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CPSY
600 - Introduction to School Counseling. Counseling and guidance
in the schools for counselors, teachers, administrators, and other
educational personnel. History and philosophy of school counseling,
counselor roles and function, modes of intervention and ethics of
school counseling included.
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EDPSY 603 Psychology of Human Development. Advanced
lifespan human development: biological, cognitive, and social
development from conception to death, emphasizing theories,
research, and applications to educational and psychological
practice.
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CPSY
605 - Introduction to Community and Mental Health Counseling.
Principles and problems of counseling in an agency setting.
History and philosophy of psychological counseling, role and
training of the counselor, modes of intervention, and ethics of
counseling included.
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CPSY
606 - Pre-Practicum Interviewing Skills. Experimental
laboratory designed to build basic counseling and interviewing
skills. Practice in applying skills will take place through
simulations, role playing, and audio and video tapes.
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CPSY
610 - Career Theories and Realities.
Career development theories; relationship among career
choice, life-style, and life-span development; psychosocial and
reality considerations in life career development; applications of
theories and reality conditions to self, others.
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CPSY
614 - Career Counseling, Assessment, and Interventions.
Psychologist's
and
counselor's
roles in using results from career-related assessment and diagnostic
tools, intervention strategies related to career exploration,
decision making, and life career adjustment; sources and application
of career-development materials.
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CPSY
621 - Theories and Techniques of Counseling.
Investigation of major theories and techniques of counseling
and psychotherapy. Examination of behavioral, psychoanalytic,
person-centered, existential, and relationship-oriented counseling
theories. Therapeutic attitudes, ethics, and techniques and their
relationship to theoretical principles and concepts addressed.
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CPSY 623 Program
Evaluation Theory
and research in treatment and intervention
strategies; program methods, creation and evaluation
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CPSY
636 - Psychopathology.
Symptoms and dynamics of psychological disorders with primary
emphasis on their development, etiology, prevention, and supporting
research evidence.
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CPSY
644 - Practicum in Counseling. Supervised
experience in counseling, emphasizing working with individual
clients.
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CPSY
646 - Practicum in Counseling II. Supervised
experience in counseling while in Trinidad,
West Indies
, working with school counselors and the local middle and high
school students.
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CPSY 653 - Research in
Counseling Psychology and Guidance. Investigate,
summarize, and interpret research in counseling psychology and
guidance. Write and submit a research report to fulfill course
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CPSY
678 - Theories and Techniques of Counseling the Culturally
Different. Designed
to build expertise in counseling people of black, Hispanic, Asian,
and American Indian heritage. Emphasized understanding the social
and political bases of counseling and therapy.
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CPSY
688 - Process and Techniques of Group Counseling. Major
approaches to group counseling, including theoretical assumptions
and basic principles and techniques with practice in using various
approaches and focuses on dynamics and processes of interactions in
group counseling.
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CPSY 685 Organization of
a School Counseling Program. Organization,
administration, and functions of counselors, teachers, and
administrators in guidance programs. Emphasized evaluation and
improvement of effectiveness and efficiency of the guidance program
in facilitating growth and development.
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CPSY
690 - Counseling Techniques.
Another class taken in
Trinidad
, specific techniques in counseling.
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EDPSY
641 - Statistical
Methods in Educational and Psychological Research. A
basic statistical course for graduate students in education. Solving
problems taken from the fields of education and psychology and
include the computation, interpretation, and application of such
statistical techniques as measures of central tendency, measures of
variability, correlation techniques, validity and reliability,
standard scoring techniques, probability, tests of significance, chi
square, and analysis of variance.
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EDPSY 646 – Tests and
Measurements. Educational
and vocational tests and measurements used for measuring
proficiency, aptitudes, interests, and personality traits, and their
use in the complete educational program.
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EDEL
626 - Discipline and Classroom Management: Some Practical
Approaches. Practical ways for experienced elementary school
teachers to create and maintain effective learning environments.
Emphasizes approaches to prevention and remediation of disruptive
classroom behavior.
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CPSY
695 Internship
– Hands-on experience at Hagerstown Elementary and Hagerstown
Junior/Senior High schools. |
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EDGEN
660 - Multicultural Ethics. Analysis of cultural and ethnic
influence on the total operation of American schools. |
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JOURN
211 - Media Writing II. Feature writing, news writing and AP
style. |
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JOURN
250 - Introduction to Advertising. A basic course in advertising
practices and theories. |
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EDFON
631 - Philosophy of Education. School practices and educational
ideas as described and analyzed by philosophers of education. |
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EDPSY
600 - Educational Psychology. Concepts related to learning and
motivation. Theories, research and applications are explored with an
emphasis on effective learning approaches and implications for
instruction. |
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EDGEN
550 - Education of Media and Technology. Use of technology in
education. |