Program Requirements
The Master of Education in School Counseling degree consists of forty-eight credits and a non-credit Orientation Seminar. The curriculum is designed as follows:
Curriculum Summary
Professional Core (18 Credits)
- ORI 500 Orientation Seminar (0 credit)
- CPS 502 Research Statistics for the Social Sciences
- CPS 510 Human Growth and Development across the Lifespan (3)
- CPS 525 Counseling and Psychological Assessment Techniques I
- CPS 530 Professional Ethics in Counseling and Psychology Casework
- PSC 501 Formational Orientation to CNS and Psychology
- PSC 504 Research Design and Methods for the School Counselor
Program Courses (24 Credits)
- CPS 575 Counseling Youth in Ed Contexts
- PSC 530 Exceptional Students: Populations, Policies, and Procedures
- PSC 540 Elementary School Guidance Systems
- PSC 545 Elementary School Guidance Techniques
- PSC 550 Career Stewardship Development
- PSC 555 Elementary Group Guidance and Counseling
- PSC 601 Counseling Practicum
- PSC 604 Elementary Counseling Internship
School Counseling Elective (3 Credits)
Students select one of the following:
- CPS 514 Pharmacopsychology
- CPS 517 Biopsychology
- CPS 531 Abnormal Psychology
- CPS 577 Human Sexuality
- CPS 583 Cross-Cultural Counseling
- CPS 590 Independent Study
- MFC 550 Family Counseling and Psychology
- MHC 546 Theories of Personality
- MHC 551 Counseling and Psychology Assessment Techniques II
- CPS 572 Counseling Addictions
- MHC 553 Counseling and Psychotherapy for the Individual
Capstone (3 Credits)
- PSC 697 Action Research