coursework

The Graduate Certificate in Counselor Education requires 13 credits of courses. These courses are restricted only to GCCE students, which includes the following:

ECD 510 Introduction to Counseling (3 credits);
An introduction to counseling with a focus on three settings-schools, college, and community agencies. Designed to explore issues of theory, practice and research with regard to children, adolescents, college students and adults. Personal and professional exploration is encouraged through the use of psychological tests.

ECD 525 Cross-cultural Counseling (3 credits);
Theory and practice of counseling culturally different clients. Client populations include African-Americans, Asian-Americans, American Indians and Hispanics. Topics include cultural assumptions, cultural values, counselor credibility, prejudice and racism in the context of counseling.

ECD 524 Career Counseling and Development (3 credits);
Designed to help professionals acquire the knowledge and skills needed to (a) provide professional career counseling to individuals and (b) to design, implement and evaluation career development programs for particular groups. Areas of study include: theories of career development and decision making; career guidance programs in educational agency, and industrial settings; career information sources and delivery systems; and assessment in career counseling.

ECD 530 Theories and Techniques of Counseling (4 credits);
A combination of study of theory, philosophy and techniques in counseling. Topics include behavioral approaches, psychoanalytic approaches, client-centered counseling, existential counseling, and relationship models, and their relation to counseling. Techniques related to each theory are presented. Basic counseling skills taught, including attending, listening, and challenging.