courseofferings compaction. Garbage collection. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: CSC 120. SSII 70710: Distance Learning, Ammari Course meets 7/12-8/27.
CSC 254 Database Design 3 s.h. Study of database design and modeling; the relational model; relational algebra and calculus; normal forms; SQL query language; database application development; transaction processing; storage and indexing principles. Prerequisite(s)/ Course Notes: CSC 204. SSI 60768: Distance Learning, Moody Course meets 5/19-7/3. CSC 285 Mobile Information Device Programming 3 s.h. This course covers the development of applications for network-enabled mobile devices. Topics include: cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other small computational devices, their strengths & limitations; configurations & profiles; overview of programming mobile devices; standard & custom user interface elements & events; networking; record stores & persistence; text & multimedia messaging; drawing & animation using game application program interfaces (APIs) & 3D APIs; audio & video APIs; comparison of current technologies. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Course open to graduate students in CSC; others need permission of CSC graduate director. May not be taken on a P/F basis. SSI 60440: Distance Learning, Pillaipkkamnatt Course meets 5/19-7/3. CSC 303 Graduate Capstone Project 3 s.h. Advanced project-oriented course intended for students nearing the completion of their master’s degree. Students will construct a complex software system and experience the complete software engineering process. The course will provide opportunities for students to design, implement, test, and deploy a software system. Students will submit a final project report and make either a DL or an inclass presentation. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Permission of department and the completion of 21 graduate credits in computer science. Credit given for only one of CSC 300, 301 and 302, or 303. Grading is mandatory P/F. SSI 60769: Distance Learning, Fu Part I & II; course meets 5/19-7/30.
Counseling (COUN) COUN 210 Counseling and Helping Relationships 3 s.h. Students examine counseling concepts & techniques that influence the helping processes, as well as learn about & practice the essential interviewing & counseling skills used to develop a therapeutic relationship. Students also receive a general orientation to major counseling theories including family systems theory to enable them to conceptualize client presentation & select appropriate mental health counseling interventions. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: May not be taken on a P/F basis. SSIII 80261: M-R, 5-8:30 p.m., Johnson, 101 Hagedorn Course meets every T and R and 8/2, 18. COUN 225 Counseling for Death, Dying and Bereavement 3 s.h. This course is intended for counselors and mental health professionals who are concerned about helping others and themselves cope with death, dying and bereavement. Topics include the effects of imminent and sudden death on the person and the family, children and death, attitudes toward death, and the helping person’s role in bereavement support. Consideration of other topics depends on the interests and needs of students in the class. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: COUN 223 or permission of program adviser. SSIII 80258: MWF, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Sabatini, 284 Hagedorn Course meets 8/3-7. COUN 226 Counseling for Post-High School Education 3 s.h. Principles and techniques. Methods of working with college-bound students and their parents. Factors involved in college selection and college success. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: COUN 223, 224 or permission of program adviser.
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COUN 227 Counseling for Career and Life Planning 3 s.h. Theories, systems, procedures and processes of career counseling are presented. This course focuses on knowledge and skill development in assessment techniques and presents developmental strategies for promoting effective career and life decisions on the part of clients. Applications for different settings and cultures are explored and the technological tools used in contemporary career counseling practice are examined. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: COUN 223. (Formerly Career Counseling Techniques.) SSI 60833: TR, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Seirup, 101 Hagedorn COUN 261 Understanding Psychopathology in Counseling 3 s.h. This course is designed to provide a conceptual framework for understanding psychopathology and its relationship to treatment, planning and referral in counseling. Students will learn how to recognize various forms of emotional and behavioral disorders and maladjustment in children, adolescents and adults through the use of the DSM-IV-TR multiaxial system. In addition to gaining an understanding of the diagnostic criteria and symptomology of mental disorders, students will discuss the important ethical, multicultural, and gender issues related to counseling, assessment and practice. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: Course work in counseling theories and principles or under advisement by faculty. SSI 60154: MW, 4:30-7:30 p.m., S, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Weber, 101/158 Hagedorn Course meets 5/19, 22, 24, 26; 6/2, 7, 9. 60355: MR, 4:30-8:30 p.m., Abrams, 7/101 Hagedorn Course meets 5/20, 24, 27; 6/3, 7, 10 ,14. COUN 277 Group Counseling 3 s.h. This course is designed to provide a theoretical and experiential understanding of the formation, development and dynamics of groups and of the leadership skills involved in group counseling. Students are required to be active participants in the group experience. Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: COUN 210 or 223. (Formerly Group Counseling and Guidance.) SSI 60834: MW, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Mitus, 40 Hagedorn SSII 70499: M-F, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sigda, 101 Hagedorn Course meets 7/12-16. COUN 279 Human Sexuality and Counseling 3 s.h. Designed to aid the counselor in gaining greater skills and improved effectiveness in working with sexual concerns of clients. Feelings about sexuality, gaining greater awareness of attitudes and beliefs about sexual conduct, and aiding clients to explore their concerns about sexuality are emphasized. Prerequisite(s)/ Course Notes: COUN 223 or permission. SSI 60835: MW, 4-7 p.m., Askew, 207 Hofstra Dome COUN 285S Counseling for Conflict Transformation: A Global Perspective 3 s.h. This course is designed to provide counselors and human service professionals with an understanding of how conflict can be addressed in transformative ways. Students will learn how conflict, whether intrapersonal, interpersonal, societal or systems-based, can be addressed in ways to promote growth and change. Studying abroad, students will gain an understanding of the principles and strategies of conflict transformation as practiced by counselors in different cultural and international settings. Specific examination of how counseling and human service practitioners in Italy and the EU incorporate conflict transformation in their work will take place through discussion with expert guests and field visits. Implications for application of best practice back home will be explored. SSI 60544: Study Abroad: Sorrento, Johnson COUN 298 Internship in Mental Health Counseling I 3 s.h. Supervised placement in clinically oriented setting which provides development of mental health counseling competencies. Student interns receive on-site supervision from qualified mental health professionals and faculty supervision through ongoing communication, on-site visitations and regular on-campus seminars in