CPS 6010 Professional Identity and Ethics in Professional Counseling (3 hours)
This course provides an introduction and overview of the counseling profession. Students learn about the roles, responsibilities, and identity of a counselor; the history of the counseling profession; the various work settings of counselors; professional organizations; professional journals; standards of preparation; credentialing and licensure; ethical and legal issues; current trends and issues; and awareness and action.

CPS 6020 Introduction to Elementary and Middle School Counseling (3 hours)
This course provides an overview of the unique issues of the specialty of elementary and middle school counseling including history and ethical/legal concerns. Students become familiar with multicultural diversity, research, technology, and professional/organizational issues as they apply to the school counselor.

CPS 6030 Introduction to Secondary School Counseling (3 hours)
This course provides an overview of the unique issues of the specialty secondary school counseling including history and ethical/legal concerns. Students become familiar with multicultural diversity, research, technology, and professional/organizational issues as they apply to the school counselor.

CPS 6040 Introduction to School Psychological Services (3 hours)
This course provides an overview of the unique issues of the specialty of school psychological services, including history and ethical/legal concerns. Students become familiar with multicultural diversity, research, and professional/organizational issues as they apply to the school psychologist.

CPS 6050

CPS 6150 Ethical and Legal Standards in Counseling and Psychological Services (2 hours)
This course provides the rationale of basic ethical, legal, and practical professional standards governing practice in school counseling, rehabilitation counseling, and school psychology, especially as defined by the American Counseling Association, American School Counselor Association, the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification, American Psychological Association, and the National Association of School Psychologists. Emphasis is placed on practice within agencies or organizational settings.

CPS 6410 Interpersonal Skills I (3 hours)
This course is an introduction to the basis for all interpersonal interaction whether in one-to-one or group counseling, teaching, consulting, supervising, or any other form of communication.

CPS 6450 Group Counseling Systems (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 6410.
This course provides the opportunity to learn and apply various systems for group counseling, skills related to group leadership, member participation, goals of selected group systems, multicultural diversity issues affecting group systems, research relevant to group leadership and group systems, and ethical and legal issues related to group counseling.

CPS 7000 Consultation, Advocacy, and Leadership in Mental Health Counseling (3 hours)

This course addresses ethical considerations among mental health counseling professionals, including issues related to duty to warn, crisis management, assessment, and the therapeutic relationship. The course also addresses an array of professional responsibilities including professional organization involvement, consultation, and supervision.

CPS 7260 Counseling Systems and Interventions (3 hours)
This course addresses current theories and emerging positions in counseling and psychotherapy with special emphasis on psychological change strategies and the techniques commonly used in implementing those strategies.

CPS 7300 Career Theory, Assessment, and Intervention (3 hours)
This course is an introductory course of career theory, assessment, and intervention. Course contents include (a) classic and contemporary career development and counseling theories, (b) career assessment, (c) multicultural career issues, and (d) career counseling and intervention. Students are expected to learn how to apply career theories and assessments in counseling with various populations.

CPS 7340 Social/Cultural Issues In Counseling and Psychological Services (2 to 3 hours)
This course enhances and advances the knowledge, skill, and sensitivity to diverse populations in the counseling process. The student learns the effects of culture, ethnicity, race, and gender on the development and functioning of the client as well as the attitude of the therapist.

CPS 7430 Assessment of Rehabilitation Potential (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 6050.
This course outlines assessment techniques for measuring intelligence, personality, interests and aptitudes in children, adolescents, and adults. Job placement, job analysis, labor market surveys, life care and rehabilitation planning, and case management issues are included.

CPS 7450 Educational and Psychological Appraisal  (3 hours)
This course covers cognitive and non-cognitive methods of data gathering in educational and psychological organization. Students focus on the history, ethical and legal practices, psychometrics of administration, scoring, and integration of tests, inventories, and interviews. Students are provided with direct laboratory experience in the professional use and interpretation of appraisal tools.

CPS 7490 Psychological Assessment I: Intelligence (3 hours)
Corequisite: CPS 6040.
This first course covers assessment and evaluation of cognitive function (intelligence) in children and adolescents. A variety of assessment instruments and techniques are reviewed. The student is taught at least three interpretive schemes. Students must maintain a B average throughout the course.

CPS 7500 Individual and Family Over the Life Span (3 hours)
The purpose of this course is for students to explore actively the theoretical and research literature regarding human growth and development across the life span. Theoretical understanding of human development from birth to older adulthood including issues of family, culture, race, gender, and their roles in children's, adolescents', and adults' lives are considered. The goal of this course is to encourage independent thinking and clear communication regarding research in the field of human growth and development and ethical considerations related to these topics and to apply the information learned to the student's program of study. (Same as EPY 7500)

CPS 7510 Psychological Assessment II: Achievement (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7490.
This second course covers all aspects of academic assessment including visual-motor skills. In addition, Georgia Department of Education guidelines for determining categories of exceptionality are presented. Theories in developmental psychology are reviewed in the context of accurate academic assessment. Students must maintain a B average throughout the course.

CPS 7520 DataBased Decision Making for Academic Interventions in School Psychology (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7490, CPS 7510, and CPS 8440; or take CPS 8440 concurrently.
Designed to enhance the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of school psychology students, this course is an introduction to the process of linking psychoeducational assessment results to schoolbased interventions. It prepares school psychology students for their roles in databased decision making and the development of cognitive and academic competencies of schoolaged children, with particular emphasis on the implementation of researchbased interventions. It includes review of federal, state, and local policies governing the delivery of remedial and special education services in the schools and offers practical experience in methods for communicating assessment results and recommendations to educators and parents. A minimum grade of “B” is required for this course.

CPS 7540 Consultation in Professional Counseling (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 6010.
This course covers the history, ethical/legal, and professional/organizational issues related to consultation as a form of professional practice.

CPS 7550 Consultation in School Counseling (3 hours)
Corequisite: CPS 7661.
Students discuss case studies involving consultation techniques with teachers, parents, and others. History, ethical/legal, advocacy, and professional/organizational issues are related to consultation as a form of professional practice.  

CPS 7570 Consultation in School Psychological Services (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 6040.
This course covers the history, ethical/legal, practical, and professional organization issues related to consultation as a form of professional practice. It provides numerous NASP approved intervention strategies.

CPS 7660 Applied Practice I: Professional & Rehabilitation Counseling (2 hours)
Prerequisites: CPS 6450, CPS 7260, CPS 7340, and CPS 7500; additional prerequisites for Professional Counseling: CPS 7450, CPS 8100, and CPS 8460; additional prerequisites for Rehabilitation Counseling: CPS 6150 and CPS 7410.
The purpose of the counseling practica is to introduce counseling master's students to the practice of professional or rehabilitation counseling with actual clients at a site commensurate with the student's professional interests. (Repeatable)

CPS 7661 Applied Practice I: School Counseling (3 hours)
Prerequisites: CPS 6020 or CPS 6030; CPS 6150, CPS 6450, CPS 7260, CPS 7300, CPS 7340, and CPS 7500. Corerquisite: CPS 7550.
The purpose of the counseling practica is to introduce counseling master's students to the practice of school counseling with actual clients at a site commensurate with the student's professional interests. (Repeatable)

CPS 7662 Applied Practice I: School Psychology (2 hours)
Prerequisites: CPS 6040, CPS 6150, and CPS 7510.
The purpose of the counseling practica is to introduce master's students to the practice of school psychology with actual clients at a site commensurate with the student's professional interests. (Repeatable)

CPS 7680 Internship: Professional & Rehabilitation Counseling (3 hours)
Prerequisite: permission of department for spring only. Corequisite: CPS 7660 for fall only.
This internship is designed to enable students to practice their professional or rehabilitation counseling skills by assuming the role of a counselor-in-training on their internship sites. Students carry out all the activities and functions performed by employed counselors on site. (Repeatable)

CPS 7681 Internship: School Counseling  (5 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7661.
This internship is designed to enable students to practice their school counseling skills by assuming the role of school counselor-in-training on their internship sites. Students carry out all of the activities and functions performed by employed school counselors on site. (Repeatable)

CPS 7970 Seminar (1 to 3 hours)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor.
Students focus on research and discussion of special topics and analyze the issues facing the practitioner in contemporary society. (Repeatable)

CPS 7975 Seminar for Graduate Assistants (3 hours)
This course is designed to inform the students of policies and procedures needed to complete an assistantship. Professional ethics associated with teaching, research planning, management, and accounting procedures are reviewed. The course focuses on the teaching and research being conducted in order to further the understanding of all students involved in teaching and research. Course is graded as satisfactory/unsatisfactory. (Repeatable)

CPS 8100 Psychobehavioral Diagnosis (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 6010.
This course is designed to assist students in the recognition and categorization of psychological and behavioral patterns (syndromes) which are considered dysfunctional, according to the classification system utilized by the American Psychiatric Association in their Diagnosis and Statistical Manual Disorders IV-TR (2000). Axis I and Axis II (Personality) Disorders are focused on through a series of lectures, student papers and presentations of selected disorders, and case studies (written/video).

CPS 8260 Program Evaluation, Advocacy, and Leadership in School Counseling. (3 hours)
Prerequisites: CPS 6020 or CPS 6030.
This course is designed to prepare the school counselor to prepare the school counselor to effectively carry out the transformed role of the school counselor in the 21st century. This role includes an understanding of program evaluation utilizing student outcome data, becoming an advocate for students, schools, and the field of school counseling, and becoming a leader in promoting, planning, and implementing all aspects of the counseling program in in the school.

CPS 8300 Traumatology (3 hours)
Students explore the expanding literature base and attempt to delineate its common concerns, research basis, and practice guidelines for working with trauma.

CPS 8340 Advanced Multicultural Counseling Strategies and Interventions (3 hours)
Prerequisites: CPS 6450, CPS 7260, and CPS 7340.
The course is designed to advance student's multicultural counseling knowledge and skills with diverse populations. Employing culturally relevant and effective intervention strategies and skills is considered an essential component of cultural competence. Students develop an understanding of how client's cultural, historical, and sociopolitical context may inform accurate assessment, interpretation and treatment interventions. Culturally-based interventions with the goal of developing purposeful, directional, and culturally relevant approaches to working with diverse clients who present with a range of clinical issues are reviewed. Treatment approaches developed from a cultural frame of reference with attention to the intersections of the client's race, ethnicity, gender, class, acculturation level, and presenting problem are explored.

CPS 8350 Biopsychology and Medication (3 hours)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Students examine known relationships of biological functioning to psychological perceptions of mental functioning as related to mood, reality testing, attention, and/or focus of concentration. The effectiveness of medication and focus of psychotherapeutic intervention are reviewed and compared. (Formerly CPS 9350).

CPS 8360 Psychological Change Strategies (3 hours)
Prerequisites: CPS 6450 and CPS 7260.
Students have exposure to and limited practice with certain counseling techniques based on learning principles.

CPS 8370 Advanced Career Counseling (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7300.
This course extends the student's understanding of career counseling and provides opportunities for application of theoretical principles learned in the introductory course. (Formerly CPS 9370).

CPS 8380 Family Systems and Interventions (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 6010, CPS 6030, or CPS 6040. This course provides an overview of the historical roots of the family movement and the major theoretical orientations including systematic, psychodynamic, and communications orientations. A brief overview of the role of research and ethics on the development of the family movement is also discussed.

CPS 8390 Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality (3 hours)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Students develop a knowledge base of current research on human sexuality and application to professional practice in evaluation and therapeutic intervention concerning problems of human sexual adjustment and function. (Formerly CPS 9390).

CPS 8400 Counseling Through Play (3 hours)
Prerequisites: CPS 6010 or CPS 6020. This course is designed to train counseling students to become effective play therapists in a school or community setting. The course covers the history and theories of play therapy as they relate to child development, techniques of play therapy, the meaning of play in the therapeutic setting, and the logistics of setting up a playroom. (Formerly CPS 7400).

CPS 8410 Medical and Psychological Aspects of Disability I (3 hours)
Students learn medical etiology, prognosis, and psychological adjustment for individuals who experience trauma, injuries, and mental retardation. (Formerly CPS 7410).

CPS 8420 Medical and Psychological Aspects of Disability II  (3 hours)
Students learn medical etiology, prognosis, and psychological adjustment for individuals who experience illnesses, psychiatric disturbances, addictions, and congenital deformities. (Formerly CPS 7420).

CPS 8430 Advanced Counseling Skills (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 6410. Course focuses on in-depth use of problem-solving and program development models introduced in CPS 6410.

CPS 8440 Social/Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7510. Assessment/diagnosis of social and emotional function in school-age children is discussed. Objectives, projective and behavioral checklist test instruments are utilized. Emphasis is on norm-based test instruments. Course includes laboratory experience.

CPS 8450 Advanced Group Counseling (3 hours)
Prerequisites: permission of the department.
Current theories and recent innovations in group counseling and group dynamics are discussed.

CPS 8460 Psychological Aspects of Addiction (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 6010, CPS 6020, CPS 6030, CPS 6040, or CPS 6050.
Dynamics of addictive behaviors are explored including abuse of substances and process addictions. Special attention is given to physiological factors, personal traits, family dynamics, treatment methods, and implications for schools, communities, and businesses.

CPS 8470 Crisis Intervention (3 hours)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor.
Students explore crisis intervention models and appropriate techniques for assessing and facilitating crisis situations. Research bases and practical guidelines are discussed and compared.

CPS 8480 Supervision of School Counseling Services (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7681.
This course develops the knowledge and skills necessary for the supervision of school counseling practice.

 CPS 8490 Current Trends and Ethical Issues in School Counseling (3 hours)
 Prerequisite: CPS 7681.
 This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to research and study particular areas of interest in the practice of  school counseling.

CPS 8500 Stress Management (3 hours)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor.
Students examine the nature, etiology, symptoms, and management of stress.

CPS 8520 Consciousness (3 hours)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor.
Students explore the nature of alternative states of consciousness and investigate ways in which the understanding of consciousness can assist work with clients. (Formerly CPS 9540).

CPS 8530 Professional Issues and Decisions (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 6010 or CPS 6150.
This course is an advanced professional seminar emphasizing experience and practice in making difficult professional decisions in the practice of applied psychology, counseling, and related professions.

CPS 8540 Child/Adolescent Psychopathology (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7510.
This course focuses on the classification and etiology of major childhood and adolescent behavior clusters formed by school psychologists in their consultation and diagnostic dues. DSM-IV is reviewed.

CPS 8570 Psychological Consultation in the Schools II (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7570.
This course focuses on the classification and etiology of major childhood and adolescent behavior clusters formed by school psychologists in their consultation and diagnostic dues. DSM-IV is reviewed.

CPS 8580 Child/Adolescent Development in Family (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 8380.
This course familiarizes the student with concepts and research concerning the role of family dynamics in the development of children from birth to adulthood, through the years associated with public school education.

CPS 8600 Advanced Play Therapy (3 hours)
Prerequisites: CPS 7680, CPS 7681, CPS 8400.
Students engage in the advanced study of play therapy. This includes theories of play therapy, advanced play therapy skills, special topics in play therapy, and a supervised on-campus practicum.(Formerly CPS 9400).

CPS 8620 Adlerian Techniques with Families and Couples (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7260.
This course is designed to provide students with applications of Adlerian theory and the use of techniques related to the theory opportunity via practice and skill building activities with individuals, couples, parents, and families.

CPS 8630 Advanced Family Counseling (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 8380.
This course extends student's understanding of family systems theory and provides opportunities for application of theoretical principles learned in the introductory course.

CPS 8640 Administration and Supervision in Pupil Personnel Services for School Psychology (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 6040.
This course is designed for advanced school counseling/psychology majors who wish to pursue leadership roles in pupil personnel services also known as student support services.

CPS 8650 Advanced Counseling Theory (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7260.
Students examine representative theories of counseling and psychotherapy with attention to implications for practice.

CPS 8655 Designing Culture Specific Interventions for School and Community Settings (3 hours)
This course provides the student with knowledge of the range of culturally diverse populations that psychologists are working with in school and community settings. The student is exposed to qualitative research methods and tools that provide the student with an opportunity to inquire, explore, and learn about a particular culture and subsequently to develop, implement, and evaluate culture specific interventions. (Formerly CPS 9655).

CPS 8660 Applied Practice II: Professional & Rehabilitation Counseling (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7680.
Students engage in advanced work experience under supervision in a setting appropriate to the student's professional objective in providing professional or rehabilitation counseling services.

CPS 8661 Applied Practice II: School Counseling (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7681.
Students engage in advanced work experience under supervision in a setting appropriate to the student's professional objective in providing school counseling services.

CPS 8665 Intervention Strategies for Students with Learning Problems (3 hours)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. This course provides students with advanced knowledge of current conceptions of prevention and intervention strategies for children with learning difficulties and disabilities. Students explore current research on the characteristics, etiology, and development of learning difficulties and disabilities with particular emphasis on literacy. Further, students gain substantive practical experience in (a) how to assess a child's current level of literacy development, (b) how to link these data to specific prevention and intervention strategies, and (c) how to design, implement, and evaluate prevention and intervention efforts. (Formerly CPS 9650).

CPS 8680 Internship in School Psychology (6 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 7662.
This is a supervised field placement in public and/or private school settings or related child agency for the purpose of psychoeducational evaluation and concomitant consultation with service components in the area of school psychology. (Repeatable)

CPS 8810 Directed Readings (1 to 3 hours)
Prerequisite: a directed reading form must be completed and signed by the instructor and the departmental chair before registration. Students participate in individual reading projects under supervision.

CPS 8820 Health Psychology (1 to 3 hours)
Students explore current research and practice domains in the area of health psychology. (Formerly CPS 9820).

CPS 8970 Seminar (3 hours)
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
Students focus on research and discussion of special topics and analyze the issues facing the practitioner in contemporary society. Seminar may extend beyond one term. (Repeatable)

CPS 9420 Adult Personality Assessment (3 hours)
Students explore objective and projective assessment of psychopathology in adults and older adolescents. Test instruments reviewed include MMPI (2), Rorschach (Exner comprehensive system), Bender Gestalt, drawings, CRIS, Depression and Anxiety self reports scales, and thematic tests.

CPS 9440 Advanced Projective Techniques (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 9420.
Students explore advanced projective techniques utilized in a clinical case methodology format, including differential diagnosis, reliability and validity testing instruments, preparation of appropriate IEP's for children and adolescents referred for behavioral dysfunction.

CPS 9480 Supervision of Counseling Services (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 8660.
This course develops the knowledge and skills necessary for the administration and supervision of counseling practice.

CPS 9630 Advanced Issues in Consultation (3 hours)
This is an advanced seminar in mental health consultation. This course assumes prior knowledge and experience regarding consultation. A range of approaches to consultation is considered with a focus on the primary prevention of social, emotional, behavioral, and learning problems. Organizational consultation is considered as a strategy to provide services in school as well as other institutional settings. Methods for seeking grants that are focused on prevention are explored.

CPS 9660 Applied Practice III (3 hours)
Students work in an appropriate psychological counseling setting with clients under supervision.

CPS 9661 Supervision Internship (3 hours)
Prerequisite: CPS 8660, CPS 9660 and PhD standing.
Students work in the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services supervising masters' level students completing CPS 7660 and CPS 7661 under supervision of faculty.

CPS 9680 Doctoral Internship (1.0 to 9.0)
Doctoral Internship. 1
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor; PhD standing. 2
Students work under individual supervision in an approved 3
internship setting. (Repeatable) 4

CPS 9920 Research and Publication (1 to 4 hours)
Prerequisite: PhD standing.
Students study the processes and methodologies for the production of a research article for publication in a scholarly journal. (Repeatable)

CPS 9930 Prospectus Design (3 hours)
Prerequisites: CPS 9920, EPRS 8540 and Ph.D. standing.
Students study the processes and methodologies for the production of dissertation research including the development of a prospectus.

CPS 9961 School Psychology Seminar (1 to 9 hours)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor; PhD standing.
Students study the professional standards, current issues, and personal rewards associated with the practice of school psychology. (Repeatable)

CPS 9962 Counseling Psychology Seminar (1 to 9 hours)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor; PhD standing.
Students study the professional standards, current issues, and personal rewards associated with the practice of counseling psychology. (Repeatable)

CPS 9963 Counseling Seminar (1 to 9 hours)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor; PhD standing.
Students study the professional standards, current issues, and personal rewards associated with the practice of counseling. (Repeatable)

CPS 9970 Doctoral Seminar (1 to 3 hours)
This course is designed to introduce the student to specific topics in the profession of counseling, counseling psychology, and school psychology. These topics reflect literature review, ethical/legal standards, research, and multicultural issues pertaining to these professions. (Repeatable)

CPS 9990 Dissertation (3 to 9 hours)
Prerequisite: consent of the instructor; Ph.D. standing.
Students complete research and writing of the doctoral dissertation. (Repeatable)