In addition to the professional core and research component courses, curricular studies will include the following topics relevant to community counseling: history, trends, philosophy, purposes, ethics, legal aspects, standards, professional roles, organizational and administrative structures, staffing patterns, typical physical facilities, employment and evaluation procedures, operational resources, provisions for continuing professional development, relationships between the various counseling and helping services within that system, addictions and crisis intervention.

Most employers of community counselors provide or require beginning counselors to take additional training appropriate to the needs of their clientele and to meet the requirements of their certification agencies, as applicable.  Graduates of the Community Counseling Program are eligible to pursue the post-masters' Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) credential.

Contact Community Counseling Program Leader Dr. Dale Brotherton for more information about this field and program.