Professional Orientation & Ethics

Course Overview

This course focuses on professional orientation and ethical practice in counseling. Students will be introduced to the counseling profession through extensive review of the American Counseling Association’s (ACA) Code of Ethics and licensure laws for the state in which they plan to practice. Students will understand the benefits of professional membership in counseling organizations (e.g., ACA and its divisions). Legal issues in counseling and the role of social justice and advocacy as they apply to ethics and the law will be introduced.

Course Materials: Antioch learners are enrolled in automatic delivery of all required course materials via our bookstore partner, Slingshot. This means that while students are automatically enrolled to receive all required course materials by the first day of class, you are not required to participate and may choose to opt-out.

Course Request & Waitlist Information: If you are interested in taking this course with the CMHC program, please click the blue “Request This Course” button and fill out the form to be added to the waitlist. Individuals added to the waitlist will be notified after January 6th if the program has open seats in the selected course. If the program has open seats, students will be added from the waitlist in the order in which the request was received, pending  academic program approval. Please understand that priority is given to Antioch matriculated students who are already enrolled in the degree program, and seats are limited.