MCOUNS - Counseling

Learning Outcomes of the Counseling program are guided by the standards of the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Program (CACREP). The Counseling program emphasizes rigorous scholarship, critical thinking, and community engagement. The program fosters open discourse through respect for diverse perspectives and scholarly collaboration. Students graduating with a degree in counseling will identify with the counseling profession; will be knowledgeable of counseling theories, intervention techniques, and research skills; and will be committed to their personal growth. This will be achieved through the following outcomes

The student will demonstrate understanding of ethical and legal considerations in professional counseling through their application in practice of counseling.

The student will identify and articulate theories and models social/cultural identity development.

The student will understand and be able to articulate theories of human development across the lifespan and the systemic and environmental factors that affect it.

The student will identify and apply theories and models of career development, and counseling.

The student will be able to demonstrate essential interviewing, counseling, and case conceptualization skills.

The student will articulate an understanding of the characteristics and functions of effective group leadership.

The student will demonstrate the ability to select assessment instruments that appropriately measure a psychological construct and utilize these results to diagnose developmental, behavioral, and mental disorders.

The student will demonstrate the ability to critique and synthesize current research in the advancement of the profession and into the practice of counseling.

The student will demonstrate understanding of the diagnostic process and the use of the current diagnostic classification system, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

The student will demonstrate professional dispositions inherent to the counseling profession: professional conduct, ethical practice, supervision, documentation, multicultural competence, appropriate boundaries, self-awareness and growth, tolerance for vulnerability and risk, and appropriate self-care.