Tips for Comps Flashcards
You will have a study guide several months before the comprehensive exam that you will be eligible to take. In anticipation for the exam, here are some things for you to consider:
1. Literature-based argument for and against social justice advocacy in counseling practice and counselor education preparation.
2. Knowledge of and ability to apply multicultural and social justice competencies in counseling practice.
3. Knowledge of and ability to develop education/teaching materials that promote multicultural and social justice competencies.
4. Learning models for teaching social justice and diversity.
5. Social justice models for the practice of social justice in counseling.
6. Principles that undergird social justice practices.
7. Social identity categories deemed important in counselor education and counseling practice.
8. Models for understanding diversity and social justice (e.g., Bronfenbrenner, ADDRESSING, racial ID models, Goodman et al., etc.)
9. Important concepts to be addressed in diversity and social justice education as advanced by experts in the field.
10. Major authors in the field of diversity and social justice advocacy in counseling.
11. Knowledge and skills in developing and critiquing social justice advocacy programs.
● expected to demonstrate mastery of content in the following nine (9) broad areas.
● A total of five (5) questions will be presented in the written comprehensive exams
○ include questions from Multicultural and Social Justice, Qualitative, and Quantitative areas.
○ For each administration, 2 of the 6 remaining eligible areas (see table below) will be randomly selected.
○ For written comprehensive exams, students are expected to provide references within the narrative to support their responses using the latest APA writing style.
○ Reference list is not expected at the end of each response.
# Content Area… Preparer… Written… Oral
1 Counseling Theory (K)… Field… Possible … Possible
2 Group (R)… Rubel… Possible… Possible
3 Coun Ed: Professional Issues (T)… Field… Possible… Possible
4 Coun Ed: Leadership & Advocacy (R)… Field… Possible… Possible
5 Supervision (T)… Dykeman… Possible… Possible
6 Multicultural and Social Justice (K)… Ng… Mandatory (W)… Possible
7 Teaching theory and practice (L)… Ng… Possible… Possible
8 Research Design: Qualitative (L)… Rubel… Mandatory (W)… Possible
9 Research Design: Quantitative (T)… Dykeman… **Mandatory (W)… Possible
For the preliminary oral exam, questions from content areas that are not tested in the written preliminary exam typically will be examined.
○ questions from areas covered in the written comprehensive exam may also be asked.
