
- 20 days of residency (one 4-day and two 8-day residencies)
*Learn more about completion requirements for students who are not licensed professional counselors with a master’s degree in counseling or who have not graduated from a CACREP-accredited master’s program.
Core Courses
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| COUN 8001 |
Foundations of Graduate Study in Counselor Education and Supervision |
1 |
| COUN 8110 |
Professional Orientation, Ethics, and Identity |
5 |
| COUN 8115 |
Advanced Counseling Theories |
5 |
| COUN 8120 |
Professional Consultation, Program Evaluation, and Leadership |
5 |
| COUN 8125 |
Teaching in Counselor Education |
5 |
| COUN 8660 |
Social Change, Leadership, and Advocacy for Counseling Professionals |
5 |
| COUN 8135 |
Clinical Supervision |
5 |
| COUN 8140 |
Professional Counselor as Scholar-Practitioner |
5 |
| COUN 8145 |
Crisis Management |
5 |
| COUN 8550 |
Writing a Quality Prospectus |
5 |
Foundation Research Sequence
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| RSCH 8100C |
Research Theory, Design, and Methods |
4 |
| RSCH 8200C |
Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis |
4 |
| RSCH 8300C |
Qualitative Reasoning and Analysis |
4 |
Advanced Research Course
Choose one of the following 3 to complete the Foundation Research Sequence requirement:
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| RSCH 8250C |
Advanced Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis |
4 |
| RSCH 8350C |
Advanced Qualitative Reasoning and Analysis |
4 |
| RSCH 8450C |
Advanced Mixed Methods Reasoning and Analysis |
4 |
Specializations
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| COUN 8661 |
Prevention, Intervention, and Consultation |
5 |
| COUN 8662 |
Psychology and Social Change |
5 |
Practicum
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| COUN 8890 |
Counseling Practicum |
3 |
Internship
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| COUN 8995 |
Doctoral Internship A |
3 |
| COUN 8996 |
Doctoral Internship B |
3 |
Dissertation
| Course Code |
Course Title |
Credits |
| COUN 8560 |
Dissertation |
12 |
Course Descriptions
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