The Counselor Education Pedagogy course provides students with the roles and responsibilities related to educating counselors, teaching methods relevant to counselor education, and curriculum design and instructional delivery. Students will be able to demonstrate assessment of student learning and professional dispositions, the role of mentoring in counselor education, and screening, remediation, and gatekeeping functions relevant to teaching. This course will provide three hours of ethics training in legal and ethical issues and responsibilities in counselor education for all program delivery types.

The Qualitative Research I course provides students with the opportunity to learn about research designs appropriate to qualitative and action research questions, qualitative approaches to data analysis, and models and methods of program evaluation. Students will be asked to study research questions or hypotheses appropriate for professional research and publication and learn about strategies for conducting culturally relevant and culturally competent research. Students will develop a research proposal for a human subjects/institutional review board review to be studied in Qualitative Research II. This course will provide three hours of ethics training in ethical considerations and strategies for conducting qualitative research.

The Quantitative Research I course provides students with research designs appropriate to quantitative and mixed-methods research. Students will engage with quantitative data analysis methods, models, and methods of sampling relevant to research design, instrument design, and program evaluation. Students will be introduced to data analysis programs (i.e., SPSS, R, Jamovi, JASP) and strategies for conducting culturally relevant and culturally competent research. Students will develop a research proposal for a human subjects/institutional review board review to be studied in Quantitative Research II. This course will provide three hours of ethics training in ethical considerations and strategies for conducting research.

The Quantitative Research II course provides students with the opportunity to use research designs appropriate to quantitative and mixed-methods research. Students will engage with quantitative data analysis methods, models, and methods of sampling relevant to research design, instrument design and program evaluation. Students will use data analysis programs (i.e., SPSS, R, Jamovi, JASP) and strategies for conducting culturally relevant and culturally competent research. This course will add from the knowledge learned in Quantitative Research I and will culminate in a student-led quantitative research project that will be submitted to a professional conference of the student’s choosing.

The Diverse Leadership in Counselor Education and Supervision course provides students with theories, models, and skills of leadership, accreditation standards and program accreditation processes, including self-studies and program reports, and current sociopolitical and social justice issues and how those issues affect the counseling profession. Students will be introduced to models and competencies for advocating for clients at the individual, system, and policy levels and strategies of leadership in relation to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice issues. This course will provide three hours of ethics training ethical leadership and advocacy practices and strategies for conducting culturally relevant and culturally competent research.

The Clinical Counseling Internship course provides students the opportunity for hands-on experience working in a clinical setting. Students will be required to show competency in integration of theories relevant to counseling, conceptualization of clients from multiple theoretical perspectives, and methods for evaluating counseling effectiveness while also attending to models and competencies for advocating for clients at the individual, system, and policy levels, leadership roles and strategies for responding to crises and disasters, and management and administration issues in agencies, organizations, and other institutions.

The Counselor Education Internship course provides students the opportunity for hands-on experience working in an educational setting. Students will be required to show competency in teaching methods relevant to counselor education, curriculum design and instructional delivery, instructional and curricular evaluation methods, and assessment of student learning and professional dispositions. Students will attend to universal design to meet the needs of all students with respect for individual differences in learning and screening, remediation, and gatekeeping functions relevant to teaching.

The Counselor Supervision Internship course provides students the opportunity for hands-on experience working in a supervision setting. Students will be required to show competency in theoretical frameworks and models of counseling supervision, assessment of supervisees’ developmental level and other relevant characteristics, and administrative procedures and responsibilities related to counseling supervision. Students will attend to the use of technology in counseling supervision and using strategies of leadership in consultation for culturally sustaining leadership and advocacy practices.

The Advanced Assessment in Counselor Education and Supervision course provides students with methods for evaluating counseling program effectiveness, accreditation standards, and program accreditation processes, including self-studies and program reports using qualitative and quantitative data analysis. Students will create an assessment of supervisees’ developmental level and other relevant characteristics as it pertains to models and methods of instrument design.

The Current Issues in Higher Education for Counselor Educators and Supervisors course provides students with current issues in the profession of counseling, supervision, and education. Students will draw on previous class experiences to identify issues that help the current profession to grow and issues that are causing the profession to stagnate. Current trends on counselor education and supervision will be coupled with empirical evidence through peer-reviewed journals to ensure accuracy of issue remediation through the lens of the American Counseling Association’s current Code of Ethics.