Career Counseling Curriculum Guide and Course Schedule

The career counseling emphasis in the Counselor Education M.Ed. Program is a two-year program with a fall semester start date. Students are required to complete 61-credits, including a one semester internship under the supervision of the university Internship Coordinator and an internship supervisor.

Fall Semester (15 credits)
CNED 404 (3) Group Procedures in Guidance and Counseling
CNED 500 (3) Introduction to Counseling and Development
CNED 501 (3) Counseling: Theory and Method
CNED 506 (3) Individual Counseling Skills
(3) Career Counseling specialization elective

Spring Semester (12 credits)
CNED 505 (3) Career Information
CNED 525 (3) Assessment
CNED 595A (3) Career Counseling Practicum
(3) Career Counseling specialization elective

Summer Semester (9 credits)
CNED 597C (3) Diagnosis
(3) GCDF course
(3) Career counseling specialization elective or Internship (CNED 595)

Fall Semester (13 credits)
CNED 555 (3) Career Counseling
(1) Career Services in Higher Education
CNED 507 (3) Multicultural Counseling
CNED 526 (3) Research
(3) Career Counseling specialization elective or Internship (CNED 595)(3 or 6)

Spring Semester (12 credits)
CNED 595 (3 or 6) Internship
(3) Distance Career Counseling
(3-6) Career Counseling specialization elective
CNED 596 (3-6) Individual Studies (Master's Paper)

Electives (12 credits)

Four electives (12 credit hours) from among the following options (Other possibilities are possible with the approval of the program coordinator)

ADTED 549 (HI ED 549) Community Junior College and the Technical Institute (2-3) Distinctive contributions to meeting the need for postsecondary education; development, functions, curriculum and instruction, government, administration, and finance.

WF ED 450 (US;IL) Cultural Diversity in the Workplace (3) Provides opportunities for students to explore different cultures and mores that are changing the dynamics of the workplace.

WF ED 471 Training in Industry and Business (3) Appraisal of training functions and development of competencies in work analysis, design, development, delivery, and evaluation of training.

WF ED 542 Social and Economic Foundations of Workforce Education and Development (3) Review of labor force, demographic and economic concepts, measures, and models.

PSY 597B Work Motivation: Theories, Research, and Organizational Interventions (3) An in-depth review of theories and studies that predict and evaluate interventions designed to increase work motivation and/or work attitudes.

HD FS 425 (US) Work as a Context for Human Development (3) Theory and research on role of work in adult development; interrealtionships between work and family; workplace interventions to enhance development.

HD FS 445 (PSYCH 416) Development Throughout Adulthood (3) Processes of development and change of behavior from early adulthood through old age, emphasizing theory, method, and empirical research.

SOC 455 Work and Occupations (3) Work and occupational life in modern society; work in the past, present, and future. 

Prerequisite: 3 credits in sociology

SOC 456 (WMNST 456) Gender, Occupations, and Professions (3) The role of gender in shaping contemporary North American patterns of employment, occupational roles, and statuses.