Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling

Chair: Dr. Stacey Edmonson

Assistant Chair: Dr. Mary Nichter

Human Services Minor

The Human Services minor field of study is offered by the Educational Leadership and Counseling  Department. The counseling program is located in the Counselor Education Center, adjacent to the Teacher Education Center.

The Human Services minor is designed for students working toward a bachelor’s degree who are interested in developing skills necessary to work with people in a variety of professional and personal settings.  The goals for the 18 semester-hour minor are:

• introduce undergraduates to the helping professions, especially counseling in its many applications.
• involve undergraduates in courses that are highly experiential and that involve service learning opportunities.
• offer two sophomore level classes which can be useful electives for a wide range of majors, i.e. CNE 231 <COUN 2331>Introduction to the Helping Relationship, and CNE 232 <COUN 3332> Career Development.  CNE 232 <COUN 2332> provides critical support for all undergraduate students as they prepare for the world of work.
• expand student awareness of the Counseling profession through the upper division courses that explore a variety of approaches to counseling, observation of client-centered play sessions structured to facilitate child development, and Adlerian approaches to parent education and marriage enhancement (in CNE 487 <COUN 4387>).

Courses to be included in the 18 semester-hour undergraduate minor in Human Services are as follows:

Required Courses:

In addition, students must pick two from the following courses: