Multicultural Counseling

Course Description

Students in this course have the opportunity to increase their awareness, knowledge, skills, and advocacy related to working with clients from a multicultural perspective. Students foster self-understanding of their own cultural-identity development, biases, stereotypes, values, and strengths while gaining selfawareness of the effects of power, privilege, and marginalization within the counseling relationship. Further, students can gain knowledge of various issues within diversity. Students explore various theories of multicultural counseling and the role of social justice and advocacy in counseling. Pre-requisites for students entering May 29, 2023 and later MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Prerequisites: MS in School Counseling None MS Dual Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling Prerequisites: Pre-requisites for students entering prior to May 29, 2023 MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Prerequisites: MS Dual Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling Prerequisites:

Code

COUN 6723

Credits

5

Subject

Counseling