A minor in counseling is an option if you’re looking for an addition to your undergraduate degree – no matter your major.
Our counseling minor program equips you with communication and interprofessional skills that can be applied across a variety of career fields, including school counseling, family counseling, mental health counseling and a number of other human services professions.
Why add a counseling minor?
The counseling minor program offers a unique focus on careers in not only counseling but professions with an emphasis on building and maintaining relationships such as social work, education and health care.
Working with our highly skilled counseling professors, you will learn to better understand human relationships and develop a strong foundation that will well prepare you for any profession that involves interacting with others or helping and supporting others.
Pursue a counseling minor to gain early admission into one of our many master’s degree programs or fast track your education by choosing to complete the counseling minor as part of an accelerated master’s degree program.
Take a broad range of courses designed to introduce you to the amazing opportunities within the counseling profession.
| Course # | Course Name | Course Description |
|---|---|---|
| Core | ||
| ECED 3890 | Fundamentals of Counseling | Introductory course for undergraduate students from various majors and backgrounds, introduces students to the field of counseling and the settings and roles of counselors. |
| ECED 3780 | Counseling for Disaster Services | Course focuses on the development of skills and knowledge for crisis intervention and emotional management of persons in crisis and disaster circumstances. |
| ECED 4250 | Diversity Issues of Families in Distress | Course focus will be family relationships emphasizing child/parent relationships and child abuse, neglect and exploitation. |
| Electives (2) | ||
| ECED 3790 | Counseling for Addictions | Course provides an overview of substance abuse counseling. |
| ECED 3950 | Counseling Seminar (topic varies) | Provides the opportunity for students and professors to comparatively pursue topics of interest to counseling and the helping professions. |
| ECED 4870 | Play Therapy I | The course is designed to promote the development of an historical, theoretical, and ethical base for the practice of child therapy using play techniques. |
| ECED 4880 | Play Therapy II | The course will provide play therapy training for students who are interested in a Child Advocacy Studies Training minor. |
| Other approved COE Electives | ||
