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COUN 500 The Counseling Profession (Kottler/Englar-Carlson)
Signature Assignment: Interview Assignment
A. Learning Outcome: Professional Identity (I)
 Assessment 1: Understand the foundations of the counseling profession, its history, and
its philosophical underpinnings of lifespan development, career, health, wellness, and
prevention in comparison to other mental health professions.
 Assessment 2: Understand multiple roles as a mental health community counselor and
understand the licenses and the scopes of practice in the state of California for the LPCC
and LMFT.
 Assessment 3: Become aware of the ethical and legal guidelines of the profession as an
integral part of constructing a professional identity.
 Assessment 4: Understand the roles of the various counseling professional organizations
and licenses (LPCC and LMFT)
 Assessment 5: Introduction to opportunities for participation in professional development
activities and organizations (ACA, CAMFT, Graduate Counseling Student Association)
B. Learning Outcome Diversity Awareness & Sensitivity (I)
 Assessment 6: Articulate counselors’ roles in developing cultural awareness, promoting
cultural social justice advocacy, facilitating conflict resolution, and other culturally
supported behaviors that promote optimal wellness and growth of the human spirit, mind,
or body.
F. Learning Outcome: Professional Writing Skills (I)
 Assessment 1: Demonstrate writing that includes correct grammar, punctuation, and
sentence structure.
 Assessment 3: Demonstrate writing that is structurally and mechanically correct
according to APA style.
 Assessment 4: Demonstrate original writing that correctly references sources and is not
plagiarized.
 Assessment 5: Demonstrate awareness of the intended audience and purpose for which
the writing is done.
 Assessment 6: Demonstrate writing that meets the stated objectives in a concise,
organized, and logical manner.
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COUN 511 Pre-Practicum (Shepard)
Signature Assignment: Final Tape transcription and video
C. Learning Outcome: Clinical Skills (I)
 Assessment 1: Demonstrate effective counseling skills with individuals (adults and
children), couples, families, and groups.
 Assessment 3: Display an awareness of, and an appreciation for, the intersection of social
and cultural influences on human behavior and the impact of individual differences on
the counseling process.
 Assessment 4: Recognize counter-transference that may be interfering with the client’s
process, minimize counter-transference through personal work, and understand how
counter-transference can be used in therapy
COUN 520 Modes of Individual Counseling (TBD – needs discussion)
Signature Assignment: Case conceptualization Assignment
D. Learning Outcome: Conceptualization and Treatment Planning (I)
 Assessment Measure 1: Utilize knowledge of major counseling theories in the context of
individual (adult and child), couple, family, and group counseling, to formulate case
conceptualizations and treatment plans.
E. Learning Outcome: Research, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving (I/D)
 Assessment Measure 1: Collect and integrate theoretical knowledge, the relevance of
evidence-based practice, clinical information, and client perspectives in order to form
clinical hypotheses of clients and their issues.
COUN 521 Research in Counseling (Smart)
Signature Assignment: Research Proposal
E. Learning Outcome: Research, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving (I/D)
 Assessment Measure 3: Utilize a formal system of inquiry that integrates the work of
researchers and counselors, and apply it in a “practicum on research.”
 Assessment Measure 4: Critically analyze research methodology and can critique the
professional literature.
 Assessment Measure 5: Demonstrate knowledge regarding a specific clinical issue
relevant to community counseling in Southern California.
F. Learning Outcome: Professional Writing Skills (D)
 Assessment Measure 1: Demonstrate writing that includes correct grammar, punctuation,
and sentence structure.
 Assessment Measure 3: Demonstrate writing that is structurally and mechanically correct
according to APA style.
 Assessment Measure 4: Demonstrate original writing that correctly references sources
and is not plagiarized.
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Assessment Measure 5: Demonstrate awareness of the intended audience and purpose for
which the writing is done.
Assessment Measure 6: Demonstrate writing that meets the stated objectives in a concise,
organized, and logical manner.
COUN 522 Techniques for Brief Treatments and Assessments (Smart)
Signature Assignment: Intake & Treatment Plan
D. Learning Outcome: Conceptualization and Treatment Planning (I)
 Assessment Measure 2: Appropriately apply the diagnostic categories of the THE
CURRENT DSM.
 Assessment Measure 3: Recognize the impact of issues and formulate treatment plans for
clients with severe mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders.
E. Learning Outcome: Research, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving (I/D)
 Assessment Measure 2: Critically analyze biases in theories, assessment and diagnoses.
F. Learning Outcome: Professional Writing Skills (I/D)
 Assessment Measure 2: Demonstrate writing that uses non-biased language regarding
labeling and dimensions of diversity (e.g., gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, race, age,
disability).
 Assessment Measure 7: Demonstrate writing that is professional, ethical, and respectful
with regard to clients.
COUN 523 Counseling & Culture (Brew)
Signature Assignment: Presentations and Genogram Assignments
B. Learning Outcome: Diversity Awareness & Sensitivity (I/D)
 Assessment Measure 1: Identify major cultural constructs and how they intersect with the
mental health of clients (e.g. culture, race, ethnicity, social class, gender, sexual or
affectual orientation, transgender, religion, oppression, social justice, advocacy, privilege,
identity development, and white guilt).
 Assessment Measure 2: Articulate pluralistic trends among groups locally, nationally, and
internationally and their potential impact on community mental health.
 Assessment Measure 3: Explore and articulate the cultural sources of existing personal
value system and acknowledge that these cultural values create biases that may affect
clients who are culturally different from the counselor.
 Assessment Measure 5: Identify stereotypes and how they derive from systematic
oppression and the traditional values and norms of various cultural groups.
 Assessment Measure 6: Articulate counselors’ roles in developing cultural awareness,
promoting cultural social justice advocacy, facilitating conflict resolution, and other
culturally supported behaviors that promote optimal wellness and growth of the human
spirit, mind, or body.
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C. Learning Outcome: Clinical Skills (D)
 Assessment Measure 3: Display an awareness of, and an appreciation for, the intersection
of social and cultural influences on human behavior and the impact of individual
differences on the counseling process.
COUN 526 Law & Ethics in Counseling (Cervantes)
Signature Assignment: Final Exam
A. Learning Outcome: Professional Identity (D/M)
 Assessment Measure 1: Articulate the foundations of the counseling profession, its
history, and its philosophical underpinnings of lifespan development, career, health,
wellness, and prevention in comparison to other mental health professions. (M)
 Assessment Measure 2: Develop an identity as a mental health community counselor and
understand the licenses and the scopes of practice in the state of California for the LPCC
and LMFT.
 Assessment Measure 3: Be able to identify the ethical and legal guidelines of the
profession as an integral part of constructing a professional identity.
 Assessment Measure 4: Understand the roles of the various counseling professional
organizations and licenses (LMFT and LPCC).
 Assessment Measure 5: Demonstrate participation in professional development activities
(e.g. join a professional organization; attend a conference or workshop; volunteer at a
conference or workshop).
C. Learning Outcome: Clinical Skills (D)
 Assessment Measure 5: Identify ethical and legal issues, understand professional ethical
codes of conduct, and appropriately apply an ethical decision-making model to clinical
cases (hypothetical vignettes and/or actual).
COUN 530 Practicum (Read)
Signature Assignment: Final Case Presentation
C. Learning Outcome: Clinical Skills (M)
 Assessment Measure 1: Demonstrate effective counseling skills with individuals (adults
and children), couples, families, and/or groups.
 Assessment Measure 2: Evaluate client’s progress toward treatment goals during
practicum experiences.
 Assessment Measure 4: Recognize counter-transference that may be interfering with the
client’s process, minimize counter-transference through personal work, and understand
how counter-transference can be used in therapy.
D. Learning Outcome: Conceptualization and Treatment Planning (D)
 Assessment Measure 1: Utilize knowledge of major counseling theories in the context of
individual (adult and child), couple, family, and group counseling, to formulate case
conceptualizations and treatment plans.
 Assessment Measure 2: Appropriately apply the diagnostic categories of the THE
CURRENT DSM.
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E. Learning Outcome: Research, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving (D)
 Assessment Measure 1: Collect and integrate theoretical knowledge, the relevance of
evidence-based practice, clinical information, and client perspectives in order to form
clinical hypotheses of clients and their issues.
COUN 584 Advanced Practicum (Read)
Signature Assignment: Final Case Presentation
A. Learning Outcome: Professional Identity (M)
 Assessment Measure 2: Develop an identity as a mental health community counselor and
understand the licenses and the scopes of practice in the state of California for the LPCC
and LMFT.
 Assessment Measure 3: Be able to identify the ethical and legal guidelines of the
profession as an integral part of constructing a professional identity.
 Assessment Measure 4: Understand the roles of the various counseling professional
organizations and licenses (LMFT and LPCC).
 Assessment Measure 5: Demonstrate participation in professional development activities
(e.g. join a professional organization; attend a conference or workshop; volunteer at a
conference or workshop).
B. Learning Outcome: Diversity Awareness and Sensitivity (D/M)
 Assessment Measure 3: Explore and articulate the cultural sources of existing personal
value system and acknowledge that these cultural values create biases that may affect
counseling culturally different clients.
 Assessment Measure 4: Apply culturally sensitive treatments to clients in community
mental health.
C. Learning Outcome: Clinical Skills (M)
 Assessment Measure 1: Demonstrate effective counseling skills with individuals (adults
and children), couples, families, and groups.
 Assessment Measure 2: Evaluate client’s progress toward treatment goals during
practicum experiences.
 Assessment Measure 3: Display an awareness of, and an appreciation for, the intersection
of social and cultural influences on human behavior and the impact of individual
differences on the counseling process.
 Assessment Measure 4: Recognize counter-transference that may be interfering with the
client’s process, minimize counter-transference through personal work, and understand
how counter-transference can be used in therapy.
 Assessment Measure 5: Identify ethical and legal issues, understand professional ethical
codes of conduct, and appropriately apply an ethical decision-making model to clinical
cases (hypothetical vignettes and/or actual).
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D. Learning Outcome: Conceptualization and Treatment Planning (D/M)
 Assessment Measure 1: Utilize knowledge of major counseling theories in the context of
individual (adult and child), couple, family, and group counseling, to formulate case
conceptualizations and treatment plans.
 Assessment Measure 2: Appropriately apply the diagnostic categories of the THE
CURRENT DSM.
 Assessment Measure 3: Recognize the impact of issues and formulate treatment plans for
clients with severe mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders.
E. Learning Outcome: Research, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving (M)
 Assessment Measure 1: Collect and integrate theoretical knowledge, the relevance of
evidence-based practice, clinical information, and client perspectives in order to form
clinical hypotheses of clients and their issues.
F. Learning Outcome: Professional Writing Skills (M)
 Assessment Measure 2: Demonstrate writing that uses non-biased language regarding
labeling and dimensions of diversity (e.g., gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, race, age,
disability).
 Assessment Measure 7: Demonstrate writing that is professional, ethical, and respectful
with regard to clients.
COUN 597 Project (Englar-Carlson/Iyengar)
Signature Assignment: Research Project
E. Learning Outcome: Research, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving (M)
 Assessment Measure 3: Utilize a formal system of inquiry that integrates the work of
researchers and counselors, and apply it in a “practicum on research.”
 Assessment Measure 4: Critically analyze research methodology and can critique the
professional literature.
 Assessment Measure 5: Demonstrate knowledge regarding a specific clinical issue
relevant to community counseling in Southern California.
F. Learning Outcome: Professional Writing Skills (M)
 Assessment Measure 1: Demonstrate writing that includes correct grammar, punctuation,
and sentence structure.
 Assessment Measure 3: Demonstrate writing that is structurally and mechanically correct
according to APA style.
 Assessment Measure 4: Demonstrate original writing that correctly references sources
and is not plagiarized.
 Assessment Measure 5: Demonstrate awareness of the intended audience and purpose for
which the writing is done.
 Assessment Measure 6: Demonstrate writing that meets the stated objectives in a
concise, organized, and logical manner.