This course focuses on the theories, concepts, and processes involved in planning and managing evaluations. Students will engage in evaluations in specific counseling situations (individual, group, organizational) using focus groups, key stakeholder interviews, survey design, data gathering, analysis and/or other methods as appropriate and analyze outcomes to make recommendations for development and/or remediation.

Individual injury on a research problem consisting of a plan for data collection and analysis, as well as, critical review, integration and interpretation of research literature.

This course is a special topics seminar structured to address current issues and trends in counseling. An exchange of scholarly thinking and research will be the hallmark of classroom interactions and activities.

This course entails a minimum of 600 clock hours of supervised experiences in counselor education and supervision (e.g., clinical practice, research, teaching). Specific area of concentration is determined by advisor and student. Course must be taken twice to fulfill requirements of program.

This course is designed to provide closely directed advanced experience in supervision of professional counseling. The focus is on development of effective clinical supervision style and skills via recording and critique of supervision sessions. Ethical, legal, multicultural and other professional issues are addressed.

The dissertation experience requires the designing and conducting of an independent scholarly inquiry guided by a faculty dissertation committee.