Cultivate Your Leadership
A 15-hour, undergraduate minor program preparing students for a variety of bachelor’s-level helping professions and graduate programs to work in community settings and schools.
Thank you for your interest in the Counseling and Human Services minor. Students completing this minor will understand careers in counseling and other human service-related fields and assess their fit for those careers, gain awareness of communication and listening skills required of helping professionals, and appreciate important systemic considerations in mental health work. This minor will help students conceptualize the strengths and needs of diverse individuals and communities, the impact of their own intersecting identities on their interactions with other people, and how to communicate with others using skills in empathy, active listening, and conflict resolution.
The minor in counseling is open to any undergraduate student at UMSL. It is especially relevant for students majoring in the social sciences or any other field requiring strong communication skills and awareness of cultural diversity and advocacy. Additionally, students can take any of the undergraduate CNS ED classes in the minor without being enrolled in the minor.
The focus of the program is on academic preparation, not clinical practice. Students in this minor will be trained and positioned to work in bachelor’s-level mental health service positions. This minor would offer strong preparation to help students be successful in counseling master’s programs or to work or study in other helping professions such as psychology or social work.
The Minor in Counseling and Human Services requires 15 credits hours, including counseling core classes.
Students must earn a minimum grade of C- in each course in the minor and attain a 2.0 grade point average for all courses in the minor. All courses in the minor must be on a graded basis. A minimum of 9 credit hours included in the minor must be taken in residence at UMSL.
| Required Courses | ||
| CNS ED 2000 | Introduction to the Helping Professions | 3 |
| CNS ED 2030 | Cultural Diversity and Social Advocacy | 3 |
| CNS ED 3200 | Interpersonal Skills in Helping Relationships | 3 |
| Electives | 6 | |
| Choose two of the following: | ||
| College of Education | ||
EDUC 2002 | Social Entrepreneurship | |
ED PSY 2212 | Child and Adolescent Development | |
SPEC ED 3318 | Inclusive Classrooms | |
| Child Advocacy Studies | ||
CAST 2100 | Communication in Child Advocacy | |
CAST 2300 | Ethics and Values in Child Advocacy | |
CAST 3650 | Culture and Child Advocacy | |
CAST 4498 | Forensic Investigation of Child Abuse | |
CAST 4598 | Child Abuse Assessment and Intervention | |
| Gender Studies | ||
GS 2102 | Introduction To Gender Studies | |
| Psychological Sciences | ||
PSYCH 2205 | Human Sexuality: Psychological Perspectives | |
PSYCH 2230 | Psychology of Gender | |
PSYCH 2245 | Abnormal Psychology | |
PSYCH/GS 3232 | Psychology of Trauma | |
PSYCH/GERON 3280 | Psychology of Death and Dying | |
PSYCH 3340 | Clinical Problems of Childhood | |
PSYCH 4250 | Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination | |
PSYCH/GERON 4376 | Mental Health and Aging | |
| Social Work | ||
SOC WK 2000 | Social Work and Social Issues | |
SOC WK 2200 | Social Welfare as a Social Institution | |
SOC WK 3100 | Social Work Practice with Individuals | |
SOC WK 3210 | Social Issues and Social Policy Development | |
SOC WK 3510 | Human Behavior in the Social Environment | |
SOC WK/PSYCH/CAST 4398 | Child Maltreatment: A Multidisciplinary Approach | |
SOC WK 4610 | Intimate Partner Violence | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
Susan Kashubeck-West, Ph.D.
Chair
Susan Kashubeck-West, Ph.D., received bachelor’s degrees in psychology and women’s studies from the University of Michigan, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in counseling psychology from The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the UMSL faculty in 2001, she taught psychology at Drake University (89-93) and Texas Tech University (93-01). She is...
So Rin Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr. So Rin Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Sciences and Professional Programs. She holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Kim is a national certified counselor and has worked as a clinical mental health counselor and career counselor both...
Yuima Mizutani, Ph.D.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Dr. Yuima Mizutani(She/Her/Hers) is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Education Sciences and Professional Programs. She received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from J.F. Oberlin University in Japan and her Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Missouri, St. Louis After finishing h...
