This 2004-2006 Bridgewater State College Catalog Web Addenda contains the most up-to-date information. Information in this Catalog Web Addenda supersedes the published version of this catalog.

Only changes made to program requirements, courses or academic policies are outlined here. This Web Addenda should be used in conjunction with the 2004-2006 print or Online Catalog.

GENERAL COUNSELING (CNGC)

CNGC 500 Research and Evaluation

• Change in course description to:
  This course is designed to help prepare counseling students who intend to work in mental health, PreK- 12, or higher education settings, and who may also be seeking licensure as one or more of the following: LMHC, School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor, or School Guidance Counselor, as practitioner-scientists. The purpose of this course is to provide a framework for counselors to evaluate the efficacy of research studies that have implications for the practice of counseling. Students will become familiar with research methods, statistical analysis, needs assessment and program evaluation as it relates to the counseling profession. Students will be exposed to ethical and legal considerations, diversity and equity as it relates to conducting research in counseling.

CNGC 510 The Counseling Function in School, Agency/Community, and Higher Education Settings

• Change in course description to:
  This course provides students who intend to work in mental health, PreK-12 or higher education settings, and who may also be seeking licensure as one or more of the following: LMHC, School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor, or School Guidance Counselor with an orientation to the field of counseling. Students will be exposed to various employment opportunities and settings in the counseling profession. Central to this course will be an on-going self-evaluation of the students' attitudes, values, interpersonal skills and motives for choosing counseling as a potential profession. The student will be provided with an overview of the core requirements and competencies necessary to become a counselor. Threaded throughout this course and each counseling program option are competencies in technology, professionalism and multiculturalism.

CNGC 528 Counseling and Development

• Change in course description to:
  This course will introduce the counseling student who intends to work in mental health, PreK-12, or higher education settings, and who may also be seeking licensure as one or more of the following: LMHC, School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor, or School Guidance Counselor, to counseling theory and practice in the context of human development, culture, and other contextual factors. Diversity will be broadly defined and include, but not be limited to ethnicity, race, spirituality, gender, SES and sexual orientation. The major counseling theories will be examined with respect to their overall worldview, underlying value systems and related compatibility with mainstream and disenfranchised populations, their perspective on human development and clinical application. Although primary course emphasis will be on counselor self reflection, and working with individual clients, secondary focus will be on ecological/system approaches and prevention strategies.

CNGC 529 Multicultural Counseling

• Change in prerequisite to: CNGC 510 or PSYC 509
• Change in course description to:
  This skill-based course will further develop the students' working knowledge and basic competency in multicultural counseling theory and application. To this end, the course will focus on the counselor on both a professional and personal level. Additionally, the course will examine salient client population- specific issues related to the life experiences and world view of the culturally different client and how such experiences impact on the counseling relationship and therapeutic process. Underlying values and assumptions associated with widely used traditional counseling interventions and their appropriateness with disenfranchised populations will be explored. Traditional and nontraditional culturally-consonant counseling approaches will also be discussed.

CNGC 532 Psychological Assessment

• Change in prerequisite to: CNGC 510
• Change in course description to:
  This course will examine the basic principles and components of individual and group psychological assessment and is designed for the counseling student who intends to work in mental health, PreK-12, or higher education settings, and who may also be seeking licensure as one or more of the following: LMHC, School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor or School Guidance Counselor. The student will be introduced to the most commonly used assessment tools and practices for measuring intelligence, achievement, aptitude, interest, career and personality. Basic concepts of standardized testing and statistical concepts such as measures of central tendency, variability, norm and criterion referenced tests and types of reliability and validity will be explained for each test discussed. Critical issues and procedures such as technology, ethical, diversity and multicultural aspects related to the administration, scoring, interpretation and report writing for individual and group tests will be emphasized.

CNGC 535 Applied Counseling: Adolescent-Adult

• Change in prerequisite to: CNGC 510 and CNGC 528 and CNGC 529
• Change in description to:
  Awareness of characteristics and behaviors that influence the helping process will be explored, such as developmental issues, multicultural, ascribed and achieved personality characteristics. Students who intend to work with adolescents and/or adults in school, mental health, or higher education settings, and who may also be seeking licensure as one or more of the following: LMHC, School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor or School Guidance Counselor will develop basic interviewing and counseling skills for the purpose of establishing a therapeutic relationship, diagnosis or client problems and implement appropriate counseling treatment goals within the ethical guidelines.

CNGC 536 Applied Counseling: Pre-Adolescent

• Change in prerequisite to: CNGC 510 and CNGC 528 and CNGC 529
• Change in course description to:
  This course is designed to assist the counseling student who intends to work in mental health or PreK-12 settings, and who may also be seeking licensure as one or more of the following: LMHC, School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor, or School Guidance Counselor, with learning effective therapeutic techniques for working with young children. The course will examine developmental child psychopathology from a constructivist perspective. Using this model, various approaches to child therapy and collaboration skills will be applied and evaluated. No preferred treatment modality will be espoused, rather, students will be expected to make use of a combination of techniques and integrate various forms of intervention. Moreover, diversity, psychological development, technology and professionalism will be integrated throughout the course.

CNGC 538 Group I: Theory and Process of Group Interaction

• Change in prerequisite to: CNGC 510; and CNGC 528 or PSYC 509

CNGC 539 Introduction to Career Counseling

• Change in prerequisite to: CNGC 510; and CNGC 528 or PSYC 509

CNGC 560 Special Topics in Counseling

• Change in prerequisite to: Dependent on topic

CNGC 563 Psychopharmacology for Non-medical Professionals

• Change in course description to:
  This course, which is for the counseling student who intends to work in mental health or PreK-12 settings, and who may also be seeking licensure as one or more of the following: LMHC, School Social Worker/School Adjustment Counselor, or School Guidance Counselor, examines modern medication treatments for psychological disorders, including schizophrenia, mania, depression, and anxiety. Additional problems such as ADHD/ADD, steroids, alcohol and cigarette dependency, street drugs and inhalants will be examined. Types of medications reviewed are the following: antipsychotics, antidepressants, antianxiety, sedative-hypnotics, over the counter and herbal alternatives are discussed in conjunction with diagnostic factors, effectiveness, side effects, risk and biological actions.

CNGC 569 Internship: School Guidance Counselor (PreK-8)

• Change in prerequisite to:
  Completion of CNSG 570 and a fieldwork application approved by the Counseling Programs Committee

CNGC 582 Principles and Methods of Community Counseling

• Change in course description to:
  This course is for the counseling student who intends to work in mental health, PreK-12 or higher education settings, and who may also be seeking licensure as one or more of the following: LMHC, School Social Worker/Adjustment Counselor, or School Guidance Counselor, and will explore the wide variety of factors in society and the community that affect the well being of the client in school, agency/community, and higher education settings. Emphasis will be on addressing human problems through community counseling and consultation within a framework of multiculturalism, professional standards and equity, and using technology to enhance the development and delivery of community counseling interventions. Topics include: consultation, referral, program development, intervention strategies, outreach, general systems theory, community counseling, person/environment “fit” and action/evaluation research.

CNGC 592 Internship in Higher Education Counseling

• Change in title to: Internship in Student Affairs Counseling