+PSYC 3011 Death and Dying C, L, Ct, 3 credit hours
+PSYC4011–Counseling Practicum I: (Counseling Observations) C, Ct, 3 credit hours
This course provides a basic background on historical and contemporary perspectives on death and dying. Major topics of study will include: grief and bereavement, supporting bereaved people, grief complications, and the grief journey. This is a practical course that will show concrete ways in which to help people travel through the grief process. Field trips and guest speakers will be an integral part of the course. This course is not recommended for the recently bereaved. +PSYC 3031 Abnormal Psychology C, L, 3 credit hours This course is designed to explore the field of abnormal psychology. Students will become familiar with the vocabulary and concepts of abnormal psychology and with some of the clinical and research findings upon which our knowledge of psychological disorders is based. Special attention will be given to biblical integration in the development of empathetic understanding of Christian counseling towards those who have psychological disorders.
It’s one thing to learn about biblical counseling through lectures and reading books, but it’s quite another to learn by actually seeing it done. In this course, students will observe various counselors and as they counsel actual cases, either live or on video. Class discussion will follow and focus on topics that arise out of each counseling session, and one will learn how to make effective progress notes to document his/her own counseling sessions. +PSYC4012–Counseling Practicum 2: (Counseling Case Studies) C, Ct, 3 credit hours The counseling case studies course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to learn the skill of implementing the core concepts they have learned throughout the biblical counseling program. The course connects the student’s biblical counseling knowledge with effective practical application by working through a series of case studies. Each student will have the opportunity to participate in counseling role play triads consisting of a counselor, counselee, and note-taking observer.
+PSYC 3211 Fundamentals of Counseling Ct, 3 credit hours
+PSYC 4022 Applied Research & Statistics L, Ct, 3 credit hours
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the process of biblical counseling. Emphasis will be given to the counseling relationship, collecting and interpreting data, and the process of biblical change. Special attention will be given to the practice of biblical counseling in local church ministry.
This course will consist of an examination of basic principles and procedures in inferential statistics and applied research. The student will be conversant with and apply the following principles: mean, median, mode, percent, per capita rates, standard deviation, normal distribution, tabular interpretation, margin of error, confidence interval, data analysis, sample sizes, finding data on the internet, and statistical tests. Students will begin to develop research proposals and construct applied research models. +PSYC 4122 Marriage and Family Counseling C, Ct, 3 credit hours This course is designed to examine the basic issues of marriage and family relationships. There will be examination and evaluation of the current theories of marriage and family counseling from a biblical perspective. In addition, the methods of premarriage, marriage, and family counseling will be examined, as well as how to deal with marriage and family dysfunction. The course is specifically designed to prepare students to approach marriage and family counseling from a creative, preventative, and biblical perspective.
+PSYC 3222 Advanced Counseling Ct, 3 credit hours This will be a practical course in recognizing and
understanding specific problems and what the counselor can do to help individuals solve them. The course is designed to prepare the student biblically and effectively to
deal with the counselee facing these problems. Note: Recommended to take PSYC 3211 first.
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