General Counseling Studies (Non-Licensure)

Program Learning Outcomes

“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.

Students majoring in General Counseling Studies (Non-Licensure) will:

1. Demonstrate competence in helping skills unique to forming and utilizing professional relationships in in a variety of settings, including community, faith-based, non-profits, and higher education.
    
2. Demonstrate knowledge, in the areas of including human growth and development, group work, ethics in counseling, crisis intervention, and multicultural awareness, in preparation for a career in the helping field.
    
3. Demonstrate ability to integrate theologically informed and spiritually sensitive interventions when appropriate and desired by those who are being served.

Getting Started

To meet the CACREP accreditation requirement, ALL students will participate in a mandatory online orientation prior to the start of their semester.

Required Core Counseling Courses

• COU 5133 - Counseling Skills and Characteristics 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5413 - Foundations of Counseling 3 Credit Hours *
• COU 5003 - Human Growth and Development 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5113 - Group Theories and Practice 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5123 - Legal, Ethical, and Professional Standards 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5403 - Social and Cultural Foundations of Counseling 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5163 - Foundations of Crisis, Trauma, and Disaster Counseling 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5173 - Faith, Spirituality, and Counseling 3 Credit Hours

• * Students with Studies in Student Affairs and Higher education concentration will take COU 5773 Higher Education, Student Affairs, and College Student Experience: A Historical Perspective  

Concentration or Electives Approved by Advisor (6 Credit Hours)

  Six additional credit hours are required to complete the program of study.

• COU 5443 - Career Counseling and Development 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5403 - Social and Cultural Foundations of Counseling 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5103 - Counseling Theories and Techniques 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5173 - Faith, Spirituality, and Counseling 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5033 - Research and Program Evaluation 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5433 - Substance Abuse I: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5023 - Assessment and Testing 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5363 - Marriage Theory and Counseling Techniques 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5353 - Family Therapy Theory and Techniques 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5333 - Dynamics of Marriage and Family Systems 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5323 - Human Sexuality Theory and Counseling Techniques 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5233 - Psychosocial Issues of Childhood and Adolescence 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5243 - Conferring with Groups, Agencies, Teachers, and Parents 3 Credit Hours

Sequence of Courses:

The following courses must be taken in the first two semesters of the program:

• COU 5133 - Counseling Skills and Characteristics 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5413 - Foundations of Counseling 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5113 - Group Theories and Practice 3 Credit Hours
• COU 5003 - Human Growth and Development 3 Credit Hours

Sample Degree Plan

General Counseling Studies (Non-Licensure) Degree Plan