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  • MSC 612: Interviewing Skills (1-On-1 Counseling)

    3.00 Credits
    Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

    This course is designed to proviede students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, values and skills necessary for effective assistance to individual, clients, and family systems. Communication, which is a major component of mental health clinical pratice, is accomplished throught the transmission, reception and interpretation of verbal, non-verbal, and written messages. Understanding and use of communication skills are seeential for effective practic. Students will learn skills to support clients/ efforts to navigate themselves behaviorally and emotionally during the therapeutic process as will as the functionality of ongoing clinical assessment and evaluation. This course intgrates and supports learning through lecture, skills demonstration, discussions and case analysis. Students will develop skills in problem solving, effective communication, and documentation.
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  • MSC 613: Psychoph. Dia. Trtmt. Planning

    3.00 Credits
    Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

    This course will provide a comprehensive review of current models, theories and principles pertinent to the identification, description and delineation of major mental disorders. Concepts and terminology from the DSM-IV-TR/DSM V will be detailed and applied to salient clinical concerns and situations arising in human service agencies. Case and illustrations will be drawn from participants' clinical experiences. Special emphasis will be placed upon the reasoning, judgments and extrapolations that underlie the process of clinical diagnosis and prognosis. This course is designed for human services practitioners who serve as therapists, counselors, or case managers in a variety of human services settings in both public and private sectors. The purpose of the course is to present the categories of the DSM-IV-TR/DSM V as well as definitions of mental disorders derived from theory and research. The intention is to provide a knowledge base that will enable human service practitioners to become better observers of symptoms and behaviors that constitute the basis for diagnostic judgments. The material presented in the course should also enable practitioners to make more effective linkages from diagnostic judgments to the enumeration of clinical interventions and treatment plans.
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  • MSC 620: Statistics

    3.00 Credits
    Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

    Topics include probability theory, concepts of descriptive statistics, discrete and continuous distributions, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, sample sizes, correlation, regression, multinomial and contingency tables. Computer applications will be investigated.
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  • MSC 621: Ethics in Counseling

    3.00 Credits
    Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

    This course is an introduction to the ethical standards for the profession and to the research relevant to ethical behavior of counselors in mental health, career, and school settings. Study of important legal developments related to confidentiality, testing, research and supervision. The course also involves the application of ethical and legal standards to complex cases. Examination of emerging ethical issues and models of ethical decision-making.
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  • MSC 622: Counseling, Assessment, and Application

    3.00 Credits
    Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

    This course will examine a variety of assessment and testing methods, advanced interviewing procedures, and observational techniques associated with the formulation of diagnostic impressions and treatment plans in clinical settings. Emphasis will be given to multi-modal and eclectic appraisals of cognitive, affective, social, vocational, interests/aptitude, achievement, intellectual and personality aspects of functioning. This course will also present frameworks and models for the development of assessment practices. Attention will be given to the function and origin of assessments and testing instruments and principles underlying counseling and clinical practice in various human services settings. Additionally, concepts identifying appropriate paradigms for diagnostic inferences will be covered. Guidelines for conducting the assessment process in an ethical and considerate manner will be presented. Much attention will be given to the implications of clinical assessment and testing for diagnosis, clinical decision-making and treatment planning. The techniques, tools, instruments and models incorporate into the course content will be elucidated in a pragmatic manner to be utilized by counselors, clinicians and human service practitioners who might not necessarily administer psychological tests but will nevertheless be responsible for making clinical judgments and interventions based upon an understanding of test results.
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  • MSC 623: Multicultural Counseling

    3.00 Credits
    Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

    An overview of the basic concepts of research and theory (both historical and current) in the field of adolescent psychology is essential for individuals to grasp the developmental and sociological functioning of people transitioning from childhood to adulthood. This learning course will utilize scholarly inquiry and will be self-directed in the form of an independent research project. The basic concepts of research and theory will be measured by the quizzes, papers, and examinations administered in class. As the basic concepts of adolescent psychology are attained, critical thinking/perspectives will be developed as individuals will be asked in large and small groups in class to compare and contrast research designs, cultural constructs, and social interventions. Critical thinking perspectives will be assessed by the instructor during large and small group discussions and it will be the responsibility of the individual to remain current in the readings. Developing a critical perspective is essential in that students will be better able to predict behavioral and affective outcomes and formulate hypotheses for future research/clinical endeavors related to adolescent psychology. Finally, through discussions, in-class writings, and class activities individuals will assess to their own development and assumptions as it relates to social and cultural expectations about adolescents and research targeted at this population.
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  • MSC 630: Applied Research Methods

    3.00 Credits
    Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

    Research is the heart of social inquiry. One important goal of the MSC program is to train students to become research practitioners. Through this course, students will learn how to conduct and apply research to their clinical practice and begin to prepare themselves for doctoral degree pursuits. Thus, a goal of this course is to train graduate students to be disciplined, productive, and culturally sensitive researchers. It is designed to give students a broad view of the variety of approaches to designing good social research, with a substantive focus on inequality and empowerment. Students will survey many topics, techniques, and methodologies, with an emphasis on breadth rather than depth, on familiarity and critical engagement with ideas rather than mastery of technique.
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  • MSC 631: Career&lifestyle Development Counseling

    3.00 Credits
    Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

    This course will examine the theoretical framework and professional skills and tools used in the career counseling process. The course will present major theories of career development and introduce the student to principles, methods and tools of career assessment and decision-making. Applications of career counseling skills to a variety of Human Service settings will be explored, as well as the significance of career development through the lifespan. Students will examine their own career development and advancement and apply the skills of career counseling to a practicum client.
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  • MSC 632: Group Processes

    3.00 Credits
    Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

    The course focuses on theories of group dynamics with respect to styles of leadership and/or facilitation of group context, process, and conflict resolution. Behavior in face-to-face groups is examined along the dimensions of task accomplishment, relationships among group members, and issues of cultural diversity. Ethical questions for groups and the formation of group norms as a values clarification process are considered. The difference between beliefs, attitudes and values will be delineated. Issues of institutional racism, sexism, classism, ageism, ethnocentrism, and homophobia will be examined for their impact upon norm formation. Group dynamics will be explored in a cultural context with the emphasis on valuing diversity and managing conflict. Emphasis will be placed upon intra-group and inter-group dynamics, intracultural and intercultural communications, as well as linkages between groups and lager social systems.
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  • MSC 633: Addictions and Compulsive Behavior

    3.00 Credits
    Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

    This course will expose students to clinical and theoretical assumptions about addictions. Drug and alcohol dependence, compulsive gambling, compulsive shopping and eating, sex addiction, excessive internet use and other behaviors will be explored in an effort to broaden students' understanding of the debilitative effects of addictive behavior. Trauma, co-dependence/enmeshment, detachment, and various defense mechanisms will be examined throughout the semester and will give students an opportunity to develop a robust conceptualization about some of the challenges of addiction. Finally, this course will discuss how addiction impacts individuals, couples, families, and society.
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