Jun 16, 2024  
2020/2021 University Catalog 
    
2020/2021 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


General Education Courses  

Courses offered at the SDSU Imperial Valley campus.  

Detailed information about course offerings can be found on the Class Schedule website.

 

Computer Science

  
  • CS 605 - Scientific Computing


    Units: 3

    Same As: COMP 605 .
    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and knowledge of the C programming language or FORTRAN or COMP 526 .

    Parallel programming using message passing to include high performance computing and MPI language extensions.

  
  • CS 608 - Programming Problems in Bioinformatics


    Units: 3

    Same As: BIOMI 608 .
    Prerequisite(s): CS 310  with a grade of C (2.0) or better.

    Coding bioinformatics algorithms for biological data analysis.

  
  • CS 609 - Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics


    Units: 3

    Same As: BIOMI 609 .
    Prerequisite(s): CS 503  or CS 514  and classified graduate standing.

    Biological and genomic data. Application of computational algorithms to biological questions. Post-genomic techniques in annotation and comparison of microbial and eukaryotic genome sequences.

  
  • CS 615 - Spatial Database


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CS 514  and classified graduate standing. Recommended: CS 560 .

    Strategies for databases in which locations are prominent. Access strategies such as quadtrees and R-trees. Topological and other spatial extensions to query languages. Spatial models like non-intersection. Oracle spatial features. Object and object-oriented databases.

  
  • CS 620 - Formal Languages and Syntactic Analysis I


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CS 310 CS 320 CS 520 , and CS 562  and classified graduate standing.

    Regular, context-free, context-sensitive, and general grammars. Corresponding machine model recognizers. Chomsky and Greibach normal forms. Closure, decidability and undecidability properties.

  
  • CS 635 - Advanced Object-Oriented Design and Programming


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Knowledge of an object-oriented programming language and classified graduate standing.

    Advanced topics in object-oriented programming and design, code reuse, building class libraries, quality of objects, coupling, cohesion, design patterns, distributed objects.

  
  • CS 636 - Management of Software Development


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CS 532  and classified graduate standing.

    Managing software projects. Modern software management process models. Project planning, cost estimation, tracking and control, staffing, risk management, and software process improvement.

  
  • CS 645 - Advanced Web Application Development


    Units: 3

    Only offered at: SDSU Global Campus

    Prerequisite(s): CS 545  and classified graduate standing.

    XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, client-side and server-side scripting, Java servlets, JSP, Frameworks. Server systems and development tools appropriate for large, complex project. SQL database via JDBC.

  
  • CS 646 - Mobile Application Development


    Units: 3

    Only offered at: SDSU Global Campus

    Prerequisite(s): CS 560  and classified graduate standing.

    Design and implementation of applications for smart mobile phones and mobile devices. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content, including device types.

  
  • CS 648 - Advanced Topics in Web and Mobile Applications


    Units: 3

    Only offered at: SDSU Global Campus

    Prerequisite(s): CS 545  and classified graduate standing.

    Advanced technologies, issues, and concepts in Web and mobile software development. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content.

  
  • CS 649 - Big Data Tools and Methods


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CS 550  and either CS 503  or CS 514  with a grade of C (2.0) or better in each course.

    Analyze, curate, search, and visualize big data. Apache MapReduce and Spark, distributed databases and messaging/streaming, electronic notebooks, NoSQL databases, programming languages, statistics.

  
  • CS 653 - Data Mining and Knowledge


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CS 320  and classified graduate standing.

    Foundations of data mining and knowledge discovery. Diverse methods, algorithms, design techniques and application practice including statistical and Bayesian methods, pattern recognition, clustering, knowledge discovery in data sets, machine learning, neural networks, rough and fuzzy sets.

  
  • CS 656 - Advanced Robotics


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CS 556  and classified graduate standing.

    Computer-based techniques for low-, medium-, and high-level robot control including sequential and parallel schemes for robot dynamics, robot programming and robot task planning.

  
  • CS 657 - Intelligent Systems and Control


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CS 530  or CS 560  and classified graduate standing.

    Genetic and evolutionary algorithms, genetic programming and applications, fuzzy logic and approximate reasoning, rule-based inference engines, intelligent path planning and applications to robotics, dynamic systems and their simulations using Simulink, conventional control and intelligent control, intelligent agents, autonomous and multi-agent systems.

  
  • CS 660 - Combinatorial Algorithms and Data Structures


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CS 560  and classified graduate standing.

    Algorithm design techniques. Network flow and matching. Complexity analysis. NP-completeness, reductions among NP-complete problems. Approximation algorithms for NP-complete problems such as the traveling salesman problem.

  
  • CS 662 - Theory of Parallel Algorithms


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CS 560  and MATH 254  and classified graduate standing.

    Models for parallel computation. Parallel algorithms for several common problems including sorting, searching, graph problems, and matrix problems. Complexity of parallel algorithms. Lower bounds on parallel complexity.

  
  • CS 664 - Theory of Computability


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CS 562  and classified graduate standing.

    Turing machines and other formal models of computation. Recursive function theory. The Ackermann function. Solvable and unsolvable problems.

  
  • CS 666 - Advanced Distributed Systems


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CS 570  and classified graduate standing.

    Design of distributed systems including abstract models, algorithms, and case studies of real-world systems. Group research related to distributed systems.

  
  • CS 682 - Speech Processing


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing, CS 310 , MATH 254 , STAT 551A .

    Algorithms and methods for processing of speech. Feature extraction, human speech production and perception, pattern recognition for acoustic and language modeling as applied to automatic speech and speaker recognition.

  
  • CS 696 - Selected Topics in Computer Science


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor and classified graduate standing.

    Intensive study in specific areas of computer science. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • CS 705 - Advanced Parallel Computing


    Units: 3

    Same As: COMP 705 .
    Prerequisite(s): CS 605  [or COMP 605 ] and classified graduate standing.

    Libraries, numerical methodology, optimization tools, visualization of results, MPI and GPU computing models. Applications conducted on CSRC student cluster and NSF XSEDE computing resources.

  
  • CS 790 - Practicum in Teaching of Computer Science


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Award of graduate teaching associateship in computer science and classified graduate standing.

    Supervision in teaching computer science. Lecture writing, style of lecture presentation and alternatives, test and syllabus construction, and grading system. Not applicable to an advanced degree. Required for first semester GTA’s.

  
  • CS 792 - Curricular Practical Training


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Approval of graduate adviser and SDSU International Student Center and classified graduate standing.

    Supervised work experience. Maximum Credits: three units applicable to a master’s degree in computer science.

  
  • CS 797 - Research


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Six units of graduate level computer science courses and classified graduate standing.

    Research in computer science. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • CS 798 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing and consent of staff; to be arranged with department chair and instructor.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units applicable to a master’s degree.

  
  • CS 799A - Thesis or Project


    Units: 3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC/RP

    Prerequisite(s): An officially appointed thesis committee and advancement to candidacy.

    Preparation of a project or thesis for the master’s degree.

  
  • CS 799B - Thesis or Project Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing and prior registration in Thesis or Project 799A with an assigned grade symbol of RP.

    Registration required in any semester or term following assignment of RP in Course 799A in which the student expects to use the facilities and resources of the university; also student must be registered in the course when the completed thesis or project is granted final approval.

  
  • CS 799C - Comprehensive Examination Extension


    Units: 0

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Classified graduate standing and completion or concurrent enrollment in degree program courses.

    Registration required of students whose only requirement is completion of the comprehensive examination for the master’s degree. Registration in 799C limited to two semesters.


Construction Engineering

  
  • CON E 101 - Construction and Culture


    Units: 3 GE

    Cultural context of construction, emphasizing its centrality in evolution and expansion of built environments as expressions of ethical and historical value systems. Relationship between culture, geography, construction materials, and built expressions of cultural legacy. Interdependence of built environment and society.

  
  • CON E 102 - Fundamentals of Construction Management


    Units: 1

    Construction industry and its projects. Functions of main actors and phases of construction projects. Tasks performed by construction managers and how they relate to and impact projects. Common processes and technologies in construction management field.

  
  • CON E 201 - Construction Concepts and Building Codes


    Units: 3

    Concepts of control and information exchange in construction. Purpose and function of fundamental information flows, function, and development of construction-related codes and standards to protect public health and safety, compliance with requirements, and design using codes.

  
  • CON E 215 - Virtual Design and Construction


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and two hours of activity.

    Building information modeling (BIM). Connectivity to other aspects of the construction enterprise to include estimating, planning, and scheduling deployment. Constructability review.

  
  • CON E 240 - Introduction to Construction Materials


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): PHYS 180A . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Properties of materials used for construction to include aggregate, ceramic, concrete asphalt, decorative and finish materials, soil, steel aluminum, and wood. Key material properties and material performance.

  
  • CON E 262 - Soil Mechanics


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 150  and PHYS 180A  with a grade of C (2.0) or better in each course. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Formation of soils. Classification of soils and their behavior. Compaction, consolidation, permeability, strength, and swelling.

  
  • CON E 280 - Construction Methods


    Units: 3

    One lecture and six hours of laboratory.

    Components and methods of construction including earthwork; foundations; wood, steel, and concrete construction; roofing and cladding; interior construction. Field experience in conducting and/or observing construction operations. Concepts of production in a construction setting.

  
  • CON E 296 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-4

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • CON E 301 - Construction Ethics, Law, and Contracts


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 101 , CON E 201 , PHIL 101 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Legal and ethical environment of construction. Study of documents and common procedures in construction administration and their legal and ethical contexts for general contractors and subcontractors. Contract documentation, claim in various construction delivery methods.

  
  • CON E 312 - Mechanical and Electrical Principles for Construction


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 150 . For construction engineering majors: PHYS 196 . For construction management majors: PHYS 180B . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Engineering principles for mechanical, electrical, plumbing systems. Thermodynamics, energy principles, psychometrics. Electrical theory, circuits, motors. Static and dynamic principles for fluids, pipe flow. Mechanical and plumbing equipment.

  
  • CON E 320 - Construction Estimating


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 280  and MATH 150 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Identifying and estimating time and cost requirements for construction operations based on drawings and specifications. Use computer applications for estimating.

  
  • CON E 330 - Principles of Engineering Economy


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 150 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Mathematics of finance applied to engineering and managerial decision making. Framework for cost management in engineering and construction. Formerly Numbered Construction Engineering 430.

  
  • CON E 340 - Analysis and Design of Construction Operations


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 320  and CON E 330 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Properties and methods for use of construction equipment and integration into production system. Assessment of equipment needs and selection. Site utilization and layout planning, incorporating efficiency and safety of operations. Formerly Numbered Construction Engineering 310.

  
  • CON E 350 - Construction Project Controls


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 280 , CON E 330 , and ACCTG 201 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Characteristics of the construction industry and impacts on project controls. Associated costs in business and construction projects. Lease or buy decisions, pricing of change orders, progress payments, and schedules of values.

  
  • CON E 400 - Preconstruction Management


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 350  and B A 350 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Addressing general conditions, organizing site logistics, and project start-up. Assembling teams and defining contractual scopes of work. Organizing the pursuit of projects. Phases related to building a proposal.

  
  • CON E 401 - Construction Planning and Scheduling


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): For construction engineering majors: CIV E 160  and credit or concurrent registration in CON E 320 . For civil engineering majors: CIV E 160  and CIV E 321 . For construction management majors: credit or concurrent registration in CON E 320  and STAT 119 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Fundamentals of scheduling logic including critical path method, deterministic and probabilistic scheduling, and impact of constraints. Development of construction plan and representation in schedule format using common computer applications used in industry.

  
  • CON E 479 - Construction Materials


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 202  (or CHEM 200 ) and CIV E 301  (or M E 304 ). Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Selection, design and control of mixes of portland cement and asphalt concrete. Properties of these and other materials used in construction.

  
  • CON E 480 - Design of Temporary Structures


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CIV E 321  and CIV E 462 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Design of structures for temporary support of constructed work, including scaffolding and formwork, bracing, and excavations. Influence of codes and standards on the design process, selection of degrees of safety, and concepts of liability.

  
  • CON E 495 - Capstone Design Project


    Units: 3

    One lecture and six hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in CON E 590  and for construction engineering majors: CON E 480 . For construction management majors: CON E 400 . Open to majors in construction engineering and construction management. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Application of engineering principles, design and management techniques to construction projects.

  
  • CON E 520 - Environmentally Conscious Construction


    Units: 3

    Two lectures and three hours of laboratory.

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 312  for construction engineering and construction management majors; CIV E 444  for civil engineering majors; concurrent registration in CIV E 495  for environmental engineering majors. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Design and design processes to target a sustainable structure. Construction practices associated with protection of environment. Application of industry standards for environmental and energy performance of buildings. Impacts on selection of methods, materials, and equipment for construction. Design of procurement and management systems to support environmentally conscious building. Commissioning and startup. Formerly Numbered Construction Engineering 420.

  
  • CON E 590 - Construction Management and Safety


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 330  and CON E 401 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Management and control of critical project processes for construction projects. Definition, planning, and execution of projects based on plan, estimate, and bid documentation. Fundamentals of construction safety planning, design, and requirements. Formerly Numbered Construction Engineering 490.

  
  • CON E 650 - Construction Labor Productivity


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 301  and CON E 401 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Definition of productivity measures and factors that affect productivity of construction labor. Quantification techniques of labor productivity in construction.

  
  • CON E 651 - Project Production System Design in Construction


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 650  or Construction Engineering 310, CON E 401 , and 490. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Theory of project production system design. Relation to production management theories, productivity improvement techniques, data gathering techniques to support process evaluation. Civil design and construction operations but also applicable to other industries.

  
  • CON E 652 - Construction Operations Modeling and Technology


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Construction Engineering 310, CON E 401 , CON E 651 , and CIV E 220 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Modeling and optimizing construction projects and constructed works. Abstraction of projects, process mapping, and activity quantification. Theories of queuing and batching. Numerico-physical modeling of construction operations in time and space. Systems integration.

  
  • CON E 653 - Construction Scheduling


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 301  and CON E 401 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Construction planning, scheduling and evaluation of planning techniques, labor, and equipment leveling, expecting cost and crashing, resource loading, what if scenarios, and use of scheduling in delay analysis.

  
  • CON E 654 - Construction Claims


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 301 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Basic foundations construction claims process starting with an understanding of contractual basis for construction claims through final resolution of claims. Clauses that form the basis for claims; recognition of claims, communicating claims elements, pricing claims, and methods for resolving claims.

  
  • CON E 655 - Project Design and Portfolio Management


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CON E 651  or CIV E 495 ; and ENV E 320  or ENV E 355 . Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Copy of transcript.

    Techniques for project selection, definition, design management and value generation, including consideration of ROI, feasibility, and portfolio diversification. Incorporation of life-cycle considerations into all levels of design, including concepts of sustainability. Owner, designer, and contractor perspectives.


Counseling and School Psychology

  
  • CSP 300 - Stress Management and Life Planning


    Units: 3 GE

    Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

    Effects of stress on physical and psychological states and life choices. Stress management practices that contribute to optimal health and productive life planning.

  
  • CSP 320 - Counseling Skills and Practice


    Units: 3

    Basic counseling skills with focus on how they affect and may be applied within cultural interactions and for social change.

  
  • CSP 400 - Counseling and the Helping Professions


    Units: 3

    Serves as an introduction to the field of counseling and introduces the student to those professions considered to be helping professions.

  
  • CSP 401 - Quest for Identity


    Units: 3

    Impact of interpersonal, social, and cultural variables on understandings of self, relationships, and the world. Social construction of multiple identities. Meaning and salience of fluid identity development.

  
  • CSP 420 - Popular Culture and Counseling


    Units: 3 GE

    Impact of popular culture on personal functioning and well-being. Meaning and salience of popular culture, social construction of popular culture in society, and convergence of popular culture and counseling.

    Note: This course satisfies the general education cultural diversity requirement.

  
  • CSP 460 - Counseling and Social Change


    Units: 3

    Role counselors and helping professionals play in addressing social justice issues pertaining to race and ethnicity, disability, gender and sexual orientation, socioeconomic disadvantage and research.

  
  • CSP 496 - Experimental Topics


    Units: 1-3

    Selected topics. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Limit of nine units of any combination of 296, 496, 596 courses applicable to a bachelor’s degree.

  
  • CSP 499 - Special Study


    Units: 1-3

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor. Open only to senior and graduate students in education who have shown ability to work independently.

    Individual study. Maximum Credits: six units.

  
  • CSP 596 - Selected Studies


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    A series of lecture and discussion sessions centering on current problems in counseling and guidance. Designed to serve the needs of any person desiring to keep informed of developments in this area. May be repeated with new content.

    Note: See Class Schedule for specific content. Credit for 596 and 696 applicable to a master’s degree with approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • CSP 600 - Cross-Cultural Counseling Communication Skills


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration in CSP 600L .

    Concepts underlying effective cross-cultural counseling practice and interpersonal communication. Development of skills basic to practice of counseling, consultation, and marriage-family therapy.

  
  • CSP 600L - Cross-Cultural Counseling Prepracticum


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in CSP 600 .

    Development of self-understanding. Cross-cultural communication skills needed for becoming an effective counselor. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: three units applicable to a master’s degree in counseling.

  
  • CSP 601 - Theoretical Foundations of Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 600  and CSP 600L .

    Counseling and marriage and family therapy theories and their impact on the practices of counselors, school counselors, school psychologists, marriage-family therapists and their clients. Approaches and applications for counseling and therapy. Research on counseling and marriage and family therapy.

  
  • CSP 606A - Professional Issues in Mental Health Practice: California Law and Ethics for Marriage and Family Therapy


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 600  and CSP 600L .

    Legal, ethical, and professional issues in counseling and marriage and family therapy practice, research, and training. Cultural underpinnings and clinical implications of legal and ethical codes.

  
  • CSP 606B - Professional Issues in Mental Health Practice: Community-Based Block


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 600  and CSP 600L .

    Legal, ethical, and professional issues in counseling and marriage and family therapy practice, research, and training. Cultural underpinnings and clinical implications of legal and ethical codes.

  
  • CSP 609 - Family Life Cycle Development


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 600  and CSP 600L .

    Family development examined within sociocultural and temporal contexts. Addresses predictable and crisis transitions and implications for family therapy treatment.

  
  • CSP 610C - Determinants of Human Behavior: Development


    Units: 1-3

    Implications of theory and research in behavioral sciences for the understanding of human behavior.

  
  • CSP 612 - Restorative Practices and Conflict Transformation


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.

    Compare and contrast retributive and restorative practices. Concepts, history, principles, and theory of restorative practices. Restorative tools in building strong relationships. Utilization of trauma informed care.

  
  • CSP 615 - Seminar in Multicultural Dimensions in Counseling


    Units: 3

    Issues, insights, and techniques for improving effectiveness in working with culturally diverse populations.

  
  • CSP 618 - Mental Health Recovery and the DSM: A Social Justice Perspective


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 601 .

    Descriptions of mental health disorders within biological, individual, familial, and larger social contexts. Focus on Diagnosis and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders classification system and relationship to family functioning.

  
  • CSP 619 - Foundations in Ecosystemic Thinking and School Psychology


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to school psychology program.

    Education and professional development of multiculturally competent, ecosystemic school psychologists involved in the lives of students, families, and schools.

  
  • CSP 620 - Foundations of the Professional School Counselor Leader


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to school counseling program.

    Comprehensive school counseling to include historical perspective of school counseling policies, practices, future leadership directions, role and function of professional school counselor leader. Current trends in school counseling.

  
  • CSP 621 - Social Justice Democratic Theory, Processes, and Skills


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration in CSP 621L .

    Multicultural community counseling and social justice practice, to include democratic processes, community-building, and professional communication skills. Social change through working with people in communities, increasing self- and other-awareness, and relationship building. Fulfills licensure requirements for LPCC.

  
  • CSP 621L - Social Justice Democratic Theory, Processes, and Skills Laboratory


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration in CSP 621 .

    Supervised practice in multicultural community counseling and social justice practice, to include democratic processes, community- building, and professional communication skills. Social change through working with people in communities, increasing selfand other-awareness, and relationship building. Fulfills licensure requirements for LPCC.

  
  • CSP 623 - Ecobehavioral Assessment - Intervention


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration in CSP 730  or CSP 740 .

    Theory and concepts underlying ecobehavioral assessment - intervention in multicultural schools. Functional assessment of individual student behavior in contexts of classroom and culture. Development of behavior support plans in collaboration with teachers. Implementing and evaluating ecobehavioral consultation.

  
  • CSP 624 - Learning, Achievement, and Instruction for School Counselors


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 620 .

    Classroom management strategies and techniques. Curriculum design, lesson plan development, assessment tools, and instructional strategies for delivering school counseling core curriculum (academic, college/career, personal/social) in diverse schools.

  
  • CSP 625 - Marriage and Family Therapy Theories and Best Practices I


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 601 .

    Historical and empirical foundations of marriage and family therapy. Classic systemic theoretical models of practice from vantage point of assessment. Related change strategies and techniques.

  
  • CSP 626 - Marriage and Family Therapy Theories and Best Practices II


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 625 .

    Contemporary marriage and family therapy theories including: post-modern ideas, such as narrative therapy and collaborative language systems, integrative and evidence-based approaches; alternative approaches to family therapy, such as coaching and mediation.

  
  • CSP 630 - Social Justice and Holistic School Systems for School Counselors


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 620 .

    Historical and current holistic school systems and role of professional school counselor. Ecosystemic and social justice theory and models; practical implications for providing school counseling services for individual students in multicultural schools.

  
  • CSP 635 - Sexuality and Intimacy in Couple and Family Therapy and Counseling


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 621  and CSP 621L  or CSP 625 , or consent of instructor.

    Approaches to understanding sexual functioning and intimacy through multicultural, historical, and relational clinical theory frameworks. Specific sexual issues presented in therapy, treatment planning, and intervention. Fulfills marriage and family therapy and LPCC licensure requirements.

  
  • CSP 636 - Mental Health Recovery


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.

    Constructions of pathology and mental health, mental health recovery movement, and multicultural considerations in counseling.

  
  • CSP 637 - Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy Theories I


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.

    Foundational counseling theories and practical application to multicultural communities. Historical development of marriage and family therapy theories from a social constructionist and postmodern framework.

  
  • CSP 638 - Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy Theories II


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.

    Continuing examination of counseling and marriage and family therapy theories and applications from social constructionist and postmodern frameworks.

  
  • CSP 639 - Law and Ethics in the Counseling Profession


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.

    Legal and ethical standards in the counseling profession through a multicultural lens. Personal values in ethical decision making.

  
  • CSP 640 - Testing and Assessment for Marriage and Family Therapists


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): ED 690 .

    Theory and application of individual and relationship assessment instruments in marriage and family therapy practice. Test development processes. Cultural factors in testing and interpretation. Current uses of tests in mental health, educational, and legal institutions.

  
  • CSP 642 - Multicultural Assessment in Individual and Community Counseling


    Units: 2

    Prerequisite(s): ED 690 .

    Theory and practice of individual assessment measures from a multicultural and social justice perspective in community counseling. Test development processes. Social justice and cultural factors in testing and interpretation. Current uses of tests in community settings. Fulfills licensure requirements for LPCC.

  
  • CSP 642L - Multicultural Assessment in Individual and Community Counseling Laboratory


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): ED 690 .

    Supervised practice and application of individual assessment measures from a multicultural and social justice perspective in community counseling. Test development processes. Social justice and cultural factors in testing and interpretation. Current uses of tests in community settings. Fulfills licensure requirements for LPCC.

  
  • CSP 645 - College Planning and Career Development P-16


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 620 .

    College planning, career readiness, and career technical education P-16. Technology promoting equity, access, and opportunity for culturally diverse populations to post secondary options.

  
  • CSP 650 - Trauma and Crisis Counseling in Multicultural Community Context


    Units: 1-3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 601 ; CSP 621  and CSP 621L  or CSP 625 , or consent of instructor.

    Multicultural and social justice; crisis and trauma counseling and therapy to include historical and philosophical origins of current theories and practices and implications for multidisciplinary treatment. Trauma and diversity.

  
  • CSP 652 - Trauma-Informed Care in Multicultural Contexts


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.

    Current trends in explaining traumatic experience. Discourses surrounding trauma and how they have developed. Recovery and restorative practices. Trauma-informed care practices and principles in diverse contexts.

  
  • CSP 662A - Counseling Interventions with Children and Adolescents: Marriage and Family Therapy


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 601  and CSP 610C .

    Counseling theories, processes and approaches appropriate to children and adolescents in multicultural school and community settings. Application of theories and research for individual, group, family and larger systems interventions.

  
  • CSP 662B - Counseling Interventions with Children and Adolescents: School Counseling and School Psychology


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 601  and CSP 610C .

    Counseling theories, processes and approaches appropriate to children and adolescents in multicultural school and community settings. Application of theories and research for individual, group, family and larger systems interventions.

  
  • CSP 663 - Response to Intervention: Assessment-Intervention for Learning I


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to school psychology program and a psychometrics course approved by faculty.

    Foundational assessment skills in authentic and curriculum- based approaches for intervention for school-age students. Standardized assessment as a bridge to part II.

  
  • CSP 664 - Response to Intervention: Assessment-Intervention for Learning II


    Units: 3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 663 .

    Implement Response to Intervention (RTI) in psychoeducational assessment and intervention. Academic and cognitive assessment-intervention of theories, assessment practices, and intervention.

  
  • CSP 670 - Theory and Process of Group Counseling


    Units: 2-3

    Prerequisite(s): CSP 600  and CSP 600L .

    Group process, theories of group interaction, and group leadership techniques with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Fulfills requirements for licensed professional clinical counselor and marriage and family therapy licensure.

  
  • CSP 670L - Group and Community Counseling Laboratory


    Units: 1

    Grading Method: Cr/NC

    Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in CSP 670 .

    Supervised practice in group counseling, community counseling, group leadership. May be repeated with new content. Maximum Credits: three units applicable to master’s degree in counseling.

 

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