Foundational Program Objectives
PO1: Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of skills and competencies necessary for working legally and ethically across a variety of professional settings including education and/or mental health facilities (CACREP 2.F.1 Professional Counseling Orientation & Ethical Practice).
PO2: Graduates will demonstrate skills and competencies to incorporate pluralistic multicultural and social justice lenses while serving micro- and macro level systems within educational and/or mental health settings (CACREP 2.F.2 Social and Cultural Diversity).
PO3: Graduates will demonstrate skills and competencies to incorporate a developmental approach to life-span growth and development, with an emphasis on cognitive and social aspects of human development (CACREP F.3 Human Growth and Development).
PO4: Graduates will demonstrate skills and competencies in providing ethical and culturally relevant career development counseling services, developing a strong foundational understanding of career development theory, labor market information, and assessment practices related to career interests and values (CACREP F.4 Career Development).
PO5: Graduates will demonstrate skills and competencies to provide counseling services to a diverse population of clients (CACREP 2.F.5. Counseling & Helping Relationships).
PO6: Graduates will demonstrate skills and competencies related to counseling with diverse populations through direct client contact and live, weekly supervision (CACREP F.5 Counseling and Helping Relationships; 3. Practicum).
PO7: Graduates will demonstrate skills and competencies related to theory and practice of marriage and family counseling, with a special emphasis on family interactional patterns and family systems (CACREP 2.F.5. Counseling & Helping Relationships).
PO8: Graduates will demonstrate skills and competencies related to developing and facilitating a variety of groups with a diverse population of clients across education and mental health settings (CACREP F.6 Group Counseling & Group Work).
PO9: Graduates will demonstrate skills and competencies necessary to select, administer, and interpret assessment and testing results appropriate to master’s level counselors within the context of historical, cultural, and ethical considerations (CACREP 2.F.7 Assessment and Testing).
PO10: Graduates will demonstrate skills and competencies related to accurate diagnosis and evidenced-based treatment planning within the context of historical, cultural, and professional understandings of mental health (CACREP 2.F.7 Assessment and Testing).
PO11: Using ethically-sound and culturally-relevant strategies, graduates will demonstrate skills and competencies to interpret research findings, develop and implement program evaluation plans, and identify and apply evidenced-based counseling practices (CACREP F.8 Research and Program Evaluation).