310(3000) Introduction to the Counseling Profession (3)
Prerequisite: Junior or senior level standing. This survey course will provide  undergraduates and noncounselors with a broad overview of the counseling profession.  Topics include a history of the profession, foundations of counseling, ethical, and legal considerations and the role of the counselor in various settings.

318(3210) Counseling Gifted Students (3 )
Prerequisites: Spc Ed 313(3313), Ed Psych 312(3312), or equivalent. This course  emphasizes the social and emotional development of gifted and talented individuals.  Subject areas will include current research, factors affecting the development of the gifted, and resources and strategies utilized in counseling these students and their parents.

329(3710) Counseling the Chemically Dependent (3)
This course is an introduction to the problems resulting from the abuse of alcohol and other chemicals, with an emphasis on the impact of chemical dependence on the individual, the family, the employer, and the community. The special problems resulting from chemical dependence as it affects various populations, e.g., women, individuals with disabilities, and the elderly, will be analyzed and linked to appropriate counseling strategies.

331(3220) Counseling Individuals with Special Needs (3)
Prerequisite: Spc Ed 313(3313), or equivalent. A course emphasizing counseling skills for individuals who plan to work with the handicapped. Emphasis is placed on using counseling strategies with school age handicapped children.

332(3720) Youth and Chemical Dependence (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing. This course provides information about adolescent and preadolescent chemical dependency and its relationship to numerous other developmental and societal factors that place the adolescent "at risk" for the development of substance abuse problems. Skills in the identification, intervention, and referral of chemically dependent adolescents are emphasized, along with preventive measures and family and school issues.

404 Seminars (1 10)
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing

410(6000) Personal and Professional Development in Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: Provisional acceptance to the Counseling Program or consent of instructor. This course provides an in depth view of the professional counseling field. Attention is focused on the development of the helping relationship, including a review of research on factors which influence helping processes and rapport building, a development of skills used in the counseling process, and increased awareness of how students' values, beliefs, and behaviors are related to counselor effectiveness.

411(6010) Theories of Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 410(6000). This course will explore the philosophical foundations of counseling theory. The major constructs of contemporary counseling approaches will be discussed, and the practical applications of these theories will be analyzed.

412(6600) Theories and Techniques of Counseling Children  and Adolescents (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 410(6000), 411(6010) (with a grade  of B or better in both courses) or consent of the instructor. Focus is on counseling theories and their applicability to the developmental special concerns of children and adolescents including child-at-risk issues such as: abuse, suicide, divorce, and death and dying. Individual, group, and family intervention techniques and consultation skills will be emphasized, as well as legal and ethical considerations for counselors. Strategies presented can be utilized in a variety of settings.  Multicultural considerations are also addressed.

413(6020) Ethical and Professional Issues in Individual and Relationship  Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 410( 6000). Ethical, legal, and professional issues related to counseling are addressed. Ethical dilemmas in the provision of counseling services to individuals, couples, families, and groups are defined. Specific ethical codes of professional organizations are examined.

414(6050) Individual Inventory (3)
Prerequisites: Ed Rem 421(6709). Uses of educational and psychological appraisal  techniques in counseling. Develops counselors' abilities in assisting clients toward self awareness through the use of test and nontest data. Ethical practices in the use of tests and the maintenance of personnel records are stressed.

415 Foundation of Community Counseling (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 410(6000)and Cns Ed 411(6010).  A study of counseling profession applicable to a variety of human service settings.  Introduction to the basic philosophical, historical, and psychological foundations of community and agency counseling.  Designed to acquaint the student with the foundations and roles of the counselor in various community and agency settings.   

420 (6040) Group Procedures in Counseling (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 411(6010) and Cns Ed 493. This course examines the process  dynamics of groups including group development, leadership, norms and therapeutic factors. Group counseling theories and approaches used for other group work including skills, personal growth, support, vocational, and developmental guidance groups are included. Knowledge and skills of how to facilitate therapeutic groups are included. Students will be required to be participant observers or facilitators of a group outside of class time.

423(6500) Introduction to Systems Theory for Marriage and Family Counseling  (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 411(6010). This course is an introduction to general systems theory and application to marriage and family counseling. Students learn the theoretical basis for intervention and counseling strategies in the context of an ecology of human development. Developmental issues at individual, sibling, marital, family, and community levels and the ways in which various social systems interact with and mutually influence one another are presented.

424(6510) Marriage Counseling and Enrichment (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 423(6500) or consent of instructor. This course focuses on the theory and technique of marital or couples counseling and enrichment.  Models and methods for prevention and treatment of relationship dysfunction are explored. Relationship developmental issues are addressed. Students are challenged to develop the critical skills necessary to be effective marriage counselors and marital life educators.

425(6520) Family Counseling (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 423(6500) and Cns Ed 482(6280) or 485(6370), or consent of instructor. This course offers an in depth analysis of strategic, structural, experiential, communications, behavioral, and psychodynamic approaches to systems change and family counseling. The range of techniques and applied practices evolving from each orientation are explored as are normal and dysfunctional family processes. Various counseling modalities, such as individual, concurrent, collaborative, conjoint, group, intergenerational, and networking are also considered.

426(7000) Advanced Theories of Counseling and Family Therapy (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 411(6010) and Cns Ed 423(6500), Cns Ed 482(6280) or 485(6370) or consent of instructor. Contemporary and emergent theories in counseling and family therapy are presented and analyzed. Research issues are addressed.

427(6700) Introduction to Addictive Behaviors and Addiction Counseling  (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 411(6010) consent of instructor.  Exploration of the theoretical foundations of contemporary approaches to such addictive behaviors as alcohol and drug abuse, smoking, compulsive gambling, and sexual addiction. The nature, etiology, prevention, and treatment of addictions are discussed and analyzed from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The applications of these specific theoretical models to various treatment settings are examined. Multicultural considerations are also addressed.

428 Preventive Interventions with Couples and Families (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 423(6500), 424(6510), or 425(6520).  Interventions for preventing the development of mental health problems in a couple or family context are surveyed.  Premarital counseling, couple and marriage enrichment training, family life education, and relationship enhancement training will be reviewed. Outreach approaches will also be presented.

429(6782) Advanced Strategies in Addictions Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 427(6700), or consent of instructor. Study of advanced, empirically supported counseling approaches and techniques for the treatment of addictive behaviors. An emphasis is placed on screening and assessment procedures and on matching interventions to individual client and community needs.

430(6784) Counseling the Dual Diagnosed Substance Abuser (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 427(6700) and Cns Ed 411(6010). This course introduces the student to the special needs, concerns, and problems encountered when counseling  clients who are both mentally ill and chemically dependent. Subject areas include an overview of counseling methodologies, diagnosis, and psycho pharmacology.

431(6200) Foundations of School Guidance (3)
The purpose of this course is to give students a foundation for understanding the history, philosophy, and development of school guidance programs. The role functions of the school counselor within a developmental, comprehensive program are examined, along with communication skills necessary for consultation with students, parents, school support staff, and resource people in the community nonacademic needs.

432 Assessment and Case Management in Couple and Family Counseling (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 423(6500), 424(6510), or 425(6520). Techniques measures for assessing couple, marriage and family functioning are reviewed. The case management process is outlined, including stages of case development. Ethical issues related to case recording keeping are reviewed

433 Trends, Family Counseling (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 423(6500), 425(6520). The evolution of family types and structures in American cultures will be reviewed. Cultural influence on diverse system structures will be surveyed. Problems that impede family functioning and development, such as socioeconomic disadvantage, discrimination, addiction, unemployment, family blending, and abuse will be addressed, with special emphasis on the effects on family development and intervention strategies. Research data on normative and non-normative family functioning will be presented.

442(6400) Career Information and Development (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.  Emphasis is on the nature of the changing labor market and the impact on personal, social, economic, career and educational aspects of individuals and society. Use of occupational and educational information systems and resources to assist with career decisions are examined. The needs of culturally diverse populations are discussed. Use of career and labor market information and programs such as computer technology to access up to date career and labor market information is explored. Techniques and methods of career counseling are discussed. Various theories of career development and career choice will be examined.

443(6410) Advanced Career Development (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 442(6400) or consent of instructor.  Emphasis is on current theories of career development, career choice, and techniques and methods of career counseling. Issues concerning education and training, work, leisure, the family, life roles, and culturally diverse populations are studied. The role of career theory in planning, development, and delivery of a career development program is explored.

444(6420) Career Assessment in Counseling and Rehabilitation (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 414(6050) and 442(6400) or consent of instructor.  This  course provides an in-depth and specialized look at the educational and psychological  assessment techniques used in career counseling, especially the assessment of career interests, work values, work environment, work skills, work samples, career development stages, career maturity, career decision making, and career  beliefs.  Issues of using computers in the delivery of career development services will be discussed.

451(6610) Counseling Parents of Exceptional Children (3)
The development of counseling skills to enable human service professionals to interact productively with families who have handicapped children.

455(7030) Counselor Education and Supervision.  An introduction to clinical supervision in counseling.  Theories, models, and research in supervision will be presented.  Students will supervise master's level students in practicum and internship courses in counseling.

460(6800) Rehabilitation Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 410(6000), 411(6010),482(6270) or 485(6370).  This course  addresses: a) the history of vocational rehabilitation; b) specialty issues in rehabilitation counseling; c) medical aspects of disability; d) the rehabilitation process; e) theories of rehabilitation; f) the assessment process of individuals with disabilities; g) the job placement and work adjustment process of individuals with disabilities; h) ethical issues in rehabilitation counseling.

461(7802)Theory and Practice of Clinical Hypnosis in Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 482(6270) or 485(6370) or Consent of instructor. Clinical hypnosis is conceptualized and approached as a system of skilled communication. Historical perspectives, major models (Traditional, Standardized, and Utilization  [Ericksonian), myths, and misconceptions will be explored. Students will develop skills in direct and indirect trance induction procedures, and case conceptualization with individuals and multiple participants.  Legal and ethical considerations will be presented.

462(7040) Counseling Women Toward Empowerment (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 410(6000), 411(6010) 482(6270) or 485(6370).  An introduction to Women's issues in counseling.  Relational theory, healthy female development, and an overview of clinical issues most common to females will be presented.

470(7050) Advanced Assessment in Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 414(6050) and doctoral standing or consent of the instructor. This course develops advanced skills in the assessment process which includes the administration, scoring, and interpretation of psychological tests and environmental inventories, clinical interviewing, observation, and the gathering of historical and collaborative information; and the integration of this information into patterns to predict human functioning.

472(7806) Practicum in Group Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 471(7804) and doctoral standing or consent of instructor. Students will lead or co-lead a supervised counseling group in the community.

475(7770) Doctoral Practicum (3)
Prerequisites: Doctoral standing. 100 hours of on-campus doctoral-level supervised  counseling practice. Students will counsel clients and will be introduced to teaching and supervising beginning counseling trainees in a clinical context. As a prerequisite to the doctoral internship, students will be expected to demonstrate competence in skills required of counselor educators and clinical supervisors. Students will receive 1.5 hours of group and 1 hour of individual supervision  by a graduate faculty member.

476(7780) Doctoral Internship I (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 475(7770); Ed Rem 471(7804) and 481(7781). 300 clock hours of doctoral-level supervised practice in counseling. Students provide counseling services to clients at field sites, teach and supervise beginning counseling trainees, and conduct clinical research projects. Students are supervised by a graduate faculty member, with 2 hours per week of group supervision or 1 hour per week of individual supervision.

477(7785) Doctoral Internship II (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 476(7780) or concurrent enrollment. Continuation of Cns Ed 476(7780), Doctoral Internship I, with 300 clock hours of doctoral level supervised practice in counseling required. Students provide counseling services to clients at field sites, teach and supervise beginning counseling trainees, and conduct clinical research projects. Students are supervised by a graduate faculty member, with 2 hours per week of group supervision or 1 hour per week of individual supervision.

480(7070) Advanced Clinical Issues in Counseling (3)
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or consent of instructor.  This course will address advanced clinical issues with seriously disturbed clients.

482(6270) School Counseling Practicum (3)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 410(6000) and 411(6010) (both courses with a grade of  B or better) or consent of the instructor. Supervised practice in counseling with children and adolescents and the opportunity for students to learn to facilitate personal change and problem solutions using a defined systematic framework, theoretical orientation, or research base.

483(6280) School Counseling Field Experience I (3) Prerequisite: Cns Ed 482(6270) with a grade of B or better and consent of instructor.  A 300-hour closely supervised field experience under the direction of a graduate faculty member. Designed to move the student to an appropriate level of competence and evidence of growth in the professional school counselor role. Students will receive 1.5 hours of group and 1 hour of individual supervision weekly by a graduate faculty member.

484(6285) School Counseling Field Experience II (3)
Prerequisites: Cns Ed 483(6280) with a grade of B or better and consent of instructor.  A 300-hour closely supervised field experience under the direction of a graduate faculty member. The course will build on and extend the School Counseling Field Experience I.  The student will acquire counseling competencies and ethical practice in keeping with the Missouri state guidelines for school counselors. Students will receive 1.5 hours of group and 1 hour of individual supervision weekly by a graduate faculty member.

485(6370) Community Counseling Practicum (1-6)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 410(6000) and 411(6010) and consent of instructor. One hundred clock hours of supervised practice in counseling to provide the opportunity for students to pragmatically integrate and process materials, theories, techniques, and methodologies as they are applied in the counseling profession.

486(6380) Community Counseling Field Experience (1-6)
Prerequisite: Cns Ed 485(6370) and consent of instructor.  A 100-hour field experience for each semester-credit-hour of enrollment.  Students will be closely supervised under the direction of a graduate faculty member.  Students must demonstrate counseling competencies and skillful ethical practice.  Students will receive 1.5 hours of group supervision weekly by a graduate faculty member and 1 hour of individual supervision weekly by field experience site supervision during terms of enrollment.

495(6030) Foundations for Multicultural Counseling (3) Prerequisite: Cns Ed 411(6010). This course will focus on: (1) reviewing knowledge and research in the area of multicultural counseling, (2) developing and/or enhancing skills useful in counseling with individuals from minority populations, and (3) developing levels of personal awareness about stereotypes, and learning how feelings and attitudes about these may impact counseling with individuals from minority populations.

496(7020) Seminar in Counseling Research (3)
Prerequisite: Ed Rem 431(6710), doctoral standing or consent of instructor. The purpose of this course is to review and analyze current counseling research literature. Ethical issues will be addressed.

497( 6497)Problems (1-10)