Counseling and Student Affairs

Planning your Standard Guidance Certification, P-12, and Rank I Program

• Immediately after you are admitted to a P-12, Standard Guidance, or Rank I program and before you register for courses, your FIRST STEP is to complete a Form C with your advisor. This will ensure that the courses you complete apply to your program and help you plan when you will take courses. The courses listed on your Form C will be determined by your previous degree program, courses you completed prior to admission, and your professional interests as a school counselor. Elective courses should clearly be related to the work of a school counselor. Talking with your advisor will help clarify program requirements.
• See http://www.wku.edu/csa/sc/rank1.php for specific program requirements.

Possible and required P-12, Standard Guidance, or Rank I courses are listed here along with the semesters the courses are offered to help you plan your program.
Course	Included in requirements for	Semester offered
CNS 568 Counseling Children and Adolescents	P – 12	Fall/Spring
CNS 660 Administration of Counseling Services	P – 12	Fall*/Spring*/Summer
CNS 556 Developmental Career Counseling	Standard Guidance	Summer
CNS 666 Legal and Ethical Issues in Counseling	Standard Guidance	Fall/Spring/Summer
CNS 658 Seminar Guidance/Counseling	Rank I (Required for graduates of 30 or 36 hour School Counseling Programs)	Summer
CNS 592 Crisis Counseling	Rank I (Also Standard Guidance option for 48 hour program graduates)	Summer
CNS 637 Theories of Addiction	Rank I (Also Standard Guidance option for 48 hour program graduates)	Summer
CNS 569 Play Therapy	Rank I (Also Standard Guidance option for 48 hour program graduates)	Spring
CNS 584 Counseling Violent and Dysfunctional Families	Rank I	Summer
CNS 586 Parenting Issues	Rank I	Fall
CNS 562 Counseling Adolescents	Rank I	Fall
CNS 653 Brief Counseling	Rank I	Summer
CNS 580 Family Life Studies	Rank I	Summer
CNS Elective selected with prior approval of advisor – MAXIMUM OF ONE -	Rank I	TBD

• *Courses offered the semesters indicated are dependent on demand and instructor availability. Please consult TopNet for course offerings.

NOTE: Courses are also offered in the winter term, but winter offerings are very irregular depending on instructor availability and student demand. Consult TopNet for course offerings.