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Spring 2024 Courses

BTI 512IS Independent Study - Biblical Languages II - Greek

Course Description

2 credits
In this course, the student learns the Greek alphabet, basic Greek vocabulary and morphemes, and is introduced to Greek syntax in order to make intelligent use of available Bible software. Scholarly Greek language study tools are used.

CSL 503O Professional Ethics & Law

Course Description

3 credits
Prerequisites: CSL 544; CSL 553
Corequisite: CSL 543

This course provides an overview of professional ethics and Washington State law in the practice of counseling. Students will become familiar with professional ethical norms as well as common legal regulations. Additional topics include professionalism, licensure, moral responsibility in responding to the violation of human dignity, and issues of power and privilege. Students examine the impact of their cultural locatedness on the ethical decision-making processes in light of the difficult decisions facing the professional counselor.

CSL 503S Professional Ethics & Law

Course Description

3 credits
Prerequisites: CSL 544; CSL 553
Corequisite: CSL 543

This course provides an overview of professional ethics and Washington State law in the practice of counseling. Students will become familiar with professional ethical norms as well as common legal regulations. Additional topics include professionalism, licensure, moral responsibility in responding to the violation of human dignity, and issues of power and privilege. Students examine the impact of their cultural locatedness on the ethical decision-making processes in light of the difficult decisions facing the professional counselor.

CSL 512O Substance Use Disorders

Course Description

3 credits
Prerequisites: CSL 544
Recommended Prerequisite: CSL 517
This course is designed to provide an introduction to foundational theories of addictive processes, principles of prevention, diagnosis and assessment, and evidenced-based treatments. Attention will be given to the full continuum of care (including: prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery), as well as how sociocultural context impacts the development and implementation of treatment for substance use disorders in diverse populations and communities.

CSL 516O Research & Statistics

Course Description

3 credits
This course provides a conceptual framework for understanding common psychological research methodologies, including various types of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Students will be equipped to formulate research questions and interpret and apply psychological research to their counseling practice.

PLEASE NOTE: In addition to its weekly scheduled time this class will also meet Saturday, June 15 from 9am-1pm. Please see the syllabus for details.

CSL 516S Research & Statistics

Course Description

3 credits

This course provides a conceptual framework for understanding common psychological research methodologies, including various types of both quantitative and qualitative methods. Students will be equipped to formulate research questions and interpret and apply psychological research to their counseling practice.

PLEASE NOTE: In addition to its weekly scheduled time this class will also meet Saturday, June 15 from 9am-1pm. Please see the syllabus for details.

CSL 517R Family Systems

Course Description

3 credits
Prerequisites: CSL 502; IDS 501

This course utilizes a didactic and experiential format in which to explore therapeutic work with family and other systems. Theoretical foundations and developments of systems theory will be explored to introduce the student to the field of couples and family therapy. Clinical work with couples and families will be considered from an ecological/systemic perspective with specific emphasis on the following family factors and dynamics: life cycle, development, attachment, and systemic issues as relevant to contemporary family cultures.

CSL 517S Family Systems

Course Description

3 credits
Prerequisites: CSL 502; IDS 501

This course utilizes a didactic and experiential format in which to explore therapeutic work with family and other systems. Theoretical foundations and developments of systems theory will be explored to introduce the student to the field of couples and family therapy. Clinical work with couples and families will be considered from an ecological/systemic perspective with specific emphasis on the following family factors and dynamics: life cycle, development, attachment, and systemic issues as relevant to contemporary family cultures.

CSL 532A Internship III

Course Description

1 credit
Prerequisites: CSL 530, CSL 531
Students who have not completed their required hours of internship may register for internship until the hours are completed. Note that internship credits beyond the required Internship I and II do not count toward the total credits required within the degree.

This class will meet on the following dates: April 23, May 7, May 21, June 4.

CSL 543R Helping Relationships II

Course Description

3 Credits
Prerequisites: CSL 502, CSL 544, CSL 545, CSL 553, IDS 520/521, CSL 542

This course is the second in a two-part series that builds on the competencies, deep listening skills, and self-reflection practices introduced in the common curriculum and Pre-Internship CSL 553. The course continues to cultivate students’ grasp of therapeutic processes, skills, and techniques crucial for effective psychotherapy treatments across the lifespan from a relational posture. The course helps students apply their clinical knowledge and theory as they begin to inhabit the role of therapist. Students will engage course content through a combination of supervised role-play experiences, reflections, and didactic teaching methods as they prepare for their internship experience.

CSL 543S Helping Relationships II

Course Description

3 Credits
Prerequisites: CSL 502, CSL 544, CSL 545, CSL 553, IDS 520/521, CSL 542

This course is the second in a two-part series that builds on the competencies, deep listening skills, and self-reflection practices introduced in the common curriculum and Pre-Internship CSL 553. The course continues to cultivate students’ grasp of therapeutic processes, skills, and techniques crucial for effective psychotherapy treatments across the lifespan from a relational posture. The course helps students apply their clinical knowledge and theory as they begin to inhabit the role of therapist. Students will engage course content through a combination of supervised role-play experiences, reflections, and didactic teaching methods as they prepare for their internship experience.

CSL 553IS Pre-Internship: Counseling Practicum - Ind. Study

Course Description

CSL 560O Psychopharmacology

Course Description

1 Credit
Prerequisite: CSL 544
This overview course in psychopharmacology includes the biological, psychological (intrapsychic and interpersonal conflicts and anxieties), and the social model. This course covers the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacology of medications of abuse, pharmacology for special populations (child, adolescent, geriatric patients as well as suicidal, and violent patients), and a synthesis of psychopharmacology and psychological therapies in the care of the patient. From a biopsychosocial model, there is an emphasis on understanding of how the ethnic and cultural background of patients influence development, disease expression, the patient-therapist relationship, diagnosis and treatment variations across the globe. Each class of medication will be explored, specifically: the history, mechanism of action, pharmacology, indications with specific clinical syndromes, effects on symptoms, adverse effects, drug interactions, medication compliance and future directions of the particular classes of medications. Through a representative selection of clinical scenarios, cases will be used to illustrate how to apply the concepts in clinical practice settings.

CSL 564O Assessment & Treatment of Trauma & Abuse

Course Description

2 Credits
Prerequisites: CSL 544

The purpose of this class is to discuss topics related to the treatment of victims/survivors of interpersonal violence (e.g., childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, intimate partner/domestic violence). This class provides a foundation for understanding complex trauma, and trauma recovery, with a focus on trauma-informed treatment with various populations. Also included in this class, is the exploration of the professional’s response to trauma, vicarious traumatization, grief, and crisis intervention. Finally, students have the chance to review evidence-based practices in the trauma field.

CSL 572S Infant Observation III

Course Description

1 credit

This course introduces the experience of early formation, development in the infant, and the infant in relationship to their mothering figure, other primary caretakers, as well as ultimately to the birthing of the infant’s mind. Infant observation focuses on the primary relationships, primitive anxieties, defenses, which later inform clinical work with children, adolescents, and adult patients in psychotherapy. This in vivo learning experience takes place through a weekly observation of the infant with their mothering figure, primary caregiver in their home environment.

CSL 575BO Special Topics - Doing the Work: Counseling Observation and Consultation

Course Description

Prerequisite: CSL 531

This class provides students with ongoing opportunities to engage with some of the regular (needed) rhythms in counseling praxis, including consultation with peers and trusted elders in the field, documentation, and self-reflection.

Course description pending faculty review

CSL 580A Individualized Research

Course Description

IDS 503O Intersections: Textual Integrations

Course Description

1 credit
Prerequisites: IDS 501, IDS 502, IDS 504, IDS 505
This third Intersections course guides students in the synthesis of the first two Intersections courses. With faculty advising, students will develop a working draft of a theological and psychological anthropology (spanning issues such as economics, politics, culture, etc.) that will serve as an important contribution to the portfolio particular to the student’s program of study and as a basis for their vocation.

IDS 503S Intersections: Textual Integrations

Course Description

1 credit
Prerequisites: IDS 501, IDS 502, IDS 504, IDS 505
This third Intersections course guides students in the synthesis of the first two Intersections courses. With faculty advising, students will develop a working draft of a theological and psychological anthropology (spanning issues such as economics, politics, culture, etc.) that will serve as an important contribution to the portfolio particular to the student’s program of study and as a basis for their vocation.

IDS 580C Individualized Research

Course Description

See syllabus for full course details.

NFTC I Narrative Focused Trauma Care Level I

Course Description

RES Residency

Course Description

This course will house materials related to the residency for the current term.

TCE 554O Contextual Conversations for Community Transformation

Course Description

3 credits

These cross cultural courses hosted by local Subject Matter Experts will explore the hurt, hope and heart of the communities in which they serve. This hurt, hope, and heart methodology shapes a credible and collaborative approach to community development. Listening deeply to the context as a collective learning community while making application to participants' own place of ministry. Pre-trip readings and film study will establish foundational knowledge regarding the places, spirituality, theology, history and culture.

For particular context description, please see the course syllabus.

The travel portion of this course meets April 17-18 in Seattle and April 19-20 in Yakama. Students in TCE 554O will then continue to meet weekly online following the trip. Students in SFD 520T will only attend the travel portion of this class.

SFD 521T The Artist's Way

Course Description

2 credits
This course is about discovering and recovering your creative self. It is for anyone interested in practicing the art of creative living. It is about both being creative and putting that creativity into practice. We will explore what it means to BE an artist and a Christian and how the arts can inspire and transform humanity's relationship to God, community and scripture. We will also discover how creativity can enliven our understanding and communication of Counseling, Theology and Scripture.

This course meets at the Grunewald Guild in Leavenworth, WA April 18-21. Transportation to and from the school will be provided.

TCE 533O Theories of Change: Community Leadership

Course Description

3 credits

This course will explore how business for the common good and innovation are used in creative ways of service to communities in a variety of contexts. Students will examine how innovative practices, philanthropy, and entrepreneurial leadership can be used to heal the heart of a community. A field research component will allow the student to begin to identify and construct the competencies and dimensions of their MATC apprenticeship.

TCE 538O Mission & Faithful Presence

Course Description

3 credits

This course surveys the ongoing evolution of the theology and practice of mission. The course explores the history of theologies, frameworks, social constructs, and critiques of Christian mission, better enabling students to engage in mission without colonizing or harming. This course equips learners to personally participate, and guide others into joining the Triune God in God’s liberative mission within the particularity of their context. Students are invited to explore the implications of Emmanuel (God is with us), as the heart of missional presence and practice.

TCE 545O Beauty, Brokenness, & the Cross

Course Description

2 credits
This class will explore the concept of beauty. This exploration will be shaped by a theology of the cross (which encompasses the whole of the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus) that not only leads us to a Christian understanding of beauty but to an understanding that beauty, to be true beauty, must have the power to identify, confront, and redeem that which is most ugly – even death itself. It is in this redemptive motion that we are brought to worship, which emerges from our acknowledgment of God’s redemptive power within our lives.

TCE 552O Studio & Seminar: The Arts

Course Description

3 credits
Prerequisite: TCE 551
This studio course creates opportunities for students to engage in artistic practice integrated with theological thinking. Students will employ experimentation and adaptive approaches toward creative practices and explore an understanding of the artist’s role within society and Christian community. The course culminates in a project in which students demonstrate their integration of theology and art.

TCE 554O Contextual Conversations for Community Transformation

Course Description

3 credits

These cross cultural courses hosted by local Subject Matter Experts will explore the hurt, hope and heart of the communities in which they serve. This hurt, hope, and heart methodology shapes a credible and collaborative approach to community development. Listening deeply to the context as a collective learning community while making application to participants' own place of ministry. Pre-trip readings and film study will establish foundational knowledge regarding the places, spirituality, theology, history and culture.

For particular context description, please see the course syllabus.

The travel portion of this course meets April 17-18 in Seattle and April 19-20 in Yakama. Students in TCE 554O will then continue to meet weekly online following the trip. Students in SFD 520T will only attend the travel portion of this class.

TCE 556R Listening & Leading: Spiritual Leadership within Communities of Faith & Practice

Course Description

3 credits
Prerequisite: TCE 555R

How does a leader, through their presence, convene groups serving the common good as a faithful expression of personal and collective love of God? This course equips spiritual leaders with tools for attending deeply to the invitation of God’s Shalom, to the particularity of their groups, to the complexity of their places, to their personal journeys, and to the systems of oppression warring against liberation and flourishing for all and everything. Students will be prepared as leaders with the practical knowledge, skills, and tools necessary for convening followers of Christ to serve the common good as a faithful expression of their love of God, love of neighbor, love of creation, and love of self.