Counseling and Social Change Minor

Minor for a Major Change

The Counseling and Social Change (CSC) Minor is offered through the Department of Counseling and School Psychology (CSP) and provides students the tools to seek change in diverse social contexts. It is an undergraduate, interdisciplinary 18-unit minor that encompasses social justice and diversity.

Overview

The minor introduces students to skills and concepts used to understand and create such change, and to professional career paths such as: school and community counseling, clinical psychology, social work, family therapy, and to additional interpersonal and change-focused professions such as education, healthcare, and public service.

Students take four CORE classes with additional elective classes selected from Counseling and School Psychology or other departments such as Women Studies, Africana Studies, and Sociology.

Key Features

Open to students in all majors
Preparation for graduate study in human services fields such as community, rehabilitation, or school counseling; clinical counseling, or school psychology, social work, or marriage and family therapy
Emphasis on social justice, diversity, and social location issues
Course electives selected from several departments
Core Courses in Department of Counseling and School Psychology

Learning Objectives

What you will learn:

Theories, approaches and helping techniques used in human services fields; for instance, attending and responding skills, conflict resolution, problem solving, and decision-making skills
Influences of socio-cultural issues on shaping human problems
How to examine gender, ethnicity and class in cultural interactions between clients and human service professionals
Context and systemic influences on the intersection of social change and social justice

Coursework

To complete the minor, you must complete two elective and four core courses as detailed below.

Lower Division

One eligible lower division course (3 unit)
Completed in EITHER the first or second year.
CFD 135, 270, 272; CSP 150; PSY 101; SOC 101, 150; SWORK 110, 120; WMNST 101, 102

Upper Division

Core Courses (12 units)

CSP 400
Counseling and the Helping Professions

CSP 401
Quest for Identity

CSP 320
Intro to Counseling Skills and Practices

CSP 460
Counseling and Social Change

Plus one eligible upper division elective (3 unit)
Selected in the Fall or Spring in EITHER the Junior or Senior Year.
AFRAS 320, 331; ASIAN 459, 460; ED 451; CFD 335, 536, 537, 560, 578; CSP 300, 310*, 420, 585; PSY 344, 345; SOC 352, 436, 450; SWORK 370; WMNST 310, 360, 536, 572, 565

Course Spotlight

CSP 585 The Black Experience: Counseling and Contemporary Social Movements

Enroll in our newest CSP class and earn credit towards the completion of your CSC Minor! You will learn about contemporary social movements and African-centered helping approaches that can support future helping professionals. The class is asynchronous and is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. There are no prerequisites.