Faculty Contact Information:
E-mail: jcalvin@faculty.ed.umuc.edu
U S Address: Box 936, Barnstable, MA 02630
U S Phone: (508) 362-2410
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Consultation:
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Office Hours: before and/or after class, or by appointment; consultation also by e-mail
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Required Texts and Readings:
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, APA
World of the Counselor, Neukrug
World of the Counselor Workbook, Neukrug
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Supplementary Readings:
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All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library at http://www.umuc.edu/library/. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students’ research and writing skills.
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Recommended Journals:
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Course Description:
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Historical, philosophical, psychological, and sociological basis of counseling in different settings(school, agency, and community) and with different populations will be explored. Intervention strategies, theoretical models, working contexts, relationships to other professions, ethics, obstacles to service delivery, and personal qualities of counselors are reviewed. Students may receive credit for only one of the following courses: PSYC 502 or EDCP 610.
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Course Goals:
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This course introduces students to the field of counseling including specializations, professional ethics, relevant credentialing legislation, and current issues. It also provides an introduction to the basic counseling theories and skills.
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Course Objectives:
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The objectives of this course are for students to gain an information base and demonstrate competence in:
The historical antecedents and current definitions of the counseling profession.
The standards of counseling as a regulated profession including awareness of professional issues, ethics, and credentialing.
The theories and basic counseling and interpersonal skills of communication associated with the counseling relationship.
An understanding and appreciation of various populations with whom counselors work and a multicultural and diversity focus in counseling skills and advocacy.
Familiarity with appropriate assessment procedures, community resources and intervention strategies and skills, and awareness of the specialty areas of counseling and their various settings.
An awareness of future trends, particularly the expanded role of technology, and emerging concepts and theories in counseling.
Enhanced self-awareness of personal strengths, interests, and abilities.
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Grading Information:
Grading Summary: (points)
Participation - 35
Web Board Assignments - 10
Article Reviews - 10
Web Site Reports - 10
Paper - due 12/6 - 15
Final Exam - 12/14 - 20
Total - 100
Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:
A 90 - 100%
B 80 – 89%
C 70 – 79%
F Below 70%
Please note that Bowie State University does not use "D" for graduate students. The grade F(a) is used to designate academic failure. F(n) is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog, available in your local Education Center or online at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs.
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Course Requirements:
Graduate school at the Masters level focuses on helping students obtain the education needed for success as professionals in their chosen fields. Thus, UMUC-Europe Graduate Programs and Bowie State University share the common goals of promoting excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skillful application of knowledge and theory for the betterment of society.
You are expected to come to class prepared to engage in all discussions in a professional and informed manner.
Grades will be given based on mastery of course objectives, class participation (including Workbook exercises), Web Board work (including 3 Reaction Papers), journal reviews, web site presentations, and one written project (Term Paper).
CONFIDENTIALITY – Throughout this class, we will work as a group - experiencing both ourselves and our group membership through ongoing communications and interactions. There are opportunities to investigate your performance in the counseling roles. Further, this is a course that will involve self-examination and degrees of sharing personal information with the class. Therefore, students must be sensitive to the right to privacy of others. It is important to be discrete in terms of appropriate personal sharing in a classroom context. It is equally important to practice our professional responsibility of confidentiality throughout this classroom experience.
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Description of Course Requirements:
Mastery of objectives will be tested by a Final Examination, on Sunday, December 14th; it will be worth 20 points, and will consist of essay questions - based on readings AND lectures.
Because we have only eight class sessions, attendance and class participation are significant!! If you miss a portion of class, you are responsible for making up work as appropriate. Participation includes Neukrug Workbook Exercises; some will be done in class; some will be assigned as homework. Students should read and review ALL Workbook exercises – for the topics assigned - PRIOR to each weekend’s classes. Workbook assignments will be turned in and/or discussed during class sessions. Participation will also include some Simulated Counseling; students will be responsible for conducting simulated counseling interviews - in the format of an interviewee who will assume the role of a client with a presenting issue, and/or in the role of the professional conducting the interview; then students will share their perceptions with the class. Simulated Counseling will be graded (and included in “Participation”). Participation in in-class activities is worth 35 points.
Web Board assignments – There will be assignments to be posted on our PSYC 502 Web Board. Primary amongst these are “Reaction Papers”: at the end of EACH of the first three weekends, each student will write a Reaction Paper on the weekend experience. The paper is to be approximately one page in length and is to focus on what the student has learned in that weekend, and how that learning will be personally and professionally beneficial. This can also be a critical reaction to the weekend, identifying what has been useful or not been useful, and what would be useful in future classes. The Reaction Paper is to be posted on our Web Board by the Wednesday fol1owing each weekend. Web Board Assignments will count for 10 points.
Journal reviews and summary paper – Each student will be responsible for reading one journal article, prior to each of the last three class weekends. These articles should be related to the topics to be discussed during the upcoming weekend. For each journal article, students must write a short (about two pages, double spaced) summary – which is to be turned in, on Saturday morning. The summary should be divided into two major parts: the first summarizing the contents of the article, and the second providing personal insight and evaluation of the ideas in the article. These summaries are worth 10 points.
Web site reviews and presentation – Each student will be responsible for researching one web site, prior to each of the last three class weekends. These web sites should be related to the topics to be discussed during the upcoming weekend. For each web site, students will orally (about 3 – 5 minutes) present the web site and what is significant and available on that web site. These presentations are worth 10 points.
Guidelines will be given – on finding articles (see “Supplementary Reading” and “Recommended Journals” above) and web sites.
There is ONE written project, approximately 10 pages (“double spaced”) - a paper on your (tentative) chosen career field within counseling (school, occupational, addictions, prison, family, mental health, etc.). You should research libraries, the Web, AND arrange an interview with someone in the counseling field – on your chosen field. You should also (in conjunction with your interview) arrange for and visit a counseling agency and include in your paper information including: name, location and type of facility; range of services provided; responsibilities of the providers; physical description and emotional climate of the facility; clientele served and cultural diversity of the clients; clinical/therapy orientation most used; type of therapy/services provided; supervision of staff; funding/fee structures; recidivism rate; and overall impressions. Further, your Paper will include a self-examination – including your personal and psychosocial background that is influencing you toward counseling, your preliminary thoughts on your theoretical orientation, and your counseling interests and motivation. Then summarize - job requirements and skills for your chosen area, settings, a self examination of your interest/aptitude/motivation to continue with that chosen subfield, licensing, what you would personally expect, etc. – your chosen field, in your Paper. Your Paper is DUE on Saturday, December 6th, and should be e-mailed to Dr. Calvin – in Word (.doc) format. Paper is worth 15 points. Because effective writing is a critical part of your education, your Paper should be clear and concise, with proper grammar and spelling, in proper “APA” format, and properly referenced.
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Course Schedule:
COURSE CALENDAR
Notes: ALL assigned reading should be done before each set of weekend classes begin. A good understanding of assigned reading is necessary for thorough discussion of assigned topics, and for exercises that will be done in class. Graduate students should review, and DO, all exercises – corresponding to the weekend’s topics – in the Neukrug workbook BEFORE each set of weekend classes. (Note – the Workbook chapters are not always the same as the text chapters.)
Weekend 1 – 25-26 October. Welcome and Introductions, Syllabus, Expectations, Introduction to Counseling, History and Development of Counseling, Ethics, and Lifespan Development. Workbook Exercises.
Reading – Neukrug text - Chapters 1, 2, 3, 9, 13, Appendix A
Wed., 10/29 - Reaction papers due – on WebBoard
Weekend 2 – 8-9 November. Multicultural Issues, Psychopathology and Diagnosis, Assessment, Therapeutic Relationship and Counseling Skills, Theories and Approaches to Counseling. Workbook Exercises. Graduate students will assist in presenting Psychopathology lecture to undergraduate students.
Reading – Neukrug text - Chapters 4, 5, 10, 12, 14, 15, Appendix C, Appendix E
Wed., 11/12 - Reaction papers due – on WebBoard
Weekend 3 – 22-23 November. Career Counseling, Group Work, Couple and Family Counseling. Workbook Exercises.
Reading – Neukrug text - Chapters 6, 7, 11, 16, 18
Wed., 11/26 - Reaction papers due – on WebBoard
Sat 12/6 – Term Papers due – via e-mail to Dr. Calvin
Weekend 4 – 13-14 December. Prevention, Consultation, Graduate Schools and Jobs, Future of Counseling. Workbook Exercises.
Reading – Neukrug text - Chapters 8, 17, 19, 20
****FINAL EXAMINATION****
QUESTIONS??? – about the Syllabus, or anything: ASK!!!!!
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Academic Policies:
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Please refer to the UMUC – Europe Graduate Catalog, available online at http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs/ or from your local Education Center, for information on the following:
Academic Integrity
Course Load
Exception to Policy
Grade Appeal Process
Make-up Examinations
NondiscriminationStudents with Disabilities
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Faculty Bio:
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Your Professor is Dr. Jim Calvin, who: took over 100 undergraduate semester hours (and got B.A. degree) and took two graduate CAPS courses, from UMUC, on Okinawa; got his M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Kent State University; and did his Clinical Psychology Internship at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda. Jim is a Board Certified, Licensed clinical psychologist, and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychological Specialties. He served 27 years in the United States Navy - 9 years enlisted and 18 years as a clinical psychologist and health care manager; he was Chief of Mental Health, Quantico Naval Hospital; Clinical Psychologist, SERE San Diego; Chief Psychologist, Naval Submarine Medical Center; Executive Officer, 1st Medical Battalion; Commander, MPS Medical Battalion; and Clinical Director, Naval Alcohol Rehabilitation Center San Diego. Jim has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses since 1990; he has taught at National University, Norwich University, Plymouth State University, American University in Kyrgyzstan, and for the Civil Education Project at Yale; he is presently a Collegiate Professor for University of Maryland University College Europe, teaching for UMUC Europe since January 2001. He was Resident Graduate Professor in Counseling for United Kingdom, Academic Year 2001-02. Jim is Abbot and Head Dharma Teacher of the Cape Cod Zen Center.
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