History, development, and current issues related to the profession of counseling psychology. Philosophical and cultural assumptions, legal and ethical considerations, and implications of selected research topics.
Athena Title
Foundations Counseling Psych
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will be able to provide a survey of the field of Counseling Psychology.
Students will be able to examine the historical development of Counseling Psychology, including the social and political forces that shaped the profession.
Students will be able to begin the process of establishing a professional identity with Counseling Psychology.
Students will be able to sharpen critical thinking skills as a scientist-practitioner.
Students will be able to introduce students to the research, practice, and service of contemporary Counseling Psychologists.
Topical Outline
Important Article Assignment. Each student will examine all of the articles written in The Journal of Counseling Psychology and The Counseling Psychologist between 1996 and the present. The student will select an article from each journal that s/he deems as “most important,” and then present the articles and the argument for “most important” to the class. The student will summarize the presentation on one overhead per article with corresponding handout. The student will bring one copy of each article for the class presentation.
Annotated Historical Timeline Activity. The class as a whole will review and annotate a historical timeline of Counseling Psychology. The class will take a creative and cooperative approach for the project. Multimodal, multimedia approaches will be encouraged. As part of the activity, each student will contact two leaders in the field of counseling psychology regarding their perspectives of a chosen issue.
Book Review. Each student will select a recently published book to review. The student will read the book and then compose a book review for submission to a journal.
Annotated Bibliography. Each student will conduct a search for empirically based journal articles on a topic of interest to the student. The student will select a minimum of six such articles and then prepare an annotated bibliography. The student will summarize each study and then critically examine each study for methodological strengths and weaknesses. In addition to internal and external validity, the implications of each study will be discussed. The student will present his/her findings in class.
Division 17 Service Project. The class will develop and implement a service project for Division 17.
Art and Psychology. Students will read selections on art and psychology. Students will then participate in an interactive tour/lecture of the Georgia Museum of Art under the guidance of the museum curator.
Final Examination. Students will write answers to comprehensive final examination questions.
