COUN 581 - Ethics and Roles in the Counseling Profession

4 credits
Examines the ethical standards of the American Counseling Association, the American Mental Health Counselors Association, and other relevant professional organizations. Focuses on legal and ethical issues related to professional practice in counseling and human service fields. Emphasizes issues of public policy and sociocultural factors affecting counseling. Challenges participants to apply critical-thinking skills to ethical decision making in their respective professional roles. Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in the CMHC program.
* This course was formerly offered under a different number; students who took the following course(s) will not receive additional credit unless the course is stated to be repeatable in the description above: PSY 581.
Graded (A-F) only.