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157 CO 3125 Advanced Marriage and Family Counseling Moving beyond the master's-level course in marriage and family counseling, this course addresses more complex relational and familial issues related to sexuality, non-traditional coupling and family arrangements, high conflict couples, religious values related to marriage and family. Emphasis is given to how to teach master's-level marriage and family counseling courses in light of current adult learning theories and andragological best practices. Three hours. CO 3135 Advanced Psychopathology and Diagnosis Moving beyond the master's-level course in psychopathology and diagnosis, this course addresses more complex, pervasive, and severe forms of psychopathology. Emphasis is given to how to teach master's- level psychopathology and diagnosis courses in light of current adult learning theories and andragological best practices. Three hours. CO 3145 Advanced Assessment Students learn how to administer, interpret, and report various assessments used in counseling and counselor education. Emphasis is given to how to teach assessment courses in light of current adult learning theories and andragological best practices. Three hours. CO 3199 Emerging Issues in Clinical Practice This seminar-style course addresses current trends or "hot topics" related to mental health practice, addressing diagnostic criteria, treatment methods, social justice and advocacy in counseling, and ethics Three hours. CO 3211 Proposal Development Students work with their advisor to identify a dissertation topic, research question, and basic methodology. In some situations, this course may also entail self-study in more advanced research methods relevant to the student's chosen methodology. Students will complete the first draft of the first three chapters of their dissertation, which will be used in submission of their dissertation proposal. Prerequisites: CO 2108 Quantitative Research Methods; CO 2209 Qualitative Research Methods. Three hours. CO 3221 Seminar in Program Evaluation and Grant Writing Focused on students who desire to be more involved with either clinical or academic administration, this course provides practical application for theoretical models for program evaluation in various contexts. Additionally, students will learn how to find, write, and apply for grants related to mental health and/or counselor education. Three hours. CO 3232 Advanced Andragogy Students will learn instructional theory and experience the practice of different styles of andragogy through the use of in-class instruction opportunities. Emphasis will be given to non-traditional and emerging teaching methods and modalities in both residential and online delivery of counselor education. Prerequisite: CO 1305 Instruction in Counselor Education. Three hours. CO 3299 Seminar in Counselor Education Current issues in counselor education will be studied. Experiential pieces will include involvement in counselor education administration, such as committee involvement, interviews of Master of Arts student applicants, CACREP report compilation, etc. Three hours.