Education
Marriage and Family Therapy Graduate Program Partnerships
USD has an exceptional masters program for students interested in a career in family-oriented mental health services. We feature a multidisciplinary faculty that exposes students to a systemic, biopsychosocial model. The MFT program requires students to work in a community agency for one year seeing clients with supervision from both agency and faculty supervisors. The program provides the student with a list of pre-approved agencies where students complete their clinical work. The school has developed several outstanding practicum sites that offer a broad range of client populations and presenting problems. These sites include Catholic Charities, Children's Hospital, Harmonium, Phoenix House, San Diego Center for Children, San Diego Health & Faith Alliance, San Diego Hospice, San Diego Youth & Community Services, UCSD Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, and Veterans Administration.
School of Leadership & Education Sciences
The School of Leadership & Education Sciences has a program that provides students with a carefully articulated curriculum that combines field experiences and instructional activities at both the undergraduate and graduate levels for undergraduate practicum and student teaching as well as graduate level school counseling and special education internships and fieldwork.
This program was founded at the University of Northern Iowa . Camp Adventure™ Youth Services program provides an extraordinary opportunity for university and college-age students to participate in a worthwhile and valuable service learning experience. We are a not-for-profit, educational organization. The Camp Adventure™ Youth Services program provides a wide array of opportunities to serve children and youth, integrate theory with practice, develop new knowledge, skills and competencies, as well as to be a part of a worthwhile endeavor.
Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary program that allows students to study in depth both the historical formation of ethnic groups in American society and the cultural contributions of these groups. While the program focuses on African Americans, Asian/Pacific Islander Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, and Native Americans, it also provides a comparative perspective on the interrelationships among these and European American groups. Its goals and objectives include the following: 1) to study, in a rigorous way, historically underrepresented ethnic and racial groups in the context of U.S. development; 2) to allow all students to have access to this understanding and to provide an opportunity for students of color to study their own histories and cultures; 3) through this study, to promote cross-cultural understanding and an engagement with the problems and challenges of contemporary society; and 4) to establish ties between students and the local community through community service and internships. The major will prepare students for careers in law, education, business, social work, journalism, politics, counseling, public health and other fields, as well as for graduate work in Ethnic Studies. With its strong emphasis on critical thinking and communication, the Ethnic Studies major trains its students in skills that employers value in a competitive global economy.
International Center for Character Education
Character education is one of the largest educational reform movements in schools today, and more and more schools across the country are developing character education programs. The ICCE supports work and research in Character Education through coursework, certificate programs and conferences. The purpose of the International Center for Character Education is to enable school personnel, parents, educators, community members, youth providers, and concerned individuals to: investigate,initiate, and implementuniversal character development practices and programs which transcend political, religious, and philosophical differences; create connections and collaborations between schools, families, and communities in order to cultivate a comprehensive culture of character; conduct conferences, workshops, consultations, staff development and training focusing on character development; and evaluate existing programs and practices through research, discussion, reflection, and action in order to enhance and ensure effectiveness.
Through AmeriCorps, individuals of all ages and backgrounds will address the nation's education, public safety, human and environmental needs through service. There are thousands of different AmeriCorps programs across the country. Vital Links is a new AmeriCorps program, in partnership with USD. Vital Links, a collaboration of faith-based and community-based nonprofit agencies partnered with both public and private institutions of higher learning, believes that the independent spirit and grassroots flavor of the nonprofit best fit the essence of AmeriCorps. The Vital Links partnership is a unique blend of small to mid-size nonprofit organizations providing services to urban families.
The University of San Diego 's Division of Continuing Education offers non-degree extension courses that respond to the evolving needs of the community and are consistent with the university's commitment to academic integrity. Courses are in the areas of teaching, corporate and professional, computer technology, English language, and community outreach.
The University of San Diego 's courses for K-12 educators are designed for teachers working in today's public and private schools. They include classes approved to clear credentials, internet courses, a videotape CLAD program and other independent learning opportunities, Spanish language classes, as well as travel classes.
The University of San Diego , Family Business Forum (FBF), has been working in support of San Diego 's family businesses for more than a decade, and was one of the first six organizations of its kind in the nation. The USD forum's sole purpose is to enhance the strength and survivability of your family owned and managed business and others like yours, here in San Diego .
The University of San Diego recognizes the need to develop academic programs for non-traditional students. The University of the Third Age is a program fostering life-long learning for those 55 years of age and older. Over the past 23 years, this three-week program has been held biannually, in January and July - offering interesting speakers who convey invaluable insight in to an array of fascinating topics, and who have added an interesting and new dimension to the lives of hundreds of people. There are a wide variety of topics, including the arts, current affairs, history, science, medicine and technology. The program features University of San Diego faculty and staff, presenters from other colleges and universities, governmental agencies, the business and arts community, non-profit agencies, and many more. Catholic Forum, Lectures, and Concerts There are many different catholic forums, lectures, and concerts offered throughout the semester that seek to develop, teach, and celebrate Catholic ideals The Catholic Perspectives Forum, for example, is an annual series of lectures providing an intellectual arena where speakers, recognized nationally and internationally for their scholarship, will present their ideas about moral, educational, spiritual, ethical, and social issues of interest in Catholic contemporary life.
Cross-Cultural training programs can also be designed to fit your time parameters, by offering a variety of formats and course durations - based on the content that is ultimately designed for you and your staff. The programs are dedicated to providing Cross-Cultural Communications training programs that are specifically tailored to your staff and the International markets you conduct business in. There is a wide variety of topics that can be addressed dimensions of cultural differences, understanding each other better, improving communication and potential breakdowns, face to face relationships, and accepted and effective methods of communication and potential breakdowns.
The purpose of the English Language Academy is to train non-native speakers in specific uses of English for academic, technical, or professional purposes. ELA offers both long-term intensive English preparation courses and short-term special programs to help you achieve academic and personal success ELA offers a language preparation program for students who plan to enter an American university. ELA also provides short-term intensive language programs for students, business managers and executives, as well as legal and nursing professionals.
