2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

PSYC 410 Fundamentals of Counseling

A basic course in the principles and techniques of counseling in educational, industrial, and community settings. 

Credits

3

Prerequisites

PSYC 101 or PSYC 203; sophomore standing

Offered

Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. To provide you with information about the therapeutic process and the practical elements of the counseling interaction.
  2. To expose you to a variety of ethical and professional issues in counseling and to guide you in developing a position on these issues.
  3. To develop self-evaluation skills, writing skills, and critical thinking skills.
  4. To challenge you to look at your own qualities that support and hinder your attempts at being therapeutic for others.