Counseling Minor
Description. The Counseling Minor provides a valuable educational opportunity for those students interested in seeking employment or graduate school admission within the human services, social work and counseling professions. The counseling minor provides skills based training requisite to working effectively as a helping professional. Professional helpers work in a variety of settings including mental health facilities, business and industry, substance abuse clinics, health centers, educational settings, corrections facilities and in a broad range of criminal justice and public service agencies.
Rationale. The Counseling Minor is rooted in the expanding demand for competent professional helpers who possess the skills and abilities necessary to confront a wide range of contemporary challenges facing diverse, at risk and underserved populations in need. The courses help students acquire foundational competencies such as communication and helping skills, knowledge of human service theory and a general awareness of the impact of race, ethnicity, gender, family, spirituality, government, education, and social systems on human growth and development in our society. Students will learn to assist others in numerous human service capacities including problem resolution and prevention, advocacy, community resource management, and individual and community intervention.
Learning Outcomes. Students will:
- Analyze and evaluate the theories of human systems and the many challenges facing diverse and underserved populations
- Apply interpersonal skills congruent with the necessary knowledge, values, practice and skills for working effectively with individuals, families and groups in a variety of helping settings.
- Develop ability to use basic counseling competencies and skills to assist populations in need.
- Evaluate and provide appropriate referrals to social service and community agencies
Credits. 18
Minor Coordinator: Professor Mickey Melendez (212.237.8101, mimelendez@jjay.cuny.edu), Department of Counseling and Human Services
Requirements. A maximum of two courses can overlap with a student's major, other minor(s) or programs including those students majoring in the BS in Human Services and Community Justice.
Additional information. Students who selected this minor in September 2019 or thereafter must complete the minor in the form presented here. Students who were in the Human Services Minor prior to that date may choose to declare the Counseling Minor or complete the earlier version of the Human Services Minor which can be found in the Undergraduate Bulletin 2018-19.
Please note. The Counseling Minor was formerly the Human Services Minor.
Part One. Required Courses
Total Credit Hours: 9
Part Two. Electives
Select three courses. Only one 100-level course can satisfy Part Two.
| CHS 230 | Culture, Direct Service and Community Practice | 3 |
| or | |
| CSL 230 | Case Management in Human Services | |
| CHS 235 | Theories of Assessment and Intervention in Human Services | 3 |
| or | |
| CSL 235 | Theories and Interventions of Human Services Counseling | |
| CHS 381 | Field Education in Human Services I | 3 |
| or | |
| CSL 381 | Fieldwork in Human Service | 3 |
| CSL 130 | Effective Parenting | 3 |
| CSL 220 | Leadership Skills | 3 |
| CSL 227 | Families: Stress, Resiliency and Support Systems | 3 |
| CSL 233 | Multicultural Issues in Human Services | 3 |
| CSL 260 | Gender & Work Life | 3 |
| CSL 280 | Selected Topics in Counseling and Human Services | 3 |
| CSL 211 | Peer Counseling Practicum | |
| or | |
| CSL 311 | Field Education in College Community Outreach | 3 |
| CSL 342/PSY 342 | Introduction to Counseling Psychology | 3 |
| CSL 363 | Vocational Development and Social Justice in Human Services | 3 |
| CSL 385 | Faculty Mentored Research Experience in Counseling and Human Service | 3 |
| CSL 389 | Independent Study 300-level | 3 |
| CSL 489 | Independent Study 400-level | 3 |
| PSY 161 | Chemical Dependency and the Dysfunctional Family | 3 |
| PSY 242 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 268 | Therapeutic Interventions in Chemical Dependency | 3 |
Interdisciplinary Studies Program (ISP) - A designated number of interdisciplinary studies courses can be used to complete requirements when appropriate to the topic of Human Services. Contact the ISP Department (Room 6.65.00 NB) for details about courses, and consult with the Counseling minor coordinator before registering.
Total Credit Hours: 9
Total Credit Hours: 18