2013-2014 Course Catalog

Counselor Education

• Courses
• Faculty

• Rita Sommers-Flanagan, Chair

  The Counselor Education program educates students for employment in school (K-12 and higher education) and community mental health and human service settings. Counselors are practitioners, consultants, and coordinators who assist in problem solving, decision-making skills, personal growth and development, and individual, family school, and/or career issues. Counselors receive training in the eight core areas identified by the American Counseling Association Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs: human growth and development, social and cultural foundations, the helping relationship, group theories and methods, career and lifestyle development, client assessment and evaluation, research and program evaluation, and professional orientation. We offer a School Counseling M.A., a Mental Health Counseling M.A., and an Interdisciplinary M.A.. Each option requires additional specialty courses and comprehensive written and oral examinations focused on the student's career track. The more advanced graduate degrees (Ed.S. and Ed.D.) develop depth, supervisory, and leadership skills in these areas.

• The Department of Counselor Education is also the academic home for an interdisciplinary masters degree in Intercultural Youth and Family Development.  Students in this program are prepared for humanitarian and advocacy work, focusing specifically on youth and family development across cultures.  Requirements include one year of campus-based course work and an approved internship of at least two semesters duration working with youth and family concerns.  IYFD is a Peace Corps Master’s International program, and the expectation therefore is that students will complete the Internship requirement by serving as U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers abroad. For further information and course listings, click on the IYFD link: http://coehs.umt.edu/departments/counsed/IYFD/default.php

  Graduate Programs:The M.A., Ed.S., and Ed.D. are offered in Counselor Education.  An interdisciplinary M.A. is offered in Intercultural Youth and Family Development.  Information regarding specific requirements and program options is available from the Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences. For more information, please refer to The University of Montana Graduate Programs and Admissions Catalog.  Graduate programs are accredited by NCATE and CACREP.

  Admission to Counseling:Applicants for this program should contact the Department for more specific admissions information. Requirements include GRE verbal and quantitative less than 5 years old; official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended; three current letters of recommendation; and a letter of application stating academic and professional background, purpose in obtaining the degree, and thoughts about eventual employment and career direction. Deadline is February 1. Admission is competitive. Meeting graduate school minimum grade average and GRE requirements will not necessarily insure acceptance.

  Certification Requirements: The Counselor Education, M.A., School Counseling option, leads to licensure at the Class IV level.

  Courses

• Counselor Education (COUN) - Course Descriptions

  242, 395, 475, 485, 495, 510, 511, 512, 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, 565, 566, 570, 575, 580, 585, 589, 594, 595, 596, 597, 610, 615, 625, 633, 685, 699

  R- before the course description indicates the course may be repeated for credit to the maximum indicated after the R. Credits beyond this maximum do not count toward a degree.

  Faculty

  Professors

  Catherine Jenni, Ph.D., Saybrook Institute, 1990

  Rita Sommers-Flanagan, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1989 (Chair)

  John Sommers-Flanagan, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1986

  Assistant Professor

  Kirsten W. Murray, Ph.D., Idaho State University, 2007

  Lindsey Nichols, Ph.D.

  Adjunct Professors

  Kim Brown Cambell, Ed.D., The University of Montana, 2012

  Renee Schoening, Ed.D., The University of Montana, 2005

  Mike Frost, M.A., The University of Montana, 2013

  Gary Hawk, M. Div.

  Sidney Shaw, M.A.