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Min Credits |
Description |
Requisites |
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This course is an integrated approach to the study and practice of communication styles , communication skills , basic counseling skills and elements of professional helping relationships . The course includes exploration of the nature and dynamics of the helping |
Take 1 group ( Take PSY-100 PSY-200 |
PSY-212 |
Counseling & Communication Skills |
3 |
encounter , interpersonal communication , an introduction to ethics in
/ Take PSY-202 ). ( Required , Previous ). |
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helping relationships , and interpersonal and professional skill |
Take PSY-200 . ( Required , Previous ). |
development . Students will apply course material through active |
participation in helping skills practices with peers . |
PSY-221 Child Psychology 3
PSY-222 Adolescent Psychology 3
PSY-246 Issues in Gerontology 3
This course examines the successive stages of growth and development from conception through adolescence . Topics include social , emotional , intellectual , moral , perceptual , behavioral , and physical development . This course examines learning and personality theory during adolescence with an emphasis on problems arising out of physical development , sensory changes , mental growth and emotional maturity . This course is a survey of current social issues regarding the aging population . Topics such as social needs , delivery of services , legislation , advocacy , and ethics and legal issues will be covered .
Take PSY-100 . ( Required , Previous ).
Take PSY-100 PSY-200 or PSY-221 . ( Required , Previous ).
Take PSY-100 . ( Required , Previous ).
PSY-260 |
Death and Dying |
3 |
PSY-285 |
Therapeutic Activities for the Elderly |
3 |
PSY-299 |
Selected Topics in Psychology |
3 |
PSY-300 |
Addictions , Dynamics and Interventions |
3 |
PSY-301 |
Educational Psychology |
3 |
This course is a survey of dying as a social act and includes examination of selected topics , social concepts and attitudes on death and dying , social methods of dealing with death , effects of death on social groups , demographic concepts , euthanasia , and legal aspects . This course is designed to acquaint students with various forms of activities structured to meet the physical , social , and intellectual needs of the aging population . This course provides students the opportunity to explore topics selected by the instructor . Course may be repeated if the topic changes . This course provides an introduction to the psychological , sociological and physiological dynamics of abuse , dependency , and addictions and an overview of counseling intervention models designed to help the student identify and become familiar with current counseling approaches in the treatment of addictions . May be taken for sociology credit .
Study of the nature of learning , teaching relationships , individual differences , and the classroom as a social unit .
Take PSY-100 . ( Required , Previous ).