Rehabilitation Counseling Course of Study

(52 Semester Hours)

 

Area I: Pre-Candidacy Requirements (28 semester hours)

EPR 607 Microcomputer Applications to Statistical Analysis (must be taken concurrently with EPR 608)
EPR 608 Statistical Methods and Action Research (must be taken with EPR 607)
EPR 614 Life-Span Human Development

ECG 612 Professional Orientation

ECG 621 Theories of Individual Counseling

ECG 624 Assessment: Individual and Group (Prerequisite: 3 hours of statistics)

ECG 626 Group Counseling: Process and Procedures  (Prerequisites: ECG 621 & ECG 638)

ECG 628 Social and Cultural Diversity

ECG 630 Career Development: Vocational and Life Planning
ECG 638 Practicum I: Clinical Skills and Techniques (Prerequisite: ECG 621)

* Comprehensive exams must be taken upon completion of courses in Area I. Students may, at their own risk, choose to take the comprehensive examination during a semester in which they are concurrently enrolled in their remaining core courses. However, the faculty does not endorse this practice, and encourage students to complete all core courses prior to taking the comprehensives.

 

Area II: Pre-Candidacy Courses (15 semester hours)

ECG 540 Overview of Disability and Rehabilitation
ECG 635 Medical, Psychological, and Vocational Aspects of Disability:

ECG 648 Principles, Practices, & Innovations in Rehabilitation
ECG 649 Assessment, Case Management, & Job Development in Rehabilitation
ECG 650 Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychological Disorders

 

 

Area III: Post-Candidacy Requirements (9 semester hours):

ECG 695 Practicum II: Supervised Field Experience (Prerequisites: Areas I & II, successful completion of comprehensive exams, admission to candadacy))

Practicum is a minimum of 100 hours; 40 direct hours.

(3 semester hours)

EGG 697 Counseling Internship* (Prerequisite: ECG 695 and approval of Internship Coordinator).
* Current standards require 600 clock hours of supervised internship; 240 direct hours