Psychological Counseling and Guidance Master of Science Program
Program tanımlarıRequired Courses
EDS 502 Research Methods in Education (3-0)3
An overview of educational research process and procedures; understanding and developing competence in research methods; application of different research designs.
EDS 504 Educational Statistics I (3-2)4 or EDS 508 Educational Statistics II (3-2)4
EDS 504: Basic statistical techniques for carrying out an educational research. Coding and entering data, use of descriptive statistics for data tabulation and summarization. Percentiles and standard scores, normal distribution, sampling distribution and central limit theorem, correlation and simple linear regression analysis, hypothesis testing for one and two sample cases, z, t, F, chi-square distributions, one and two way analyses of variance.
EDS 508: Students with some educational statistics background learn advanced statistical techniques with the aid of computer packages, such as SPSS and LISREL. The course focuses on multiple linear regression, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), repeated measure analysis, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), factorial analysis of variance, discriminant analysis, principle component analysis, and path analysis.
EDS 505 Prothesis Seminar NC
Development of master's thesis and presentation of thesis proposal. The course involves design, methods and other matters of concern in the preparation of an acceptable master's thesis proposal.
EDS 599 Master's Thesis NC
EDS 800-899 Special Studies (4-2)NC
DS 900-999 Special Topics (4-0)NC
Area Courses
EDS 570 Counseling with Children (3-0)3
Basic approaches to child counseling, utilizing play media in counseling, research on counseling and psychotherapy with children
EDS 581 Student Personnel Services in Schools (3-0)3
Development and basic principles of student personnel services in different educational settings. Organizational patterns of student personnel services and elements of student personnel services
EDS 582 Principles and Techniques of Counseling (3-0)3
Understanding counseling as a process, goals of counseling, stages of the counseling process with special reference to the techniques used in each stage. Theories and research findings.
EDS 583 Group Counseling (3-0)3
Overview of the counseling group. Different theoretical approaches and techniques in group counseling. Stages in group counseling. Ethical and professional issues in group practice.
EDS 584 Field Practice I (3-0)3
Opportunity for advanced students to obtain practical experience. Identification of significant problems in an educational environment and other related settings.
EDS 585 Field Practice II (3-0)3
Continuation of Field Practice I
EDS 586 Interpersonal Relations (3-0)3
The process of relationship formation, maintenance, dissolution and investigating such relationship phenomena as self-disclosure, equity, power and conflict.
EDS 587 Counseling the Parents of Exceptional Children (3-0)3
Concept of exceptionality, the states of exceptional parents, family dynamics and relationships, parental counseling and training programs, the helping process and to understand and help to the parents of exceptional children.
EDS 588 Counseling Needs of Exceptional Children (3-0)3
Research, current trends in counseling the exceptional children concerning the educational, social, psychological and vocational needs.
EDS 589 Couple and Family Counseling (3-0)3
The family as a system, the family life cycle, dealing with families with young children and adolescents. The process of systems counseling.
EDS 590 Counseling in Higher Education (3-0)3
Growth and status of student services, theories of student development, models for higher education, essential competencies and techniques of counselor in higher education, organization and management, current trends.
EDS 591 Recent Developments in Counseling (3-0)3
Recent approaches to counseling with special reference to cognitive and developmental perspectives. Research on process and outcome in counseling and behavior change. Specialized counseling concerns.
EDS 592 Counseling for Elderly (3-0)3
Research and current trends in counseling the elderly concerning the psychological, social and leisure time needs.
EDS 593 Crisis Counseling (3-0)3
Intervention techniques used in a crisis situation such as drug induced crisis, family crisis, death of a loved one, loss of a job, retirement, financial problems, unwanted pregnancy and so on. Research on crisis counseling.
EDS 594 Counseling in Industrial Settings (3-0)3
Counseling techniques used in industrial settings and personnel selection with special emphasis to job satisfaction, workers' attitudes, group cohesiveness and employer-employee relations.
EDS 595 Career Development Counseling (3-0)3
Developmental patterns in career choice. Components of career development counseling. Different approaches to career development counseling.
EDS 596 Assessment Techniques in Counseling (3-0)3
Practice in the administration of individual tests and preparation of psychological reports. Psychological and educational assessment procedures used with counselee(s).