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Welcome!
Thank you for visiting the Department of Counseling and Human Resource
Development. CHRD offers nationally accreditated degrees at the main campus at
South Dakota State University (Brookings, SD) and at the
Higher Education Center in Rapid City, SD.
CHRD is committed to preparing ethical and competent professionals in one
of four areas of specialty: agency (community) counseling, school counseling,
rehabilitation and mental health counseling and college student personnel.
Within the department, learning experiences balance theory and supervised
practice. To achieve entry level professional competence, students are expected
to become knowledgeable in the following areas:
dynamics of human growth and
development;
social and cultural foundations
including multiculturalism and pluralism;
helping
relationships;
theories and
practices;
family systems and interventions;
lifestyle and
career development;
appraisal;
research and
evaluation;
professional
orientation;
administrative
and planning concepts;
personal growth and development: self-awareness, interpersonal relations,
physical and mental health.
Accreditation
The Master's of Science with specializing in Agency (Community) Counseling,
School Counseling and College Student Personnel Counseling is accredited by the
Council for
Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), a
specialized accrediting body recognized by the
Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
Students who
graduate from CACREP accreditated programs score higher on the national
counselor exams, are perceived by others to have better counseling abilities,
and it makes state licensing easier. As a graduate of a CACREP program, students
are also eligible to waive the required "two years after gradution supervised
field work" in order to obtain the NCC (National Certified Counselor) credential
earlier.
The
Master's of
Science specializing in
Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling
is accredited by the
Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE).
This program is designed to prepare
graduates to be eligible for licensure in counseling (LPC) and certification
through the
Commission for Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC).
The Master’s of Education specialization in Administration of Student Affairs
started in fall 2007,
meets the guidelines of the
Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS).
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