Required courses to have been completed prior to applying to CAPS:

• CED 701 – Intro to Counseling
• CED 727 – Counseling Process and Procedures
• CED 743 – Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling
• CED 733 – Introduction to Group Counseling
• CED 741 – Practicum – must have been in a mental health setting

Courses that may be taken concurrently to CAPS training:

• CED 732 – Advanced Multicultural Counseling

Required courses to have been completed prior to applying to CAPS:

• SW 715 – Human Behavior in the Social Environment
• SW 719 – Foundation Practicum – must have been in a mental health setting
• SW 729 – Foundation Practicum – must have been in a mental health setting

Applicants are strongly encouraged to take SW 776 Legal and Ethical Issues as a summer elective prior to their practicum at CAPS.

Courses that may be taken concurrently to CAPS training:

• SW 740 – Direct Practice I
• SW 747 – DSM: Assessment and Diagnosis
• SW 705 – Social Work Practice with Therapeutic Groups (optional)

Advanced Standing Program Requirements

Required courses to have been completed prior to applying to CAPS:

• SW 707 – Contemporary Issues in Diversity
• SW 776 – Legal and Ethical Issues in Social Work
• SW 734 – Advanced Standing Practice Seminar
• SW 736 – Advanced Standing Integrative Seminar

BSW Practicum – must have been in a mental health setting, or must have had previous professional counseling or group experience.

Courses that may be taken concurrently to CAPS training:

• SW 740 – Direct Practice I
• SW 747 DSM: Assessment and Diagnosis

1. Completed graduate-level coursework (700-level) in:
   • Theories of counseling/psychotherapy.
   • Basic counseling techniques, methods, or skills that are empirically supported.
   • Ethics and professional practice (either as a graduate course or as a discrete unit in a professional issues course).
   • Diagnosis using the most recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
2. Clinical Training
   • A minimum of at least one semester of graduate-level, supervised clinical experience in individual counseling. A year or more of supervised clinical experience is strongly preferred.
   • Prior supervised work at a clinical mental health facility may be considered in fulfilling the clinical requirement.