USF 1995-96 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 86 - 87 | Course Descriptions |
The mission of Rehabilitation Counseling is to help individuals with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities return to full, rewarding, and productive lives. Rehabilitation Counselors work in a wide variety of settings, including public and private rehabilitation programs and facilities, mental health treatment settings, and substance abuse treatment settings. Some establish their own private rehabilitation or mental health counseling practices.
Rehabilitation Counseling has roots in both the national rehabilitation movement and professional counseling movement. Training emphasizes psychological, social, medical, and vocational aspects of disability; and also the development and refinement of personal adjustment counseling skills. Graduates with an M.A. degree from the USF Department of Rehabilitation Counseling are prepared for careers as both rehabilitation specialists and mental health counselors. Special elective concentrations in substance abuse and multicultural rehabilitation are also offered. Other study concentrations can be arranged on an individual basis. Upper-division students may take 5000-level courses except RCS 5408 and RCS 5800. RCS 5700 is recommended as an introductory course to the field as it overviews both counseling and rehabilitation services.
The Department of Rehabilitation Counseling offers only the M.A. degree. A five-year master's program is available to undergraduates where an M.A. degree in Rehabilitation Counseling and a bachelor's degree in another major (if desired) can be earned in a total program of 150 semester hours. Students admitted through the five-year program (REF) must have completed 90 semester hours of work, and have satisfied General Distribution, CLAST, and Rule 6A-10.30 (Gordon Rule) requirements. Minimum admission requirements include a total Verbal-Quantitative score of at least 1000 on the GRE or a "B" average in all work beyond 60 semester hours. The GRE must be taken by all applicants whether or not they have a 3.0 grade-point average. A detailed description of the M.A. program in Rehabilitation Counseling may be found in the Graduate Catalog.
Undergraduates interested in the five-year program (REF) should contact the department during their sophomore year. They should concentrate on taking required courses in their undergraduate major, and should generally defer taking electives until admitted to the five-year program. Applications for the five-year program are available from the Department, and students should apply at the start of the semester in which they will complete 90 semester hours. GRE scores must be reported to USF before any application can be processed, and three letters of recommendation are required.
The graduate program in Rehabilitation Counseling is fully accredited by the Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE), the national accrediting body for rehabilitation counselor training programs. Upon completion of the program, graduates are eligible to sit for the national certification examination of the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification. After passing this examination, the graduate is registered with the Commission as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC). With some additional elective course work and three years experience, graduates are also eligible to take the examination for state licensure as Mental Health counselors.
USF 1995-96 Undergraduate Catalog - Page 183
USF 1995-96 Undergraduate Catalog - Page 183
RCS 3060 REHABILITATION COUNSELING: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS (3)
This introductory course (1) surveys the theories, concepts, and attitudes involved in helping disabled or unabled persons become increasingly able. (2) provides initial experiences with these counseling perspectives and methods and their personal application.
RCS 5080 MEDICAL ASPECTS OF DISABILITY (4)
PR or CR: RCS 5700. A survey of medical conditions and disabilities encountered by rehabilitation and mental health counselors. Examines the relationship of client handicaps, physical and mental, to rehabilitation and mental health programming.
RCS 5404 INTERPERSONAL COUNSELING I: PERSONALITY THEORY (4)
A skill-building course on the utilization of one's self in rehabilitation and mental health counseling relationships. Includes the study of personality theories and their contribution to successful counseling and rehabilitation practice.
RCS 5406 SEMINAR I: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT THEORY IN COUNSELING (3)
Human development theory as applied in psychotherapy and case management rehabilitation mental health and addiction settings.
RCS 5450 THEORETICAL ISSUES IN APPLIED ALCOHOL ABUSE IN REHABILITATION COUNSELING (4) PR: Cl. An information approach to alcohol abuse. Explores the extent and rate of abuse in the United States, causes of alcoholism, biology of alcoholism, psychosocial aspects, legal aspects, and treatment.
RCS 5700 FOUNDATIONS AND ETHICS (4)
An overview of rehabilitation history and introduction to rehabilitation processes and ethical issues in the public and private sectors. Ethical, legal, and professional standards in rehabilitation and mental health counseling are emphasized.
RCS 5802 PRACTICUM I (1)
Supervised experience and practice in counseling in various rehabilitation and mental health settings for a minimum of 120 hours.
RCS 5905 DIRECTED STUDIES (1-4)
Supervised rehabilitation studies under the direction of a faculty member.
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Publication Date: June 1, 1995
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