Counseling and Development Minor

Program Requirements for Counseling and Development Minor (18 credits)

Students in other majors who wish to minor in Counseling and Development must complete 18 credits offered by the department. At least 12 of the 18 credits (4 courses) must be in Counseling (COUN).

A minor in counseling and development is the perfect complement to majors in the helping professions, such as those in psychology, social work, art or music therapy, communication sciences and disorders, education, physician assistant, and speech language pathology. This minor includes practical, hands-on training with at least four Counseling courses and up to two Psychology courses.

Required Courses

COUN 201	Intro to Counseling and Development	3
COUN 301	Helping Skills in Counseling/Development	3

COUN 201 and COUN 301 are pre-requisites for all other COUN courses.

Select at least two other Counseling courses:

COUN 302	Multiculturalism/Diversity in Coun/Dev	3
COUN 401	Career in Counseling/Development	3
COUN 402	Group Work in Counseling/Development	3

Select up to two Psychology courses:

PSYC 211	General Psychology	3
PSYC 251	Developmental Psychology	3
PSYC 270	Psychological Applications of Statistics	3
PSYC 317	Psychology of Assessment	3

PSYC 211 is a pre-requisite for all other PSYC courses.