Courses

This course is an introduction to the pedagogy of teaching adult learners. Topics will include basic instructional design, strategies to meet needs of adult learners, higher order questioning, student assessment, and mechanisms for providing feedback to students. The class will model effective teaching and assessment practices. Participants will be expected to demonstrate effective teaching in a summative class presentation.

This course examines approaches to career development such as: Personality Theory of Career Choice, Trait Factor, Psychological, Decision – Situational or Sociological, Developmental, the theory of work-adjustment, Holland’s Theory of Vocational Personalities in Work Environment, the Self-concept Theory of Career Development, the Theory of Circumscription and Compromise, and Social Cognitive Career Theory.

Current theories and philosophies in the field of human development which shed light on the marvels and mysteries of the human creature in his being and becoming are addressed.

Theoretical approaches to human communication, including selected theories of language behavior, interpersonal, small group and organizational interaction, persuasion, technology and mass communication.

Study of style and its relationship to composition; methods for producing and teaching effective writing. May be offered concurrently with ENGL 4060.

A study of the major theoretical approaches in counseling including the affective, behavioral, and cognitive theories. Application of theories to basic types of problems in the counseling relationship is included. Includes case studies, class demonstrations and roleplaying.

This course is designed to introduce theories of psychotherapy and the process of psychotherapy and counseling. This course is a survey of counseling/psychotherapy models and techniques with emphasis on Empirically Validated Therapies (EVT) and traditional models with substantial support in the research and clinical literature.

This course is designed to introduce theories of psychotherapy and the process of psychotherapy and counseling. This course is a survey of counseling/psychotherapy models and techniques with emphasis on Empirically Validated Therapies (EVT) and traditional models with substantial support in the research and clinical literature.

A comprehensive study is made of the major theories of counseling. Attention Divergences and convergences among theories are examined for practical application. concurrently.

This course surveys systematically derived theories of counseling and personality from their origins in social discourse, philosophy, and psychology to the present time. Each theorist is presented biographically and the theory considered with regard to its clinical, cultural, and ethical relevance and application to diverse populations.