Special Programs
Distance Education Opportunities
Numerous courses taught in the Department of Counseling and Human Development
are regularly offered as 100 percent online. All courses are Internet supported and several are offered as blended course options (50 percent online-50 percent face-to-face) giving students much more flexibility.
Multicultural Options
Students are exposed to a global perspective through the completion of electives offered in a variety of cultural settings including the United Kingdom and New York City.
Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant
The Social Work Program, through a Federal Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant, administers several projects aimed at strengthening child welfare services in Louisiana. The grant provides stipends to social work students interested in working in the field of public child welfare. In addition, the grant sponsors initiatives to recruit and retain foster and adoptive parents in the region.
Discovery Project
The Discovery Project, supported through the Social Work Program, is a family 
resource center providing services to families in Southern Louisiana. Services include: family education classes, case management, family and youth mentoring, supervised visits, life skills training, transportation, and many other services designed to strengthen families.
Southeastern and Tangi Schools Counseling Internship Partnership
The Tangi Schools Counseling Program, a collaboration between the Counseling Program and the Tangipahoa Parish School System, provides counseling services to Elementary and Middle Schools in Tangipahoa Parish. The Tangi program provides stipends to counseling students who in turn work with teaches, principals, and parents, to improve the academic, social, and family functioning of the school children of Tangipahoa Parish.