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    Oct 05, 2024  
Missouri Baptist University 2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin 
    
Missouri Baptist University 2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin
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COUN 5263 - Research and Program Evaluation in Counseling Settings


Semester Hours: Three
This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to interpret and synthesize empirical research, and apply research methods to evaluate the effectiveness of counseling programs and techniques. This course introduces research problems and questions, research methods and designs, sampling procedures, reliability and validity measures, threats to internal and external validity, simple statistics, and statistical tests commonly used to address counseling research problems and evaluate counseling program effectiveness. Additionally, this course will cover topics such as conducting needs assessments, development of counseling outcome measures, using research to inform evidence-based practices in counseling, and the ethical, legal, and cultural considerations regarding counseling research and program evaluation.
Note: This course cannot be taken as a directed study or credit for prior learning portfolio. Students seeking counselor licensure may not take this as a web-based course.
Term Offered: Spring

Prerequisites(s): COUN 5103 COUN 5113 COUN 5133  and COUN 5163  



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