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COS 4810
Principles of Career Development

The nature, purpose, and philosophy of career education as it relates to the career development of individuals. Includes an overview of various levels of career development and the contributions various career development theories make to a total program of career development. Contemporary problems and issues in career development.

COS 4840
Training Program Development

This course is a study of the knowledge and field of practice associated with developing employer sponsored learning programs for the purpose of improving the on-th-job work performance aligned ot business needs.  This course focuses on how to establish and implement training programs in public and provate sector organizations, with an emphasis on establishing positive client relationships, conducting needs assessment, developing training proposals, developing training budgets,  providing financial analysis and fiscal justifications, as well as conducting program evaluations and impact assessments.

COS 4850
Appreciative Inquiry

An introduction to appreciative inquiry, a strength-based organizational development model.  Theoretical concepts provide a framework for students to explore practical skills necessary to apply appreciative inquiry principles to improve organizations.

COS 4850
Coaching and Mentoring for Supervisors

Supervisors, educators, and other leaders continually seek to help others expand and apply their skills, knowledge, and abilities to workplace responsibilities and performance. Participants will analyze and practice the theories, principles, and strategies for supervision in the workplace. Particular attention will be given to the role of coaching and mentoring in the supervisory process.

COS 4860
Facilitating Learning and Project Groups

Teamwork and work teams are the focus of the majority of productivity improvement and quality of work efforts in most organizations today.  Education, training, and learning systems designers are increasingly recognizing the power of groups and teams to enhance and sustain learning. Participants in this course will learn about and be able to practice the multiple roles and responsibilities needed for effective facilitation to maximize group effectiveness.

COS 4870
Critical Thinking in the Workplace

Workplaces that foster innovation, creativity, and flexibility are workplaces in which critical thinkers are prized.  researchers have found characteristics of critical thinking to be central elements in improving organizational excellence.  Teachers, trainers, human resource developers, and supervisors are being called on to recognize and respond to contextual complexity,  ambiguity, and change.  These conditions require the ability to think critically and to assist others to become critical thinkers.  This course is designed to help participants understand the theory of and the need for critical thinking in the workplace; recognize it in people's actions; examine methods, techniques, and approaches used to develop it; and design specific strategies to foster it.

COS 4880
Productive Work Teams

The multiple roles and responsibilities needed to function effectively in productive work teams are stressed by being a member of class teams and studying teams. This highly experiential, research-based, and applications-oriented course emphasizes assessment of self, team effectiveness, and organizational readiness for teams.

COS 4890
Accelerated Learning and Training

This research-based, applications-oriented, highly experiential course connects research to practice by using accelerated learning principles to accelerate learning and training. Proven methods are practiced in class.  Brain-based research, learning theory, and accelerated learning best practices are used as the basis to design and facilitate learning.

CSD 5970
Counseling the Chemically Dependent
This course is an introduction to the field of counseling the chemically dependent. The topics to be covered are: ethics, cultural diversity, gender issues, the chemicals of abuse, theories of addiction, assessment and intervention, impact of addiction on families, adult children of alcoholics, counseling techniques and treatment modes, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alanon, relapse prevention, employee and student assistance programs, and harm reduction.

Prerequisites
CSD 5500, 5510, 5520, 5530, or permission of the department chair.

HST 213
Fundamentals of Substance Abuse Practice

Introduction to substance abuse problems and practice including historical overview, theoretical foundation, impact on individuals and social systems, client engagement, assessment and screening, treatment approaches and efficacy, and implication for future practice.